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Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Topic started by: ErikGTI on 13 October 2012, 16:51

Title: Exhaust tip diameters
Post by: ErikGTI on 13 October 2012, 16:51
Hi guys,

Who can help me out....what is the standard diameter of our exhausttip on the MVI.

I am planning to take them a bit bigger.......... sheer looks.

I am in doubt between 90mm and the sometimes enormous looking 100 mm (Milltek stage II)

I ve googled like crazy .......before asking :wink:
Title: Re: Exhaust tip diameters
Post by: Ginge 35Edition on 13 October 2012, 17:07
Can you remove the tips on the Gti?
Title: Re: Exhaust tip diameters
Post by: Ess_Three on 13 October 2012, 17:28
Can you remove the tips on the Gti?

With a hacksaw, yes.
Then fit what you want with the aid of a TIG/MIG welder!
Title: Re: Exhaust tip diameters
Post by: Ginge 35Edition on 13 October 2012, 17:32
Can you remove the tips on the Gti?

With a hacksaw, yes.
Then fit what you want with the aid of a TIG/MIG welder!

Wouldn't it be easier to buy a back box with bigger tips?
Title: Re: Exhaust tip diameters
Post by: ErikGTI on 13 October 2012, 17:35
Can you remove the tips on the Gti?

Yepp, sawing and welding...now go out in the rain and measure your pipes... :whistle: :grin:
(raining like there is no tomorrow overhere)
Title: Re: Exhaust tip diameters
Post by: Ess_Three on 13 October 2012, 17:46
Wouldn't it be easier to buy a back box with bigger tips?

That depends on whether you want something noisier, non-standard, with potential insurance implications and something potentially warranty destroying.

If you have access to a TIG welder, you can buy a pair of stainless tips for £2-30 each off eBay and weld them on in a couple of hours - exhaust removed, tips cut off, new tips tacked on, exhaust fitted to check for fit, exhaust removed and tips seam welded up, then it re-fitted...all with the back of the car jacked up.

Far cheaper than a shiny (and expensive) replacement back box.
Title: Re: Exhaust tip diameters
Post by: ajmoir36 on 13 October 2012, 17:48
I swear they are 60mm, but I might be wrong.
Title: Re: Exhaust tip diameters
Post by: ErikGTI on 13 October 2012, 17:58
I swear they are 60mm, but I might be wrong.

No you could be right here....I somewhere read 63 mm but was not sure if they were talking about the 5 or 6 ...and I think the differ in size...
Title: Re: Exhaust tip diameters
Post by: ErikGTI on 07 November 2012, 19:25
Well on the MKVI they are 80mm I find that way too small...probably just to make a difference to the R... :sad:

Anyway I have ordered the 100mm Milteks....that should do the job...especially after the ABT tuning those bigger tips are far more in place and as a bonus coming way out nicely with the standard cut-outs of the valance  :cool:
Title: Re: Exhaust tip diameters
Post by: ajmoir36 on 07 November 2012, 21:08
I swear they are 60mm, but I might be wrong.

No you could be right here....I somewhere read 63 mm but was not sure if they were talking about the 5 or 6 ...and I think the differ in size...

Oh well both wrong.
Title: Re: Exhaust tip diameters
Post by: ErikGTI on 07 November 2012, 21:12
We were only half wrong.....63 mm it is ......but only on the MKV  :wink:
Title: Re: Exhaust tip diameters
Post by: Raffe on 08 November 2012, 06:37
100mm is the size you want, looks oem but turned up a few notches :evil:
Title: Re: Exhaust tip diameters
Post by: ErikGTI on 08 November 2012, 08:49
Yepp those are the ones..I ordered the  GT-100 from Milltek

i am also busy with another mufler just to give it a little bit extra "noise" that is rather difficult because most mufflers give it too much in my opinion.
Title: Re: Exhaust tip diameters
Post by: ErikGTI on 26 November 2012, 16:47
(http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/369/rearhi.jpg)

100 mm was a too big for my liking just a bit steep  :grin:.....since I wanted to go for the OEM look I took 90 mm.

Believe it or not but the old exhausts (1 week old...ahum)  fit into these..... :cool:

Tomorrow Abt  :laugh:
Title: Re: Exhaust tip diameters
Post by: Ginge 35Edition on 26 November 2012, 17:06
Very nice, looks like 90mm is a nice compromise.
Title: Re: Exhaust tip diameters
Post by: Mr GTD on 26 November 2012, 20:27
So it is true, it does exist... :laugh:

Looks great!! :cool:
Title: Re: Exhaust tip diameters
Post by: ErikGTI on 26 November 2012, 22:16
Shame on you for not trusting a fellow GTI enthousiast..... :laugh:

The truth is that I am at war with both photobucket and imageshack....I keep pressing the wrong buttons and forgetting passwords/usernames...arrrggghhhh....and not really bothered about it... :whistle:
Title: Re: Exhaust tip diameters
Post by: Ginge 35Edition on 26 November 2012, 23:09
Erik - have you got any pics of it down off the ramps?
Title: Re: Exhaust tip diameters
Post by: ErikGTI on 27 November 2012, 20:03
Not yet but I promise soon  :grin:
Title: Re: Exhaust tip diameters
Post by: ErikGTI on 01 December 2012, 13:05
As Promised...

