neilGTI's Polo GTI - New Centre Caps Fitted

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 9:22 pm

Yeh thats what I'm hoping to get out of an exhaust when I eventually get to buying one.

Link to the clubpolo gallery?

polo_gti21 · Post by **polo_gti21** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 9:25 pm

ill pm it to ya mate dont wanna hijack the thread.

neilGTI · Post by **neilGTI** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 10:36 am

nice on polo_gti21, thats exactly what i was looking for, it should hopefully help me make up my mind between twin 3 or letterbox

Thanks

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:37 pm

Twinpipe FTW

neilGTI · Post by **neilGTI** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 8:48 am

This was my exhaust:

It looked much better on the floor in pieces:

Time for a shiny new Powerflow stainless steel cat back exhaust to be fitted:

This one looks much better IMO:

nogwuy · Post by **nogwuy** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 9:44 am

nice job, does it knock against the bumper at all being that close? to you think the heat will disturb the paint?

nogwuy · Post by **nogwuy** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 9:45 am

nogwuy wrote:nice job, does it knock against the bumper at all being that close? to you think the heat will disturb the paint?

neilGTI · Post by **neilGTI** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 9:58 am

It doesnt knock over speed bumps anymore (the old one did), i can now go over speed bumps faster than 2 mph

The last exhaust was sitting against the bumper and always used to knock when i went over bumps and it even melted the bumper where it used to be.

I am fairly confident that the new exhaust wont damage the paint or the bumper as the gap is bigger than it looks in the photos and its quite rigid on the rubbers with little play/movement.

I have done 260 miles with the new exhaust on since saturday and everything is fine up to now

nogwuy · Post by **nogwuy** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 10:24 am

neilGTI wrote:It doesnt knock over speed bumps anymore (the old one did), i can now go over speed bumps faster than 2 mph

The last exhaust was sitting against the bumper and always used to knock when i went over bumps and it even melted the bumper where it used to be.

I am fairly confident that the new exhaust wont damage the paint or the bumper as the gap is bigger than it looks in the photos and its quite rigid on the rubbers with little play/movement.

I have done 260 miles with the new exhaust on since saturday and everything is fine up to now

excellent, sounds like they did a good job, how does it sound? (sorry about the double post ^^^ oops!)

neilGTI · Post by **neilGTI** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 10:55 am

It sounds nice.

When you have them made, they ask how loud you want it to sound.

I asked for a quiet exhaust under normal driving conditions with a bit of growl when i floor it.

frankeygsxr1000 · Post by **frankeygsxr1000** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 10:58 am

hi bud

nice to have you here eh

like the rede tape sets the car off just done mine but not to that extend

your steering could be the steering rack arms maybe have a little play in them thats what im having done tommoz as my steering wheels slighty off

hope this helps

Lee

neilGTI · Post by **neilGTI** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 11:11 am

The vibrations i was having when i bought the car, dissapeared when i bought new wheels.

I put it down to one of the old wheels being buckled.

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 11:48 am

Wow that last exhuast was ugly! (looked like something from an M3)

New one looking alot better, not normally a fan of letterboxes but that does look nice,

Whats the sound of it like on the motorway?

neilGTI · Post by **neilGTI** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:26 pm

Its extremely quiet on the motorways

Its one of the reasons i wanted a quiet exhaust, because the last one did my head in

As soon as you get into 5th gear, the exhaust note pretty much dissapears.

As it was a nice day yesterday, i decided to take a few photos, let me know what you think:

nogwuy · Post by **nogwuy** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:55 pm

looking good bud