milltek resonated or not?

[mkviken]

I'm thinking about a milltek cat back exhaust for my gti

i like the look of the slash cut tail pipes.


anyway i don't want it really loud in general or boomy on motorways etc.


can anyone tell me how loud the non-res is compared to the resonated one?


thanks

[mkviken]

also how is the fit and quality?

on the clio 197/200 there were a few quality issues regarding cracked welds on some of them



also does the OE pipe need to be cut after the cat or is there a joint/clamp which it fits to instead?

[AlanD]

The resonated one isnt a million miles off a standard one.

Non res all day long for me

[mkviken]

how much louder would you say non res is over standard?

[AlanD]

Ummmmm a bit . . . Im not really that familiar with the dB system. Try having a butchers on YouTube and see if there are any sound clips.

[Jimmymature]

I've spoken to a few people on this and most suggest the quieter one, when I get mine it will be the quieter version too.



Jim

[mkviken]

i would like it to sound a bit less choked up and the odd pop and crackle would be nice but i don't want the boy racer noise! I'm thinking a resonated one would be best for my needs.


so does the OE pipe need cutting or is there a joint after the cat?

[Neil gti]

i would like it to sound a bit less choked up and the odd pop and crackle would be nice but i don't want the boy racer noise! I'm thinking a resonated one would be best for my needs.


so does the OE pipe need cutting or is there a joint after the cat?

Full racing Milltek with 100 cell cat sounds awesome especially when on the beans, 
i dont think any Millteks sound boyracerish can sometimes be a bit boomey until you have put a few miles on them,
The GTI for me was a bit too quite i like to hear whats going on and the quality of them has really stepped up to what they use to be
Have a look at Mr Ps review on here
http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,16601.0.html

[Gene Hunt.]

The resonated one isnt a million miles off a standard one.

Non res all day long for me

............x2. Resonated is not as loud as the standard system.

[mkviken]

Ok thanks. If the non res isn't too much louder than OE then it's worth a look. It's quite a bit cheaper than the resonated version too.


I don't want the downpipe and cat as I don't want too much hassle with my warranty etc so a cat back system would be what I'm after. I know the best gains would be to change the downpipe and cat but I'm sure a cat back system would improve things a fair bit too.

Anyone got any pictures of their car with one fitted? Seen the various pictures on their website and the slash cut tail pipes look great

Cheers