It's going to effect the warranty, don't do it, it's a VW!
Not necessarily. You are right in a sense that some dealers would black list for modifications. These dealers are super shady and you shouldn't be going there in the first place. Also, when a dealer black lists you, it doesn't affect your warranty from VW. Most decent dealership will only refuse warranty work if and only if the aftermarket part was the cause of a failure.
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Even if he's running a straight pipe, the wastegate will prevent the turbo from overboosting.
don't get me wrong, I'm not saying putting a cat back would damage the car in any way
but changing the exhaust gives the dealer a convenient "out" if they need one down the road. Why give them an easy excuse to deny warranty claims?
you don't want to have to get all legal with the dealership if there's an issue
don't get me wrong, I'm not saying putting a cat back would damage the car in any way
but changing the exhaust gives the dealer a convenient "out" if they need one down the road. Why give them an easy excuse to deny warranty claims?
you don't want to have to get all legal with the dealership if there's an issue
Not an issue for me. My dealer is mod-friendly. They even sell APR stuff in their parts department.
Not an issue for me. My dealer is mod-friendly. They even sell APR stuff in their parts department.
I would spend the doe on an ARP Stage 1 tune and get rid of the diaper muffler that's tucked underneath the back bumper.
I would run out to a muffler place, have them cut just backside of the rear bumper-muffler [the one going horizontally], reconnect the outlet pipes to the Y. Look at the photo below. The long horizontal muffler get's cut out and the tail pipes are reconnected with new plumbing to the main cat-back pipe.
You get it?
Cheap. Power from the APR Stage 1 - no need for any exhaust mods really or inter-cooler upgrades at that level. Good sound from a low budget muffler removal. Couple extra real horsepower from a real tune.
Your foot ain't gunna be in it all day anyways. APR Stage 1 is good enough.
The stock exhaust is stainless. Why would you change it if you don't have any other modifications? If you want a louder car to attract 17 year old inner city chicks, I guess you should go for it.
Just change the chamber. Buy the chamber only, and have the exhaust shop weld it into the current exhaust piping. This will save you a ton of money, and achieve the same desired outcome.
I would spend the doe on an ARP Stage 1 tune and get rid of the diaper muffler that's tucked underneath the back bumper.
I would run out to a muffler place, have them cut just backside of the rear bumper-muffler [the one going horizontally], reconnect the outlet pipes to the Y. Look at the photo below. The long horizontal muffler get's cut out and the tail pipes are reconnected with new plumbing to the main cat-back pipe.
You get it?
Cheap. Power from the APR Stage 1 - no need for any exhaust mods really or inter-cooler upgrades at that level. Good sound from a low budget muffler removal. Couple extra real horsepower from a real tune.
Your foot ain't gunna be in it all day anyways. APR Stage 1 is good enough.
What is the point of that large horizontal part that sits under the rear bumper? I'm not even sure what it does.
Not necessarily. You are right in a sense that some dealers would black list for modifications. These dealers are super shady and you shouldn't be going there in the first place. Also, when a dealer black lists you, it doesn't affect your warranty from VW. Most decent dealership will only refuse warranty work if and only if the aftermarket part was the cause of a failure.
I'm fully aware of the magnuson moss warranty act, however good luck proving it wasn't the mods when the engine blows on that VW.
If it were a reliable car, sure maybe, but a turbo VW. Yeah, right.
No. That thing is the muffler. The "other" round thing is a silencer.
Here's a shot of your entire system. The front laying pipe set is the muffler [suit case sized shape] and the silencer. The background laying pipe set is the turbo back to the CAT.
BTW, I have the same handle on golfmk6.com. We've sort of moved over to vwgtiforums.com, though.
You should just live closer. Less typing and more wrenching. I could cut that out and weld something in - about 30 minutes. I have all the tools.
A group of us back three years ago completed renovated a salvage titled 2003 WRX one winter in my garage from the subbie forums.
Link this stuff to your buddies over at gtiforums.com. Discuss with them alternatives. I'm big on DYI and under $200.
With a turbo charge vehicle most of the noise is muffled in the system before reaching the CAT and Silencer. You can easily live without the suit case [huge muffler].
"I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark." -S. Hawking
You're looking to have a louder car driven at the same low speed...
Maybe my speakers suck but the sound hardly differs at the higher rpm's. In fact I even thought the stock one had a nice, richer sound at that point. Meh, get the Magnaflow if the price seems right for you.
No. That thing is the muffler. The "other" round thing is a silencer.
Here's a shot of your entire system. The front laying pipe set is the muffler [suit case sized shape] and the silencer. The background laying pipe set is the turbo back to the CAT.
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