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All Things Mk5 => Modifications & Technical Area => Performance Modifications => Topic started by: Saint Steve on September 19, 2011, 11:39:22 am

Title: New Milltek fitted today....New adjustable tips it appears
Post by: Saint Steve on September 19, 2011, 11:39:22 am
Looks like they have changed the design of the back box tail pipes, they are now adjustable, so if your into sticky out pipes, then you can have them as long as you like, or tucked away abit better that ive just done..

Didnt plump for the shallower back box, as im happy with my large rear  :chicken:


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 :drinking:
Title: Re: New Milltek fitted today....New adjustable tips it appears
Post by: alexperkins on September 19, 2011, 11:41:55 am
Ooh exciting

Thats another variant on the revised one I have fitted on mine
Title: Re: New Milltek fitted today....New adjustable tips it appears
Post by: Mandy on September 19, 2011, 12:13:07 pm
I would've thought all new Millteks now would have the shallow back box.

Did they change the whole cat back under warranty or just your cracked pipes?
Title: Re: New Milltek fitted today....New adjustable tips it appears
Post by: Hedge on September 19, 2011, 12:13:25 pm
The bolt on tips are probably to allow for easier changing when they fail.  :wink:
Title: Re: New Milltek fitted today....New adjustable tips it appears
Post by: Saint Steve on September 19, 2011, 12:17:24 pm
I would've thought all new Millteks now would have the shallow back box.

Did they change the whole cat back under warranty or just your cracked pipes?

The back box Mandy .. and i can see why making the tips seperatly is better for something that has lifetime warranty... rather expensive to change complete back box assemblys when all thats wrong is an over pedantic customer worried about a hairline crack in his exhaust :grin:
Title: Re: New Milltek fitted today....New adjustable tips it appears
Post by: Mandy on September 19, 2011, 12:22:49 pm
I would've thought all new Millteks now would have the shallow back box.

Did they change the whole cat back under warranty or just your cracked pipes?

The back box Mandy .. and i can see why making the tips seperatly is better for something that has lifetime warranty... rather expensive to change complete back box assemblys when all thats wrong is an over pedantic customer worried about a hairline crack in his exhaust :grin:

 :happy2:

(You're still a loser for folding my wing mirrors in  :P, didn't realise til I was half way down the road lol.)
Title: Re: New Milltek fitted today....New adjustable tips it appears
Post by: Saint Steve on September 19, 2011, 12:24:23 pm
I would've thought all new Millteks now would have the shallow back box.

Did they change the whole cat back under warranty or just your cracked pipes?

The back box Mandy .. and i can see why making the tips seperatly is better for something that has lifetime warranty... rather expensive to change complete back box assemblys when all thats wrong is an over pedantic customer worried about a hairline crack in his exhaust :grin:

 :happy2:

(You're still a loser for folding my wing mirrors in  :P, didn't realise til I was half way down the road lol.)


says it all doesnt it  :P   :signLOL:
Title: Re: New Milltek fitted today....New adjustable tips it appears
Post by: Mandy on September 19, 2011, 12:42:50 pm
I would've thought all new Millteks now would have the shallow back box.

Did they change the whole cat back under warranty or just your cracked pipes?

The back box Mandy .. and i can see why making the tips seperatly is better for something that has lifetime warranty... rather expensive to change complete back box assemblys when all thats wrong is an over pedantic customer worried about a hairline crack in his exhaust :grin:

 :happy2:

(You're still a loser for folding my wing mirrors in  :P, didn't realise til I was half way down the road lol.)


says it all doesnt it  :P   :signLOL:

Did someone ask me to get them some gas struts....  :popcornsoda:


 :signLOL:

Title: Re: New Milltek fitted today....New adjustable tips it appears
Post by: Little_Dave on September 19, 2011, 01:05:24 pm
Steve is this a brand new system? I only ask as i was looking at getting a R32 rear valance and milly backbox to match but when i asked about the tips in your picture they said they dont come in a slash cut only with the rolled in tips like i have now on my GTI milly tips now  :confused:

I wanted the polished inside of the tips like yours and not the honeycombe kinda finish i have in mine

Thanks in advance for any advice

Dave
Title: Re: New Milltek fitted today....New adjustable tips it appears
Post by: jedi-knight83 on September 19, 2011, 01:07:24 pm
how much is a miltek these days?
Title: Re: New Milltek fitted today....New adjustable tips it appears
Post by: Saint Steve on September 19, 2011, 01:13:16 pm
Steve is this a brand new system? I only ask as i was looking at getting a R32 rear valance and milly backbox to match but when i asked about the tips in your picture they said they dont come in a slash cut only with the rolled in tips like i have now on my GTI milly tips now  :confused:

I wanted the polished inside of the tips like yours and not the honeycombe kinda finish i have in mine

Thanks in advance for any advice

Dave
They do an r32 slash cut design, as a few ex r32 owners on here have had them, but whether the latest revision with the bolt on tips has been done , i dont know.

how much is a miltek these days?