Looks subtle but believe me ..the standard ones nearly fit into these :grin:...and still you have your OEM-Look (Fox)
A "normal" GTI parked next to it reveals it all shockingly... :evil:

(http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/5512/rearn.jpg)

Title: Re: Exhaust tip diameters
Post by: AndyG on 01 December 2012, 18:26
Very nice,however did your GTI badge drop off whilst at that garage?
Title: Re: Exhaust tip diameters
Post by: ErikGTI on 01 December 2012, 18:34
Nope the dealer delivered the GTI with decals and logos despite my request to remove it...
So when I handed it in for Abt Tuning he did what he forgot to do..... :wink:
Title: Re: Exhaust tip diameters
Post by: smoggy on 01 December 2012, 19:12
Hi, picture of the VWR exhaust that was fitted to my car, not sure of size tips as im away at work at the moment..

Ps: Dealer fitted R badge removed and replaced with standard GTI badge... :whistle:


(http://i1152.photobucket.com/albums/p481/smoggy99/exhaust.jpg)

(http://i1152.photobucket.com/albums/p481/smoggy99/f4daa478.jpg)
Title: Re: Exhaust tip diameters
Post by: ErikGTI on 01 December 2012, 22:28
Looks like the 100 mm ones  :wink: :cool:
Title: Re: Exhaust tip diameters
Post by: wigit on 01 December 2012, 23:17
(http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo261/wigit71/BVF%202012/IMG_2819.jpg)

my milltek tips on the 35, i need to pull them in a bit when i get chance
Title: Re: Exhaust tip diameters
Post by: Murrayedition35 on 01 December 2012, 23:28
Looking good.... :cool:
Title: Re: Exhaust tip diameters
Post by: smoggy on 02 December 2012, 06:09
Looks spot on pal  :cool:

Does anyone know if the VWR exhaust would be made by milltek ?
Title: Re: Exhaust tip diameters
Post by: Ginge 35Edition on 02 December 2012, 07:53
Out of all of these I'm still drawn towards the Miltek due to the option of Ed35 tips and the adjustable tips, Wigit that looks bang tidy mate as always!
Title: Re: Exhaust tip diameters
Post by: ErikGTI on 02 December 2012, 09:54
The Millteks look beautiful  :cool:

What I did find that on photos they steal the show and are nobrainers...so I ordered the 100 mm.
..
 however when I saw them in real life I was shocked (a matter of taste) by the dimensions.
Lucky for me I could swap them for 90 mm Fox...
Title: Re: Exhaust tip diameters
Post by: Raffe on 02 December 2012, 10:10
Out of all of these I'm still drawn towards the Miltek due to the option of Ed35 tips and the adjustable tips, Wigit that looks bang tidy mate as always!

My Blueflame also has adjustable tips for reference :wink:
Title: Re: Exhaust tip diameters
Post by: ErikGTI on 02 December 2012, 12:55
I do not get the adjustable bit...

My new exhaust tips were first measured, sawed and fitted with a few weldings ...after a final look I approved (same protusion as the original ones) and with the final welding they were mounted in place with a small metal colar.
Title: Re: Exhaust tip diameters
Post by: wigit on 02 December 2012, 13:00
I do not get the adjustable bit...

My new exhaust tips were first measured, sawed and fitted with a few weldings ...after a final look I approved (same protusion as the original ones) and with the final welding they were mounted in place with a small metal colar.

The Milltek is a modular design so the tips fit over the pipe and bolt on allowing you to set how far you want them to stick out, the Milltek grows a couple of centimetres when warm
Title: Re: Exhaust tip diameters
Post by: ErikGTI on 02 December 2012, 13:04
But surely when they are finally adjusted they need to be welded otherwise they will be moving about in the future due to hot/cold...besides the practical reason I personally do not like a bolted look....a bit Halford-style  :evil:
Title: Re: Exhaust tip diameters
Post by: wigit on 02 December 2012, 13:07
But surely when they are finally adjusted they need to be welded otherwise they will be moving about in the future due to hot/cold...besides the practical reason I personally do not like a bolted look....a bit Halford-style  :evil:

The Milltek has some really nicely engineered spring clips that are engineered to expand/contract
Title: Re: Exhaust tip diameters
Post by: ErikGTI on 02 December 2012, 13:31
Okay did not know that...anyway they are the nicest tips around so quality should be top notch I expect  :wink: