Exhaust dent feature

[Carlosfandango]

I swapped my wheels front to back today, and I can confirm, that my GTI does not have this ‘feature’, to be honest it looks like a ding, doesn’t look at all like it should be there, and indeed, if you think about it’s location, there is no rational reason why it would be there from factory.

Thank you so much for looking.  It's the bend downstream from you, the one where your pipe changes colour, and I can just about see a flattened part of the pipe?

Cheers

No it’s not flattened, it’s just the picture, the pipe was the same circumference throughout that picture.

[Carlosfandango]

Check out this Deutsche Auto Parts video,
https://youtu.be/MNM40jiSGuo
I just remembered that they’d fitted a CS rear silencer in one of their videos, and thought I’d have another look, I don’t see any dent on this one either, relevant parts of the video start at around 4:20 minutes.

[GTI_Ant]

Check out this Deutsche Auto Parts video,
https://youtu.be/MNM40jiSGuo
I just remembered that they’d fitted a CS rear silencer in one of their videos, and thought I’d have another look, I don’t see any dent on this one either, relevant parts of the video start at around 4:20 minutes.

OK thanks, I agree nothing to see there.  It’s strange; the one the dealership had clearly showed the same feature so mine isn’t the only one with this.

[fredgroves]

I think you'd have to compare a similar age one to yours if you want to see if its correct.

Either that or read the part number off of it and compare it to a VW spare.

I think it is deliberate.... and its a recent modification.

Remember loads of parts on these cars evolve over time - fixing issues we don't perceive.

[TurboTrev]

Or the dealership have put the dent in their own cars pipe to avoid having to fork out for a new exhaust, as it probably wouldn't be covered by warranty.  Surely not!

[Dav3smith]

Are there not any other dealerships you can go and have a look at that have a Clubsport in stock to put your mind at rest?
There are 76 for sale on auto trader, I don't know where you're located, maybe some of those are worth a visit.

[Hissinsid]

My wife took delivery of her CS yesterday, 10 delivery miles on it, I've been underneath this afternoon and it does indeed have a dent.

I also note that due to the monsoon we drove home in our exhaust is scruffy already.

[GTI_Ant]

My wife took delivery of her CS yesterday, 10 delivery miles on it, I've been underneath this afternoon and it does indeed have a dent.

I also note that due to the monsoon we drove home in our exhaust is scruffy already.

Clearly it’s supposed to be there then Thanks!

[joe6]

Had to give the little man with a hammer in Wolfsburg a job rather than make him redundant.

[Carlosfandango]

GTI _Ant, Maybe that shadow you pointed out on the picture of my exhaust is actually a dent, even though the wheel was removed, I couldn’t directly see that point from the wheel well due to the trailing arm, and viewed from underneath I couldn’t get particularly close due to the trolley jack being there and it was raining at the time so didn’t want to lay on my back! I’m now curious however, and will have another better look, it could of course be something that is CS specific, and not present on the 245 GTI.