companies who will remove precats for you

Started by kanujunkie, April 27, 2006, 19:49

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MRR's MR2

#75
Another member who would like to thank Nathan @ mrtwos for gutting my pre-cats today. My 03 reg has just 12,500 on the clock and the pre-cats were in perfect condition, but better safe than sorry, well pleased that they are out.  s:bounce: :bounce: s:bounce:  

Interestingly he had done one the day before where the owner had had precat failure in the past. The car was on a replacement engine fitted with a brand NEW Toyota manifold. Even though the car hadn't done many miles since the old engine was replaced the Precat was showing signs of beginning to break down

Cost £50 plus new gaskets

mrtwos contact info:

 m http://www.mrtwos.co.uk m  
Nathan @ mrtwos is on 07812 506772

Anonymous

#76
Search for Che manifold. Come up here 2nd hand sometimes, or join spyderchat and Che sells on there at a discount to members.

FGrob

#77
Quote from: "sportscarjames"Hi Guys

Any one know of a decent honest garage that will do this in the following areas:

1. Leeds West Yorkshire

2. Milton Keynes Bucks

Also any one know a company who can supply a decent replacement manifold to replace the pre cats at a reasonable price?

Thanx James   s:? :? s:?
You've got Silverstone Performance and Rogue Motorsport who are in the Warwick area, both are 100% top notch garages, as for manifolds, Che's already being mentioned but you've also got Zero & H&S who make a better more up market manifold for about £360.

Rob.
Ex owner of a Black 2004 car "which is quite possibly the finest normally aspirated MR2 Roadster in the country" as quoted by Japanese Performance Magazine Dec 2010.

Classic & Performance Car Show Winner Sunday 5th June 2011 - Tatton Park - Best Toyota MR2.

skinz

#78
Simons Coustoms Exhausts in East Kilbride (nr Glasgow, Scotland) - was previous reccommended on forum, but now I can give personal recommendation  s:P :P s:P  - £100 all in, precats were still intact on my 41k 2002 MR-S, and were removed on same day + they also spot welded parts of heatshields that were vibrating - so an excellent day all in   s:P :P s:P  

 w www.simonscustomexhausts.co.uk w

...these guys also do exhausts and bodywork - showed me some good examples of their work today which in my opinion looked great and well worth the money, and also had a good chat with them and got good advice for some DIY bodywork flattening/polishing for myself - Highly Recommended

Phil1

#79
Just had my precats removed yesterday by:

AUTOGRAPH VEHICALS LTD
Parker Lane
Burnley
Lancashire,BB11 2BY
Tel 01282 433344
Fax01282 448843
 w www.autographcars.co.uk w

Quote was £100-£150 depending if any problems, lucky for me none, so £100 it was. Also gave me info on 57i induction kit £250 fully fitted. Good lads, would recommend and would use them again.
Oct 2006 Sable MR2 Roadster TF300 (29),Pre-cats removed!

Anonymous

#80
Does anyone know of someone in the East Yorkshie / Hull area who could do this? I rang Japtech, a local Jap car specialist to ask if they had experience of this and they mentioned that although they had heard of removing the precats they have never seen the need to and they questioned why on earth I would want to do it!

Anonymous

#81
Might be a jap car specialist, but they obviously know little about the roadster. Get em out! Print off the "how to" and take it into a local garage you trust.

Anonymous

#82
Quote from: "nelix"Might be a jap car specialist, but they obviously know little about the roadster. Get em out! Print off the "how to" and take it into a local garage you trust.

I did just this. The precats were in good nick but the manifold was a bit of a bugger to shift and the total job took 4 hours. As I've just bought the car (a 2001 model) with 60K on the clock and a bit of a sketchy service history I had them do a few other bits and bobs to get it just right. All in all a very professional job and a good set of blokes - I can thoroughly recommend them:

Andrews Motor Engineers
Enterprise Park
Beck View Rd
Beverley
East Yorkshire
HU17 0JT
Telephone: 01482 867360

Anonymous

#83
Anyone know anywhere in dundee? or near dundee?

Anonymous

#84
thank you for sharing, It is a great post.

Anonymous

#85
Hi, is anyone in London - UK, or around north east london who could remove pre-cats and just give general advice on what need to be done for my roadster, as I'm having a bit sluggish drive when engine warmes up.

Thanks for help.
D

catkins

#86
for SOUTH WALES
Garage in SWANSEA

 m http://www.targetmini.co.uk/ m  (specifically Waunarlwydd)


Charged me £80 for labour and removal
[size=150]Clare[/size]

2001 Y reg MR-2, metallic blue.  Owned since March 2010.  Loving every mile!

Anonymous

#87
Essex based near Southend on Sea  TBM on 01702 588894  mob 07770 792454  £55 plus parts

The Zohan

#88
NORTHAMPTON AREA: Blue Streak Auto's
tel:01604 759966

The chap is an ex Toyota Mechanic. Charged £55.00 to remove mine including replacing two snapped studs.
2000 Roadster in blue, Hardtop, KYB struts, EBC Greenstuff, Chassis brace and Toyo Proxies.
Could do with a little more power...or could just lose some weight....

CpnSpankyPantz

#89
Anyone around the Reading or Aylesbury area?!

