This has been bugging me for some time...

geneandbolly · 02-04-13, 07:10 PM

why oh WHY did audi make the cut-out in the rear panel so bloomin' wide?
did these cars come with twin blunderbuses as standard?!!

Eddy · 02-04-13, 07:16 PM

fill the gap with some bigger pipes

whats the story with the back box ?

Daveymaclad · 02-04-13, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by geneandbolly

why oh WHY did audi make the cut-out in the rear panel so bloomin' wide?
did these cars come with twin blunderbuses as standard?!!

If that's all you've got keeping you up at night then I think you're going to be just fine!!

geneandbolly · 02-04-13, 07:30 PM

eddy, THIS is the trouble: i was raised on old skool fords and you NEVER saw anything
wider than a two inch pipe at the rear end until those neds started f**king about with rs turbos etc, renault 5 gt turbos and fitting bean tin exhausts that not only LOOKED horrible but SOUNDED horrible too!!

so, for me, this is the standard - i can't BEAR to see anything wider than that!

or is it just me?!

john johnson · 02-04-13, 07:47 PM

Your back box is wrong and sitting too low probably due to a goosed rubber . The right box looks ok and bigger pipes as on say can touch badly , think I had a 2.5 or 3 pair of pipes on one of my cars once and it looked ok but was very close to the rear apron

Eddy · 02-04-13, 07:49 PM

what back box is it ?
Im cuffed with the milltec on the cq, too small to get your fist in but big enough to get your noob in

lefthooker · 02-04-13, 07:55 PM

Non standard back box is part of the problem there. Audi probably left a fair gap so as to ensure there was no possible discolouration of paintwork due to hot pipes.
The tail pipes do move around a fair bit under hard driving aswell.

John. · 02-04-13, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by geneandbolly

Who cares.....calendar shot !

Eddy · 02-04-13, 08:16 PM

yer, she still looks feckin good !

Phil Jameson · 02-04-13, 08:35 PM

The height is about right,the pipes being a touch smaller than genuine ones exaggerates the effect.
That said,a genuine back box isn't cheap but its the best there is.

02-04-13, 07:30 PM	#4
geneandbolly 4 ring whore! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: The Psychiatric Ward, North Ayrshire Posts: 7,490	eddy, THIS is the trouble: i was raised on old skool fords and you NEVER saw anything wider than a two inch pipe at the rear end until those neds started f**king about with rs turbos etc, renault 5 gt turbos and fitting bean tin exhausts that not only LOOKED horrible but SOUNDED horrible too!! so, for me, this is the standard - i can't BEAR to see anything wider than that! or is it just me?! __________________ 1997 Audi S6 Ruby Red

02-04-13, 07:47 PM	#5
john johnson Moderator of sausages Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: sheffield Posts: 13,331	Your back box is wrong and sitting too low probably due to a goosed rubber . The right box looks ok and bigger pipes as on say can touch badly , think I had a 2.5 or 3 pair of pipes on one of my cars once and it looked ok but was very close to the rear apron __________________ Mr OCD http://s159.photobucket.com/albums/t144/jsquatts/ Daily rs4 b7 with buckets that play havoc with my piles And if you are reading this as James may would say ' you're a cock '

02-04-13, 07:16 PM	#2
Eddy Grown up member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Glasgow Posts: 904	fill the gap with some bigger pipes whats the story with the back box ?

02-04-13, 07:49 PM	#6
Eddy Grown up member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Glasgow Posts: 904	what back box is it ? Im cuffed with the milltec on the cq, too small to get your fist in but big enough to get your noob in

02-04-13, 07:55 PM	#7
lefthooker Senior Member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 2,655	Non standard back box is part of the problem there. Audi probably left a fair gap so as to ensure there was no possible discolouration of paintwork due to hot pipes. The tail pipes do move around a fair bit under hard driving aswell.

02-04-13, 08:16 PM	#9
Eddy Grown up member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Glasgow Posts: 904	yer, she still looks feckin good !

02-04-13, 08:35 PM	#10
Phil Jameson 4 ring whore! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Wigan Posts: 2,432	The height is about right,the pipes being a touch smaller than genuine ones exaggerates the effect. That said,a genuine back box isn't cheap but its the best there is.