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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Golf mk4 TDI => Topic started by: alex160 on 17 July 2010, 20:46
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Im on the last 2 major mods for my golf gt tdi, im soon going to be purchasing the miltek 3" down pipe/decat. But im unsure whether to get a "Longlife" exhaust system as ive been qouted £320 for cat back and fitment of the down pipe, or whether to go for the miltek cat back from awsome gti, but its £360 and i would need to fit it myself, Basically deos anyone really know if the custom made jobbie will be as good as the miltek system, Ive been told that the downpipe and cat back makes a real differnce on the gt tdi's,
Thanks
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Its just a straight through bit of pipe at the end of the day. I've got a Milltek downpipe but in hindsight I most likely would have gone for the full system from the place I got my cat back system from
£360 for a catback system? :huh: I paid £300 for mine :smug: Its not a Milltek by the way :smiley:
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What type of system is your's ?? the miltek is £360 every where ive looked which seems a tad of a rip off tbh :sick:
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What type of system is your's ?? the miltek is £360 every where ive looked which seems a tad of a rip off tbh :sick:
Exactly the same as a Milltek, just not made by Milltek :grin: :grin:
Got mine from a company called Prospeed in Cardiff :cool:
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So the £360 your quoted is for cat back?
So you'd have to buy the downpipe seperately and get that fitted at the same time as the back?
How much is the downpipe gonna set you back? You going for a Miltek downpipe?
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Yep, £360 for cat back miltek system, the miltek down pipe is £160 and then would have to mess about fitting it myself, or i canbuy the miltek dwonpipe for £160 and get a custom made cat back for £320 and they'll fit the downpipe for free.
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Yep, £360 for cat back miltek system, the miltek down pipe is £160 and then would have to mess about fitting it myself, or i canbuy the miltek dwonpipe for £160 and get a custom made cat back for £320 and they'll fit the downpipe for free.
Can't Longlife make you a decat pipe? :huh:
Any other exhaust places near where you are? Might be worth shopping around :afro:
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They made one for my last car i had done by them but they wouldnt fit it as they said it was illegal :huh: The only reason i was going for miltek one was i heard very good reviews on it.
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They made one for my last car i had done by them but they wouldnt fit it as they said it was illegal :huh: The only reason i was going for miltek one was i heard very good reviews on it.
Only illegal on a petrol engine :nerd:
THS Performance do one which is cheaper and comes with a range of adaptors to fit your standard exhaust system if pennies are tight
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They made one for my last car i had done by them but they wouldnt fit it as they said it was illegal :huh: The only reason i was going for miltek one was i heard very good reviews on it.
Only illegal on a petrol engine :nerd:
THS Performance do one which is cheaper and comes with a range of adaptors to fit your standard exhaust system if pennies are tight
How can i make my standard exhaust sound like a non resonated milltek? Will a large bore d/pipe do much difference?
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They made one for my last car i had done by them but they wouldnt fit it as they said it was illegal :huh: The only reason i was going for miltek one was i heard very good reviews on it.
Only illegal on a petrol engine :nerd:
THS Performance do one which is cheaper and comes with a range of adaptors to fit your standard exhaust system if pennies are tight
How can i make my standard exhaust sound like a non resonated milltek? Will a large bore d/pipe do much difference?
Won't make a massive difference sound wise. Its all about the performance with the downpipe although you do get quite a cool 'owl' type sound when you lift off the gas
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They made one for my last car i had done by them but they wouldnt fit it as they said it was illegal :huh: The only reason i was going for miltek one was i heard very good reviews on it.
Only illegal on a petrol engine :nerd:
THS Performance do one which is cheaper and comes with a range of adaptors to fit your standard exhaust system if pennies are tight
How can i make my standard exhaust sound like a non resonated milltek? Will a large bore d/pipe do much difference?
Won't make a massive difference sound wise. Its all about the performance with the downpipe although you do get quite a cool 'owl' type sound when you lift off the gas
So im gonna have to fork out the ££ for a milltek then? What makes the milltek louder? could i not just cut out a silencer out the standrad exhaust??
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They made one for my last car i had done by them but they wouldnt fit it as they said it was illegal :huh: The only reason i was going for miltek one was i heard very good reviews on it.
Only illegal on a petrol engine :nerd:
THS Performance do one which is cheaper and comes with a range of adaptors to fit your standard exhaust system if pennies are tight
How can i make my standard exhaust sound like a non resonated milltek? Will a large bore d/pipe do much difference?
Won't make a massive difference sound wise. Its all about the performance with the downpipe although you do get quite a cool 'owl' type sound when you lift off the gas
So im gonna have to fork out the ££ for a milltek then? What makes the milltek louder? could i not just cut out a silencer out the standrad exhaust??
Go to a local exhaust company and get them to price up a complete turbo back system - it will be far cheaper than a Milltek :afro:
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They made one for my last car i had done by them but they wouldnt fit it as they said it was illegal :huh: The only reason i was going for miltek one was i heard very good reviews on it.
Only illegal on a petrol engine :nerd:
THS Performance do one which is cheaper and comes with a range of adaptors to fit your standard exhaust system if pennies are tight
How can i make my standard exhaust sound like a non resonated milltek? Will a large bore d/pipe do much difference?
Won't make a massive difference sound wise. Its all about the performance with the downpipe although you do get quite a cool 'owl' type sound when you lift off the gas
So im gonna have to fork out the ££ for a milltek then? What makes the milltek louder? could i not just cut out a silencer out the standrad exhaust??
Go to a local exhaust company and get them to price up a complete turbo back system - it will be far cheaper than a Milltek :afro:
I will do. Does your system still sound like a milltek or better?
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They made one for my last car i had done by them but they wouldnt fit it as they said it was illegal :huh: The only reason i was going for miltek one was i heard very good reviews on it.
Only illegal on a petrol engine :nerd:
THS Performance do one which is cheaper and comes with a range of adaptors to fit your standard exhaust system if pennies are tight
How can i make my standard exhaust sound like a non resonated milltek? Will a large bore d/pipe do much difference?
Won't make a massive difference sound wise. Its all about the performance with the downpipe although you do get quite a cool 'owl' type sound when you lift off the gas
So im gonna have to fork out the ££ for a milltek then? What makes the milltek louder? could i not just cut out a silencer out the standrad exhaust??
Go to a local exhaust company and get them to price up a complete turbo back system - it will be far cheaper than a Milltek :afro:
I will do. Does your system still sound like a milltek or better?
I'm biased but to me it sounds better :cool: Mainly because you can hear it more of the time. Most of the Milltek's I've heard you can only hear them past a certain RPM
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Cool so it's all down to what you wanna get out of the new exhaust, as in how loud and how often you want to hear the exhaust.
I like the idea of the owl type noise from the downpipe, what are the performance gains on a 130 with just a downpipe, or generally what does gains are there from uprated downpipes?
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Cool so it's all down to what you wanna get out of the new exhaust, as in how loud and how often you want to hear the exhaust.
I like the idea of the owl type noise from the downpipe, what are the performance gains on a 130 with just a downpipe, or generally what does gains are there from uprated downpipes?
Read my project thread as there are a few graphs up there comparing back to back runs with and without the downpipe :afro:
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Cheers Rhyso