MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: edition_30 on April 24, 2012, 01:53:08 pm
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Just had a new miltek fitted and the tips are too far out for my liking, is it possible for me to change how far they come out?
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I take it it's not one of the newer ones with the bolts to move the tips up and down?
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A pic may help.......
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Its one of the new systems that does have the bolts to adjust the tips, i tried to adjust but it looks like the tips are already as far back as they go.
Hope this can be sorted as i don't like the way it looks
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Here's the way mine looks, as an alternative design...
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It's not my car but I prefer the look of the Milltek tips - Much easier to get your hands/fingers around to clean.
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Hmmm well I have the same car and same exhaust and I have moved mine back slightly further compared to yours. Maybe adjust the system itself along the joins?
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Surely if you're not happy with how they look you should speak with the people that fitted it.
You can adjust the hangers on the Golf and in this case the tips so whatever you want should be possible.
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Its one of the new systems that does have the bolts to adjust the tips, i tried to adjust but it looks like the tips are already as far back as they go.
Hope this can be sorted as i don't like the way it looks
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i have the adjustable tips and mine at sat nearly an inch further back. As The Hedge man says, take it back to the place that Spanner'd it :wink:
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Surely if you're not happy with how they look you should speak with the people that fitted it.
You can adjust the hangers on the Golf and in this case the tips so whatever you want should be possible.
.... x 3
It's not uncommon for some workshops not to fit properly unfortunately.
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In fairness they look ok just a bit low.
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They do look different to the others on this thread on a side note -
Reasonated/non reasonated pipe and how does it sounds and feel (in terms of driving not physically!) Vs factory.
I'm in the market but would like an honest view not salesman patter.
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Reasonated/non reasonated pipe and how does it sounds and feel (in terms of driving not physically!) Vs factory.
I'm in the market but would like an honest view not salesman patter.
....Well, I'm not a Milltek salesman but I am a bit of a fanboy!
Resonated:
Silencer on centre pipe section. Only a bit louder than OEM.
Non-Resonated:
No silencer on centre pipe section. Louder but not boy-racer loud.
The loudness only kicks in on use of the throttle.
All Milltek exhausts are primarily for performance and work in combination with a remap to deliver increased power.
Sound is very subjective but I would describe it as sporty but sophisticated.
Hope this helps :smiley:
Oh, and I have had various Milltek exhausts on my Mk5 GTI since 2005 and have now done 100,000 miles. So I have good experience of them.
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My r32 miltek sticks out a bit too much too.
Mine does not have adjustable tips. When I fitted it, there was scope for adjustment in the join between back box and centre section...
I just never got round to getting back under the car. Lol
Loosen the clamp, remove from hangars and free up the join, re hang, adjust to required position and tighten clamp.
May need an assistant to make it easier.
Jas
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if your not happy take it back--i adjusted mine on the system after a week as i got mine fitted at awesome ands its a 3hr trip for me
Mine is a soot chucker but a ed30 tail pipes
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Reasonated/non reasonated pipe and how does it sounds and feel (in terms of driving not physically!) Vs factory.
I'm in the market but would like an honest view not salesman patter.
....Well, I'm not a Milltek salesman but I am a bit of a fanboy!
Thought you were on the Milltek development payroll Robin? :grin:
Oh, and I have had various Milltek exhausts on my Mk5 GTI since 2005 and have now done 100,000 miles. So I have good experience of them.
Major Fanboy :signLOL:
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Here's the way mine looks, as an alternative design...
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To be honest thats how i want mine to look, do you think they would be able to adjust like this?
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Here's the way mine looks, as an alternative design...
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi66.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fh269%2Fnigeblueflame%2FVW%2F11-1.jpg&hash=5e11e981637a3a110ff5667c903af8f9c4f52b63)
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To be honest thats how i want mine to look, do you think they would be able to adjust like this?
Only issue i can see with them like that is the black exhaust gas'es will get on the paintwork around the lower section of the bumper, and more up the rear of the car.
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Here's the way mine looks, as an alternative design...
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To be honest thats how i want mine to look, do you think they would be able to adjust like this?
That's my new system right there BCS Powervalve with 80mm tips rolled in, roll on the 5th May for fitting :happy2:
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must admit it does look very nice!
Does anybody know if miltek do the rolled tips, think it suits the car..
Also do you think the height can be adjusted to?
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Mine was like that
If you undo the 13mm on the clams for the tips get some masking tape and use a rubber mallet to tap them in while holding the exhaust to stop it moving to much
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Do you know if the height can be adjusted too?
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the height is adjusted by bending the exhaust hangers :happy2:
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:happy2:
Will speak to the fitter and get them to get it sorted
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the height is adjusted by bending the exhaust hangers :happy2:
You can unbolt the rear hanger and move the tips up and down. No bending necessary. I seen QD do it. :wink:
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^^^ He's often found under the peoples rear ends unbolting their hangers :laugh: :laugh:
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the height is adjusted by bending the exhaust hangers :happy2:
You can unbolt the rear hanger and move the tips up and down. No bending necessary. I seen QD do it. :wink:
thats good to know :happy2:^^^ He's often found under the peoples rear ends unbolting their hangers :laugh: :laugh:
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^^^ He's often found under the peoples rear ends unbolting their hangers :laugh: :laugh:
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Not just rear ends either!
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the height is adjusted by bending the exhaust hangers :happy2:
You can unbolt the rear hanger and move the tips up and down. No bending necessary. I seen QD do it. :wink:
Can this adjustment be done on all Milltek systems, even for the S3?
