Mk5 Gti exhaust upgrade

[Lauandaus]

Sandwg thanks for the video comparison, yeah mines a DSG and LOOOOVE the shift farts so this would definitely put a smile on my face. Where about scan one get the CTS 3" combo from?? Spoke to a few people and told to stay away from Liverpool exhaust as they are a rip off??? Dunno if they have had bad experience ?

[Lucas_R]

DubAddiction in Melbourne have CTS gear and Exoticars in Sydney do to. DubAddiciton would be the easier one to deal with though from my experience.

[Lauandaus]

Thanks Lucas R, I'll have a think and give them both a call

[Caffeine]

I'm currently weighing up all the different downpipe options here and have personally narrowed it down to either the CTS or 42DD items.

CTS direct for around $900 shipped or $1k pp locally through Dubaddiction...
CTS Turbo MK5/A3 TFSI 2.0T FWD Downpipe

42 Draft Designs direct for little less than the CTS...
VW Mk5/Mk6 FSI/TSI 3" Downpipe

42DD also offer H&R springs which is why i am leaning towards them as there seems to be a huge discrepancy in price locally for the H&R products compared to over the seas. They also offer a huge range of Magnaflow products at extremely good prices. It all comes down to how much(or little) you want to spend on shipping.

Having done the Res delete a few weeks ago, i have also fallen in love with the DSG farts and crave more of them. From what i read, the downpipe is the single biggest improvement you can make on the turbo FSI engine. I already have the GIAC stage1/2 tune so the exhaust is my next point of call.

Looking forward to seeing what you go with

[Lucas_R]

^ by far the cheapest place to source H&R springs is Orange Tuning in Germany. Give them a try. Otherwise, DubAddiction sell the SPM springs which i have on my GTI and they are good. The car rides well and it has lowered nicely.

I would advise against the 42DD dump pipe. I had one on my Golf R and the fitment/design was terrible - removed it not long after and went with a SPM downpipe which was spot on. The 42DD rubbed and rattled on the heat shields and underbody etc.