Full system is around £1100, cat back system is around £550+ not 100% sure.


www.milltek.co.uk
Title: Re: New Milltek fitted today....New adjustable tips it appears
Post by: heavyd on September 19, 2011, 02:10:05 pm
I wish mine had those removable tips on. as mine look like this  :sad1: :sad1:
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Title: Re: New Milltek fitted today....New adjustable tips it appears
Post by: Hedge on September 19, 2011, 02:14:47 pm

They do an r32 slash cut design, as a few ex r32 owners on here have had them, but whether the latest revision with the bolt on tips has been done , i dont know.


The finish you refer to is GT100 on the R32 back box and the Ed30 tails are called GT80's. :smiley:
Title: Re: New Milltek fitted today....New adjustable tips it appears
Post by: rich83 on September 19, 2011, 02:15:37 pm
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Removable pipes.....  :happy2:
Title: Re: New Milltek fitted today....New adjustable tips it appears
Post by: maxload on September 19, 2011, 02:28:29 pm
Nice pipes steve - thanks for the info buddy :happy2:
Title: Re: New Milltek fitted today....New adjustable tips it appears
Post by: SteveS on September 19, 2011, 02:31:01 pm
I wish mine had those removable tips on. as mine look like this  :sad1: :sad1:
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miltek have lifetime warranties
Title: Re: New Milltek fitted today....New adjustable tips it appears
Post by: Hedge on September 19, 2011, 02:32:56 pm
Heavyd - that is pretty straightforward to repair.
Jim at JKM did mine as they cracked and it looked as good as new when he finished.
Title: Re: New Milltek fitted today....New adjustable tips it appears
Post by: heavyd on September 19, 2011, 02:42:16 pm
Heavyd - that is pretty straightforward to repair.
Jim at JKM did mine as they cracked and it looked as good as new when he finished.

Did they just weld them hedge? sounds good to me :laugh:


miltek have lifetime warranties

Not when you buy them 2nd hand they dont :sad1:
Title: Re: New Milltek fitted today....New adjustable tips it appears
Post by: Hedge on September 19, 2011, 02:48:53 pm
Yup welded. The actual tails are 2 concentric pipes that are filled smoothed and polished.
Title: Re: New Milltek fitted today....New adjustable tips it appears
Post by: jedi-knight83 on September 19, 2011, 06:20:52 pm
They look nice. Are they much bigger than the OEM pipes?

Is it much louder too?
Title: Re: New Milltek fitted today....New adjustable tips it appears
Post by: QD MBE on September 19, 2011, 06:58:44 pm
I wish mine had those removable tips on. as mine look like this  :sad1: :sad1:
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fb150%2Fheavyd123%2FP1010295.jpg&hash=8c5289afe23aea025428e9c6a260fee990754d23)

I would probably cut them off, and get some of the removable types.  But the bottom line is they should not crack.  I think the profile makes the weld area very thin and brittle.

Title: Re: New Milltek fitted today....New adjustable tips it appears
Post by: parks on September 19, 2011, 07:06:19 pm
What benefit does the shallower back box give? Can the normal one be seen from behind the car?
Title: Re: New Milltek fitted today....New adjustable tips it appears
Post by: Saint Steve on September 19, 2011, 07:28:35 pm
The Backbox on my Ed30 can be seen by about 20% showing below the rear bumper on the ed30, not alot but some people are more fussy, and prefer not to see it.

Im a bit of a magpie and like shiny things on show...i would safely say there would be zero difference in performance over the shallow version.Perhaps less air drag under the car for Race variants...

I will post a pic if you want later..
Title: Re: New Milltek fitted today....New adjustable tips it appears
Post by: PDT on September 19, 2011, 10:14:34 pm
I wish mine had those removable tips on. as mine look like this  :sad1: :sad1:
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fb150%2Fheavyd123%2FP1010295.jpg&hash=8c5289afe23aea025428e9c6a260fee990754d23)


Thats caused by having 1003mb of boost at idle :grin:
Title: Re: New Milltek fitted today....New adjustable tips it appears
Post by: parks on September 19, 2011, 10:16:56 pm
The Backbox on my Ed30 can be seen by about 20% showing below the rear bumper on the ed30, not alot but some people are more fussy, and prefer not to see it.