I want mine to sit higher as well :happy2:
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Here's the way mine looks, as an alternative design...
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi66.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fh269%2Fnigeblueflame%2FVW%2F11-1.jpg&hash=5e11e981637a3a110ff5667c903af8f9c4f52b63)
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To be honest thats how i want mine to look, do you think they would be able to adjust like this?
Only issue i can see with them like that is the black exhaust gas'es will get on the paintwork around the lower section of the bumper, and more up the rear of the car.
The car pictured is actually mine, had the exhaust on a few weeks now and not noticed any trouble with black exhaust gases up the back, given the fairly "flat" style rear end on the Golf they get fairly dirty anyway. The BCS 80mm tips are by far the best exhaust tips too imo, look bigger but not tooo in your face. :notworthy:
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My Milltek tips:
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^ Ceramic coated satin black quads. Eeeeasy cleaning and still look good when dirty.
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that's a nice rear end RR :love:
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My Milltek tips:
^ Ceramic coated satin black quads. Eeeeasy cleaning and still look good when dirty.
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Another irrelevant post by Red Robin! :laugh: Not against you RR, just laughing at how quickly threads can digress. (No cat or postie pictures up here yet tho...) :rolleye:
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Another irrelevant post by Red Robin! :laugh: Not against you RR, just laughing at how quickly threads can digress. (No cat or postie pictures up here yet tho...) :rolleye:
....I completely disagree with you! :fighting:
This thread is discussing Milltek tips and if you want to be pedantic my post with pics here is actually more relevant than the pics posted of the BCS tips.
My post and pics illustrate the black satin ceramic coated Milltek option.
I don't do cat pics (I don't like cats). The postie pic is in a Royal Mail thread and the NGK spark plug pic was in a thread about NGK spark plugs. Anyway, this place could start getting too dull and serious without a few pics.
Furthermore, I think that my high number of Thank You's is testament to most of my posts being relevant.
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Another irrelevant post by Red Robin! :laugh: Not against you RR, just laughing at how quickly threads can digress. (No cat or postie pictures up here yet tho...) :rolleye:
....I completely disagree with you! :fighting:
This thread is discussing Milltek tips and if you want to be pedantic my post with pics here is actually more relevant than the pics posted of the BCS tips.
My post and pics illustrate the black satin ceramic coated Milltek option.
I don't do cat pics (I don't like cats). The postie pic is in a Royal Mail thread and the NGK spark plug pic was in a thread about NGK spark plugs. Anyway, this place could start getting too dull and serious without a few pics.
Furthermore, I think that my high number of Thank You's is testament to most of my posts being relevant.
Ha ha,
OP: Hi , I have a twin tip Milltek exhaust and my tips sit out too far.
RR:Hi, I have quad tips that sit perfectly, they're easy to clean and are constructed nothing like yours so I can't help with your problem. I'll post pics up anyway.
As I've said before I'm not against your post Robin. This place would get too dull if we all stuck religiously and solemnly to the task in hand. We do all like seeing pictures of your car as it's clear that a lot of time, effort and money had been put into it. I just think that your post didn't quite help the OP. Nothing against the rules. I just love how we can so easily fill up other folk's threads without answering their question.
I could say the same thing to Nige from BCS as his post is basically a little shout out for BCS exhaust, nice tho they are). :wink: I didn't tho as I haven't seen him contributing to several posts with relelvant-ish but non-helpful stuff.
I apologise for tarring you with the same brush as the cat pic posters.
PM me if you still feel injusticed in some way. I'd rather not fill up the OP's thread with unnecessary clutter. :confused:
To the OP, I have the exact opposite problem. My twin tip GTI exhaust (like yours) sits just too recessed for my liking. I have a diesel but am not plagued with a dirty boot but I think it'd look nicer with a 1/4 inch of the tips sticking out so you can see the Milltek writing and so it lines up with the shape of the bumper. I knew it was a little bit too flush when I got it fitted but hoped that the usual Milltek creep would happen and it'd miraculously move out that tiny bit I wanted.
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i love lamp
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To the OP, I have the exact opposite problem. My twin tip GTI exhaust (like yours) sits just too recessed for my liking. I have a diesel but am not plagued with a dirty boot but I think it'd look nicer with a 1/4 inch of the tips sticking out so you can see the Milltek writing and so it lines up with the shape of the bumper. I knew it was a little bit too flush when I got it fitted but hoped that the usual Milltek creep would happen and it'd miraculously move out that tiny bit I wanted.
....It is said that pipes extend slightly when they get really hot but you'd have to go for a very spirited drive and jump out and check immediately afterwards to see that.
As any exhaust system will probably move and settle due to varying temperatures etc, I expect that a secondary tweak of the installation is not usual. But as Hedge suggests, go and see whoever fitted it and get it adjusted to your liking if that's feasible.
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That's prob true Robin, but also I think it's been noted that diesels have a knack of rattling the Milltek system slightly any systems have been known to grow without any encouragement. :laugh: I know from having a look at mine, the downpipe/decat is just one long straight pipe with a straight join to the non-resonated tube. I think it's here that the rest of the exhaust can slip from and shows up at the tips. the non-res (or resonated) part joins to the back-box at an angle and straight-thru slippage is much less common there.
Get your garage to loosen all the joints of your exhaust system, reposition and tighten them up. Or, assuming you are a handy man: Do It Yourself!! It's relatively simple. Axle stands make a massive difference unless you are known as Slim Jim. :happy2:
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I LOVE it (not lamp)!!!! :laugh:
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I like Turtles.......
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I like Turtles.......
I like Ninja Babes.......
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