How to rice- TB style

[BB-Q]

Firstly, when you order your exhaust bits order the bit that will be the tailpipe in stainless rather than mild steel (you will, of course, have ordered the rest of the exhaust in mild steel as stainless is too expensive). The extra £11.40 for the stainless section of pipe can be justified as you've skimped on buying a back box or exhaust trim anyway.

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Go to the hardware shop and buy a sheet of 1200 wet and dry (45p). The extra expense on this consumable can again be justified using the original point mentioned above.

Enlist the help of a small person. Small people are best because, although they don't work very hard, they tend to be free.
Spend half an hour flatting the pipe section, or until the aforementioned small person gets bored. Teenage members of this forum may find the rhythmic action required to flat the pipe strangely familiar. Buzz Lightyear spaceship is optional.

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Dry off pipe with some old rag and spend half an hour hunting through the piles of crap in the garage for the Autosol. Feel free to mutter something to yourself about "remembering having polished something once". Once found, get the Autosol and polish pipe for 10 minutes.
There you go- a ricer stainless tailpipe for a total outlay of £11.85.

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Any feelings of guilt for having something shiny on your brick can be swiftly allayed with a trip down a muddy road. If left to dry, the resulting mud splashes will hide the ricer tailpipe. Take secret satisfaction in the knowledge too that yours isn't really ricer because your exhaust is actually that big all the way through and not a 1 3/4" pipe with an adapter on the end! :-D

[cst805]

Excellent idea, and greeat instructions. will save me a bit o cash when i get around to exhaust.

[kelley_aj]

Cool, how much did the "small person" cost? that has got to be in the thousands by now!!

[ashvolvo]

Looks great. Its even better that your son (?) is involved too. I remember when I was little how much fun I used to have helping my dad with little car stuff, while I probably wasnt much help, it really was something I loved doing.

Dad and I were just talking about it last night actually, he was giving me a hand to trace an electrical fault on the 240.... and just like old-times, he found it in half an hour, whereas I'd already looked for nearly 2 hours and not found it.

[740Weapon]

good work my friend

however i was too lazy and cheap for even that.

and instead got mild steel and painted it black for a tailpipe.

[BB-Q]

Cool, how much did the "small person" cost? that has got to be in the thousands by now!!

I've found it to be easier if you make the small person first :-D

[RedFridge]

Sigh....good memories for the little guy.


Good daddy.

[1stRaven]

lol, at least you got a rear box. My 3" (without the ricer tip) is doing my head in on the noise level.

[BB-Q]

That box is going in front of the axle. Hopefully, with the cat as well, it should be enough to keep it quiet. If not it gets a second box. I do not want this car to be loud.