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I have owned my B8.5 S4 Avant for around 2 months now, and just got round to doing my first mod.
I bought a Magnaflow X-Pipe off eBay and made a descision to install it myself as opposed to taking it to a garage to do. I have made a couple of catback exhaust before, so didnt think it would be too hard for me to tackle.
I started off by getting the car up on some drive on ramps, and started to size up what i needed to fabricate, before taking the exhaust off the car. The exhaust is 2.25" however i had 2.5" tube and bends left over from a previous job, so i just used this (hence the slightly different OD you can see)
The hardest part of this whole task was disconnecting the exhaust off the car, while lying on your back with around 50mm clearance. The exhaust is extremely heavy, mainly due to the huge silencer boxes.
Spent 5 hours at it last night, then took me 10 mins to put it back on the car today. I didnt even bother test fitting at any point, so i have surprised myself at how well it fits back on the car!!!!
Been for one short drive already and i am happy with it, and the DSG farts are really loud!! Going to take a longer drive cruising at motorway speeds to see if there is any drone. Will also pull the Soundaktor fuse to see how different it is.
I was quoted £60 by a local exhaust place to instal this, but i always rather to DIY thing like this.
Videos to follow
I bought a Magnaflow X-Pipe off eBay and made a descision to install it myself as opposed to taking it to a garage to do. I have made a couple of catback exhaust before, so didnt think it would be too hard for me to tackle.
I started off by getting the car up on some drive on ramps, and started to size up what i needed to fabricate, before taking the exhaust off the car. The exhaust is 2.25" however i had 2.5" tube and bends left over from a previous job, so i just used this (hence the slightly different OD you can see)
The hardest part of this whole task was disconnecting the exhaust off the car, while lying on your back with around 50mm clearance. The exhaust is extremely heavy, mainly due to the huge silencer boxes.
Spent 5 hours at it last night, then took me 10 mins to put it back on the car today. I didnt even bother test fitting at any point, so i have surprised myself at how well it fits back on the car!!!!
Been for one short drive already and i am happy with it, and the DSG farts are really loud!! Going to take a longer drive cruising at motorway speeds to see if there is any drone. Will also pull the Soundaktor fuse to see how different it is.
I was quoted £60 by a local exhaust place to instal this, but i always rather to DIY thing like this.
Videos to follow