Im a bit of a magpie and like shiny things on show...i would safely say there would be zero difference in performance over the shallow version.Perhaps less air drag under the car for Race variants...

I will post a pic if you want later..

Oooh yes please shallow and normal pics anyone?
Title: Re: New Milltek fitted today....New adjustable tips it appears
Post by: Little_Dave on September 19, 2011, 10:35:34 pm
Thought i had seen a few R32's with slash cut milly's on but when i rang AMD for a price and to see if i could get that style they said milltek only do rolled tips now on their systems  :confused:

My current non-res milly system has the big back box and i'd prefer a shallower box or even go for the blue flame version which doesn't have one  :wink:

Other option apparently is to get just the tips for about £60~ and get them bolted onto my current system.........  :rolleye:
Title: Re: New Milltek fitted today....New adjustable tips it appears
Post by: chungster on September 19, 2011, 10:37:01 pm
Mine has the new changeable tip system too....going to try a set of polished GT100's on mine after Combe just to see how it changes the arse end look  :signLOL:
Title: Re: New Milltek fitted today....New adjustable tips it appears
Post by: heavyd on September 20, 2011, 01:56:30 am
I wish mine had those removable tips on. as mine look like this  :sad1: :sad1:


Thats caused by having 1003mb of boost at idle :grin:

Thats how dealer can tell if a car is remapped you know, if it requests 280mb of boost at idle and it is reading 1080mb, its producing an extra 0.8bar of boost at idle, so its definetly remapped! and he didnt believe  there is such a thing as atmospheric pressure :confused:
Forgot to mention the other one Dave, there isnt any overboost at all, we checked, but our diagnostics only measure up to 2100rpm, I'm sure the K04 isnt even spinning at 2100rpm :laugh:
I'm in for some fun in the morning when I go to pick my car up arent I :popcornsoda:

Title: Re: New Milltek fitted today....New adjustable tips it appears
Post by: Hedge on September 20, 2011, 07:08:02 am
Mine has the new changeable tip system too....going to try a set of polished GT100's on mine after Combe just to see how it changes the arse end look  :signLOL:

Will they fit?  :confused:
Title: Re: New Milltek fitted today....New adjustable tips it appears
Post by: chungster on September 20, 2011, 07:51:59 am
My black ones are GT100s so yeah should go straight on! They do both options for the Roc R.  :happy2:
Title: Re: New Milltek fitted today....New adjustable tips it appears
Post by: gobbleplease on September 20, 2011, 09:28:36 pm
I think they have been like that for about a year now mate, my ones were like that its a nice touch
Title: Re: New Milltek fitted today....New adjustable tips it appears
Post by: Saint Steve on September 21, 2011, 07:23:16 am
I think they have been like that for about a year now mate, my ones were like that its a nice touch

Alex Perkins had his replaced, and his aernt the same, so not sure that's completely correct
Title: Re: New Milltek fitted today....New adjustable tips it appears
Post by: gobbleplease on September 21, 2011, 05:36:32 pm
Im sure i bought mine in november last year, i though it was a good idea at the time as well because i dont really bother with cleaning them so i thought i could just replace the pipes if need be !

What was the old system like ? Were  the pipes just attached to the backbox as one piece ?
Im thinking of selling mine and going for the valvatronic bcs, ill wait for the prices first i think
Title: Re: New Milltek fitted today....New adjustable tips it appears
Post by: Saint Steve on September 21, 2011, 06:33:35 pm
yes they were, not removable ..but if your good with a Mig welder and a grinder, anything is possible. :grin:
Title: Re: New Milltek fitted today....New adjustable tips it appears
Post by: andrewparker on September 21, 2011, 07:08:26 pm
Steve, OT, please could you direct me to your interior modifications thread. Been trying to find it to no avail. Particularly interested in the gloss black door trim.
Title: Re: New Milltek fitted today....New adjustable tips it appears
Post by: Saint Steve on September 21, 2011, 07:28:34 pm

I think its been banished by the powers that be, reducing Thread history perhaps to keep forum more stable??.

It was some time ago i done this...

Title: Re: New Milltek fitted today....New adjustable tips it appears
Post by: andrewparker on September 21, 2011, 09:24:58 pm
Ahh OK, cheers dude. I will have to find my own way!