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Title: Broken by means of scraping
Post by: joshstanvw on 29 January 2013, 20:50

Please help guys I have lowered my golf and broken the bar that runs across the exhaust chamber near rear of the car and its dragging on the floor :cry: so I'm guessing my question is do I need it or can I rip it off

Title: Re: Broken by means of scraping
Post by: ttelracs on 29 January 2013, 20:57

You can take it off as it is only held on by 4 x 17mm nuts.  I removed mine to change the exhaust and simply never fitted it back, but will do as it does protect the exhaust over low speed humps etc.
Your choice ultimately...

Title: Re: Broken by means of scraping
Post by: joshstanvw on 29 January 2013, 21:00

Thanks alot I will remove it as I have sheared all the bolts on one side

Title: Re: Broken by means of scraping
Post by: murraymint on 29 January 2013, 21:15

I lot of people remove it. But il always leave it after my exhaust desided to split on the motorway. It split but just sat on this bar. Wouldn't like to think how it would of ended if I tok that off

Title: Re: Broken by means of scraping
Post by: gazpowells on 29 January 2013, 21:21

Yep remove it mate have done on mine

Title: Re: Broken by means of scraping
Post by: joshstanvw on 29 January 2013, 21:24

It's gone used me scissor jack and wheel brace lol thanks guys big help that gives me a bit more clearance I broke it doin a 3 point turn and scraped middle of the road lol

Title: Re: Broken by means of scraping
Post by: Wayne on 29 January 2013, 21:27

Better to refit it if you can :smiley:

Title: Re: Broken by means of scraping
Post by: murraymint on 29 January 2013, 21:30

Quote from: Wayne on 29 January 2013, 21:27

Better to refit it if you can :smiley:

It's there for a reason after all

Title: Re: Broken by means of scraping
Post by: itavaltalainen on 29 January 2013, 21:34

yes, protects your exhaust.... and if it falls off and you won't loose it on the motorway when doing a hundred....

Title: Re: Broken by means of scraping
Post by: murraymint on 29 January 2013, 21:39

Exactly

Title: Re: Broken by means of scraping
Post by: boneybradley on 29 January 2013, 21:42

Quote from: itavaltalainen on 29 January 2013, 21:34

yes, protects your exhaust.... and if it falls off, you won't want it digging in making you crash spectacularly on the motorway when doing a hundred....

edited for you  :wink:

Title: Re: Broken by means of scraping
Post by: itavaltalainen on 29 January 2013, 21:46

fair enough  :wink:

Title: Re: Broken by means of scraping
Post by: F17BAD on 29 January 2013, 22:13

how would a exhaust come off

i mean mine only has 2 joins, and even with the clamps removed it took me and ben some real brute force to split

i have a Jetex mounted to a custom Downpipe straight to my turbo No cats

iv removed rear bar front one near where Cat used to be still survives on the car...  but takes a beating

Title: Re: Broken by means of scraping
Post by: murraymint on 29 January 2013, 22:15

Well that's what happend to me... Jus sayin

Title: Re: Broken by means of scraping
Post by: Bellend on 29 January 2013, 23:13

Quote from: F17BAD on 29 January 2013, 22:13

how would a exhaust come off

i mean mine only has 2 joins, and even with the clamps removed it took me and ben some real brute force to split

i have a Jetex mounted to a custom Downpipe straight to my turbo No cats

iv removed rear bar front one near where Cat used to be still survives on the car...  but takes a beating

Rust round the boxes.

Obviously standard exhausts fair worse.

I think I will just make a custom thing up on mine to make it a bit flatter.

Title: Re: Broken by means of scraping
Post by: joshstanvw on 30 January 2013, 21:15

i have decided to refit somethin but it will not be the original bar as i have done too much damage to it i ave been at work today eyeing up bits of cable tray . . . nice and flat i think itd make a great exhaust catcher lol and i wont end up beating it to death . . . so often  :laugh: