Thanks!, That as helped a lot mate.
The problem i have is i don't know any good trusted exhaust places around my area and i don't want to choose a place at random and they mess it up as it a brand new car and i've only just done over 600 miles in it.
How ever i have found this
https://www.awesomegti.com/shop-by-car/audi/s3-8v/resonator-delete-pipe-kit-audi-s3-8v/ from Awesome GTI in Manchester i know these guys are good but the link doesn't tell you much about the resonator kit if its a anti drone or not. What do you thing?
Also how this Warranty affected by doing this mod? some people tell me it will be void, others tell me it only voids the exhaust.
That doesn’t have the anti-drone pipe coming off so I would say thats basically what I had done, except I paid only £90 quid! I believe the anti-drone is a small curled pipe coming from the main pipe but I can’t upload pics from my phone, but you can see the pipe on any res delete with anti-drone., although it seems very debatable whether it works from what I’ve read.
One of the reasons I went the route I did was that I wanted it welding at both sides as a few people have had issues with these kits not being clamped properly, it seems some are clamped both sides and some are clamped one end like this one, mine is welded both sides so I didn’t have to worry about taking it back to get the clamp(s) re-done. I would say keep that in mind if you are going to have to travel a fair bit to get the work done, and definitely do your homework, like you say its a new expensive motor and unfortunately there are some bad places out there.
My job was done by Tony Banks in Leeds, he has a very good rep and when I was there he was really busy, 3 other customers waiting and the phone was ringing off the hook. I will say that I tried about 6 other garages in my area and none of them did this mod, it was a pain finding someone at all. I considering going back to Tony for a full cat back.
For the warranty I’m not an expert on Audi but I would think they would try and fob you off for anything on the exhaust, although a lot of people say it would just be the back box, no one seems to have posted anything giving proof either way. You shouldn’t have any issues with a new car exhaust inside 3 yrs anyway, the only thing that looks like it could be an issue is the exhaust valves which aren’t the end of the world to pay for in the worst case, although I wouldn’t be having that! For anything else on the car they wouldn’t have a leg to stand on but may try anyway, if you have no problem standing your ground it won’t be an issue. I work for a large rotating equipment manufacturer and they will (like any company) look for any excuse to wriggle out of a warranty claim.
I don’t know your situation but this is a relatively low risk mod if you go with a reputable company, but if a warranty refusal costing you a few grand would put you in financial ruin then I would never recommend modding your car, very, very unlikely you’d end up in that situation though with a res delete.
If it makes you feel any better my mate has a lease S3 and is getting this done, mine is a PCP and I will be doing some more mods this yr and will likely trade it in for an RS3 in a couple of yr with mods left on
Do you have your valves open?
