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Finally decided at last: r32 rear
RedRobin:
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Another option might be to change just your Milltek rear sections to have different exhaust tips. This would change the look. Although now mine are ceramic coated satin black, they will also be available in silver if you prefer.
The tips are thinner and slash-cut and don't stick out so much. I used to have Milltek straight-cut quads with an Abt and then later the R32 rear with the same quads and now a pre-production Milltek backbox etc.
The version I am running currently is the 'quieter' one and its loudness is inbetween the existing Resonated and Non-Resonated currently available. At the end of this month Milltek are manufacturing a louder version section to put on my car and then after a few weeks of living with it (including a Nurburgring trip) it'll be decided what to offer customers.
A further option is to check if OSIR offer a fibreglass or plastic (preferred) version of their quad exhaust trim which I know fits the R32 'rear spoiler' (correct VW name).
Here are some pics of various stages of mine which may be helpful : -
I find the satin black ceramic tips extremely easy to keep clean and also I think the look is far more subtle but still different. Sorry to stick some expensive carbonfibre under your nose! For me, the quads are still there but not so much in yer face - The slash-cut tips look more possibly 'oem'.
Hope this helps in some way!
no golf clubs at all:
Thanks for taking the time to reply Robin, much appreciated.
I am pushing my budget just now, so wouldnt intend to change my milly. Actually have come to like them, though for ages I thought they were too bling.
I will try osir to see if they've got a plastic trim...then faint at the cost and talk to Rich again.
RedRobin:
--- Quote from: no golf clubs at all on August 21, 2009, 10:24:36 am ---
I am pushing my budget just now, so wouldnt intend to change my milly. Actually have come to like them, though for ages I thought they were too bling.
--- End quote ---
....I know exactly what you mean about the 'bling' factor! I sometimes thought that but only for a short time. I so much prefer the symmetry of pipes each side, though not the way VW have styled the Mk6 GTI rear!
no golf clubs at all:
Waiting on osir coming back to me with a price for the plastic insert..... They have to mail their supplier.
Didn't have much faith in my vw dealer, who couldn't find the reflector inserts on his system! Not concerned about these they're pennies really and they'll be on the system somewhere.
Only other wrinkle is an mot is due and I need a new tyre as there is the smallest of bulges on one. So bang goes another £150! Not cheap this dubbin' is it?
RedRobin:
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The reflectors are a later addition and so may not appear on your dealer's system but their Parts Manager's phone call to MK will acquire you a pair - About £3 each IIRC.
Running any car, not just Dubs, is never cheap - And even more expensive if you frequent forums like this one!
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