Aftermarket S3 Exhaust Tips?

sukrw · May 19, 2016

Hi Guys,

Anyone recommend or has bought aftermarket exhaust tips for their S3?

Mine are in a terrible state, the outside has gone a "milky" finish - I'm guessing the previous owner or Audi used some sort of "oven cleaner" product on them and they have gone "odd". No matter how much metal polish I've used on them the milky finish is staying where it is. The actual pipe ends are also heavily pitted.

I don't mind aftermarket ones if they look similar the the genuine ones. Or if you know the pipe size of the exhaust without the tips?

Thanks

Rob2k68 · May 19, 2016

From memory the exhaust is 2"x2 1/2" oval. The chrome tips just wrap over the very end of the exhaust so if look look at the inner surface then you're looking at the actual exhaust.

batch · May 19, 2016

Hope these help! You can buy the standard ones in pairs from Audi but I don't know the P/N I'm afraid.

Rob2k68 · May 19, 2016

batch said:
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Hope these help! You can buy the standard ones in pairs from Audi but I don't know the P/N I'm afraid.

Ah well done batch I went 1/2" the wrong way - they're actually 3x2 1/2".

Originals are 2x 8V0 253 825 C LHS and 2x 8V0 253 826 C RHS but you're looking at around £40 each.

sukrw · May 19, 2016

Thanks guys for your comments and measurements for the tips.

I just went out to the car and gave the first tip a good pull and off it came! didn't realise it would be that easy.

Tried cleaning it up using a mild rubbing compound and cloth/scourer but it still leaves the milky finish. Maybe I will try a more abrasive compound and see if that helps - if not I will just not look at them lol

illingworth22 · May 19, 2016

I recall seeing someone on the S3 Facebook page who changed them for After Market tips!

Max-Robbo · May 19, 2016

sukrw said:
I just went out to the car and gave the (first) tip a good pull and off it came!

Careful..

Simon L · May 19, 2016

Max-Robbo said:
Careful..

...........nothing like giving yer tip a good pull....... :whistle2:

batch · May 19, 2016

sukrw said:
Thanks guys for your comments and measurements for the tips.

I just went out to the car and gave the first tip a good pull and off it came! didn't realise it would be that easy.

Tried cleaning it up using a mild rubbing compound and cloth/scourer but it still leaves the milky finish. Maybe I will try a more abrasive compound and see if that helps - if not I will just not look at them lol

Put them through the dishwasher then try again with Autosol or similar!

illingworth22 · May 19, 2016

Simon L said:
...........nothing like giving yer tip a good pull.......

Or even a good Buff

Simon L · May 19, 2016

batch said:
Put them through the dishwasher then try again with Autosol or similar!

Good call Batch but to be perfectly honest if metal polish isn't touching it and the finish is staying dull it sounds like the chrome plating has croaked it!

pburv · May 19, 2016

Simon L said:
Good call Batch but to be perfectly honest if metal polish isn't touching it and the finish is staying dull it sounds like the chrome plating has croaked it!

If they need re plating this is a company we use if anything needs plating...
http://birmingham-plating.co.uk/ :friends:

batch · May 19, 2016

Or do what I'm doing... Top Secret!

pburv · May 19, 2016

batch said:
Or do what I'm doing... Top Secret!

Lol..Another epic mod... :whistle2:

Simon L · May 19, 2016

batch said:
Or do what I'm doing... Top Secret!

Mate you can't make exhaust tips out of bog roll tubes this isn't Blue Peter!! lol

Max-Robbo · May 19, 2016

Simon L said:
Mate you can't make exhaust tips out of bog roll tubes this isn't Blue Peter!! lol

And here's one I made earlier

Steph67 · May 19, 2016

I just went out to the car and gave the first tip a good pull and off it came! didn't realise it would be that easy.

Jassyo06 · May 20, 2016

batch said:
Or do what I'm doing... Top Secret!

Either black anodized tips,Glacier white tips,lol or a new design, trapezoidal......?

Simon L · May 20, 2016

jassyo06 said:
Either black anodized tips,Glacier white tips,lol or a new design, trapezoidal......?

Yep your option 1 would get my vote mate.......................would look pretty snazzy on Batch's brief with his existing carbon biz etc

Jassyo06 · May 20, 2016

Simon L said:
Yep your option 1 would get my vote mate.......................would look pretty snazzy on Batch's brief with his existing carbon biz etc

Yeah it's a no brainer mate ye don't need to be Colombo to suss that Yin oot lol

batch · May 20, 2016

jassyo06 said:
Either black anodized tips,Glacier white tips,lol or a new design, trapezoidal......?

