MK5 Golf GTI

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Title: Wearing exhaust in?
Post by: bushypad on March 30, 2013, 12:50:46 am

Hi guys had my milltek tbe non res fitted and sounds amazing but could it get better as its driven more?! Covered a couple hundred miles in it so far!

Title: Re: Wearing exhaust in?
Post by: Andy on March 30, 2013, 12:56:26 am

the one i had fitted to my soot chucker has got better now its done 1000 miles on it

Title: Re: Wearing exhaust in?
Post by: GrayMK5GTI on March 30, 2013, 12:06:31 pm

It will "carbon up" a bit and get even louder  :evilgrin:

Title: Re: Wearing exhaust in?
Post by: ell.s on March 30, 2013, 01:29:20 pm

Mine on my old cooper s took around 1000 miles to settle down its the packing material becoming more dense.

Title: Re: Wearing exhaust in?
Post by: DarkSideJohn on March 30, 2013, 02:07:50 pm

I've just had my TBE fitted to my TDI on the 20th of this month. As every day goes by it seems to get a bit nicer sounding, probably covered around 300 miles since fitting.

I have been wondering about a "wearing in" period too, so it looks like Im not alone !