Anonymous

#90
I asked a mechanic in Tottenham - London , He told me £50..
Anyone interested PM me, or i'll put the exact address later, i dont have it right now..

skirmish

#91
Right then. Very happy with our new purchase and hopefully it will be a long term relationship. I suspect the best way to ensure this is to get those pre cats out before they do something nasty. I've been in contact with Advanced Autocare and they quoted £70 + vat to do the job. They're North of Doncaster and I'm in Huddersfield so they said they would do the job while I wait. Part of the excellent service is they will taxi you to the retail shopping park where there is a big Asda and cafe to keep you entertained during the two hours that it takes to do the job!

I did enquire locally at an independent exhaust fitter in Huddersfield and although he'd never done on before he said he'd be able to do it for £100 + vat.

I wondered if anyone knew of anyone more local to me in the Huddersfield area that could do the job at a comparable price to Autocare.

Alternatively I do keep wondering about having a go myself however it's the rusted nuts/bolts/studs concern that does rather put me off. I have bought a can of Plusgas which I'm going to start applying for either outcome as it's bound to make anyone's job a lot easier.

Just one more thought. If there's anyone on here who could do it I'd be happy to reward them for their work and maybe even help and see how it's done.

Thanks, Dave
The sun is out
The sky is blue
It\'s time to drive
The MR2

stargazer30

#92
Quote from: "skirmish"Right then. Very happy with our new purchase and hopefully it will be a long term relationship. I suspect the best way to ensure this is to get those pre cats out before they do something nasty. I've been in contact with Advanced Autocare and they quoted £70 + vat to do the job. They're North of Doncaster and I'm in Huddersfield so they said they would do the job while I wait. Part of the excellent service is they will taxi you to the retail shopping park where there is a big Asda and cafe to keep you entertained during the two hours that it takes to do the job!

I did enquire locally at an independent exhaust fitter in Huddersfield and although he'd never done on before he said he'd be able to do it for £100 + vat.

I wondered if anyone knew of anyone more local to me in the Huddersfield area that could do the job at a comparable price to Autocare.

Alternatively I do keep wondering about having a go myself however it's the rusted nuts/bolts/studs concern that does rather put me off. I have bought a can of Plusguard which I'm going to start applying for either outcome as it's bound to make anyone's job a lot easier.

Just one more thought. If there's anyone on here who could do it I'd be happy to reward them for their work and maybe even help and see how it's done.

Thanks, Dave

Well I've just done mine and I have fairly crap mechanical skills.  Either way you need to buy the lower ring gaskets from toyota as these can't be re-used.  I also bought a new manifold gasket too.  Both cost £20 from Mr T.  I was quoted £50 labour locally to get mine done and to be honest I spent nearly that much on tools to go DIY on it!  Still for me I was more worried that local garage would not get all the material out and end up knackering the engine and the tools never go a miss!  I had no trouble with nuts except for the bottom three manifold nuts. So if you want to have a go try those first.   Still with patience, a hot engine, plusgas and a breaker bar they came off.
2003 Silver MR2 - Very Very Standard + Leccy Renault Zoe aka the battery mobile.
Ex Blue 04 MR2 - TTE Turbo\'d ~185bhp/200lbs/ft, Sports Clutch, Breast Plate, Lowered & half decent audio
Ex Silver 05 MR2 -  SP turbo conversion 227bhp, 205lbs/ft, with  cobra dual exit exhaust.

skirmish

#93
Thanks for the reply. The good thing about Autocare is that they know the procedure very well and they seem to get quite a bit of business by their name being mentioned on here. So basically I have no worries about them doing the job and in the end we got an excellent car for only £3100 so we've still quite a lot of our 'fun' budget left to pay for someone else to do the job.
The sun is out
The sky is blue
It\'s time to drive
The MR2

skirmish

#94
Did the shortish journey over to Advanced Autocare this morning for the pre cats taking out. Mark did the work and part of the service was him taking me the short journey into Carcroft where I entertained myself for two hours. A bit of this was at the large Asda where they have a good selection of magazines to read. I then had a little explore in the town and found the library where I read several books to pass the time. The best was the Jeremy Clarkson book on vehicles with soul. Basically Flying Scotsman, Rolls Royce, Boeing 747, Concorde, Space Shuttle etc etc. Very interesting though and I learned many things about all the subjects.
Two hours late I walked back to find my car de catted and ready to go. Saw all the potentially dangerous material in the bin just to confirm the job had been done. Apparantly one thread had caused some trouble but with the right tools it had been sorted.

Anyway, it's good to know that this particular problem is sorted so we can get on using the car without that particular worry.
The sun is out
The sky is blue
It\'s time to drive
The MR2

Anonymous

#95
Just for interest, Skirmish, what did it cost please?

skirmish

#96
£70 plus another £14 in vat making £84 total. They charge £35/hour however they have now just increased that to £37.50. Fortunately I got my quote before the price hike.
The sun is out
The sky is blue
It\'s time to drive
The MR2

Esinem

#97
Quote from: "neel35"I asked a mechanic in Tottenham - London , He told me £50..
Anyone interested PM me, or i'll put the exact address later, i dont have it right now..

That's chuffin' cheap! Did he do a good job or just cut if off with a blow-torch for that money?    s:roll: :roll: s:roll:    If anyone can recommend anyone down in 'Sarf' London that would be even better (Brixton/Vauxhall/Elephant & Castle?)

Anonymous

#98
Hi Guys looking for a garage in northwest london or anywhere in london north of the thames

Esinem

#99
Pullman Garage  w www.pullmangarage.co.uk/ w  (SE London, Camberwell)  did mine for me in the end. Sadly, not cheap due to a broken stud during the replacement and a previously broken one not repaired previously. However, they are very good and have done a lot of work for me in the past. They also seem to have a good reputation locally.

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