Simon L said:
Yep your option 1 would get my vote mate.......................would look pretty snazzy on Batch's brief with his existing carbon biz etc

jassyo06 said:
Yeah it's a no brainer mate ye don't need to be Colombo to suss that Yin oot lol

Very good gents...!

j0nny2013 · May 20, 2016

having read this, it gets me thinking I'm actually very surprised people are not pinching these if its that easy to take off! I've not tried on mine but very surprised its that easy.

people with black exhausts will probably be going around looking for clean S3 tips now! haha

batch · May 20, 2016

j0nny2013 said:
having read this, it gets me thinking I'm actually very surprised people are not pinching these if its that easy to take off! I've not tried on mine but very surprised its that easy.

people with black exhausts will probably be going around looking for clean S3 tips now! haha

I first discovered they can just be tapped off with a rubber mallet. Lots of ideas about how to get them off (I thought they had teeth going into holes in the actual exhaust) so I just crawled under and ha e them a whack! Hopefully my new ones won't get swifted!

batch · May 20, 2016

@Simon L - all will be revealed to our little posse first of all!

j0nny2013 · May 20, 2016

will have nightmares of going to my car and all my tips have gone!

pburv · May 20, 2016

j0nny2013 said:
having read this, it gets me thinking I'm actually very surprised people are not pinching these if its that easy to take off! I've not tried on mine but very surprised its that easy.

people with black exhausts will probably be going around looking for clean S3 tips now! haha

They won't get pinched. They would just swap their dirty ones for your clean ones..Sort of like money laundering...lol

Rob2k68 · May 20, 2016

batch said:
@Simon L - all will be revealed to our little posse first of all!

C'mon Batch the wait is exhausting or is this just the tip of the iceberg ??

pburv · May 20, 2016

Rob2k68 said:
C'mon Batch the wait is exhausting or is this just the tip of the iceberg ??

Lol.I think you have exhausted any more comebacks on that one... :blow:

azibux1 · May 20, 2016

pburv said:
Lol.I think you have exhausted any more comebacks on that one...

Well if you stop gassing you might think of a comeback! :haha:

Rob2k68 · May 20, 2016

pburv said:
Lol.I think you have exhausted any more comebacks on that one...

Don't flame me LOL ;o)

pburv · May 21, 2016

Clearly I'm emission something as I can't think of anything... :whistle2:

batch · May 21, 2016

I'm glad my project is the catalyst for such fume-or...

Rob2k68 · May 21, 2016

pburv said:
Clearly I'm emission something as I can't think of anything...

That's the cherry-bomb on the cake !

pburv · May 21, 2016

batch said:
I'm glad my project is the catalyst for such fume-or...

I'm sure your mod should soot the car very well.... :blow:

batch · May 21, 2016

pburv said:
I'm sure your mod should soot the car very well....

Don't talk to me about ****** soot. If it wasn't for that stuff I wouldn't be bothering!

pburv · May 21, 2016

batch said:
Don't talk to me about ****** soot. If it wasn't for that stuff I wouldn't be bothering!

Lol There's no smoke without fire.... :sos:

Simon L · May 21, 2016

batch said:
Don't talk to me about ****** soot. If it wasn't for that stuff I wouldn't be bothering!

ah but when you get yer wee mod you won't...............soot back in anger........................you'll be playing the pipes of peace!! lol

(oh god, that was ****** awful) :scared2:

pburv · May 21, 2016

Simon L said:
ah but when you get yer wee mod you won't...............soot back in anger........................you'll be playing the pipes of peace!! lol

(oh god, that was ****** awful)

Yep. Have to agree... :yes:

...lol

Simon L · May 21, 2016

pburv said:
Yep. Have to agree......lol

lol...in my defense there's not a whole lot you can do with word association for exhaust tips!

............'fish grill' on the other hand could have rumbled on well into next year........!!

pburv · May 21, 2016

Simon L said:
lol...in my defense there's not a whole lot you can do with word association for exhaust tips!

............'fish grill' on the other hand could have rumbled on into next year........!!

Stop it with your red herrings in trying to hide such a poor post....lol :whistle2:

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