Today I went to get a cat back exhaust fitted on my TDI VRS.

However when it came to trying on different back boxes we ( me and the mechanic ) noticed there was no change in noise.

Ending up in having the middle box removed and having no back box. So literally a completely straight through exhaust system with a nice tail pipe...costing just under £300.

Yes, I may have decreased back pressure & got an extra 1hp but there is NO CHANGE to noise level at all from the OEM...no a deep tone or a burble or nothing. Is this one a petrol car it would be illegal loud.

My question is if I get the DPF taken out, will I finally get some noise from the exhaust?

I was expecting some increased volume levels today after my cat back system especially with no mid box or back box but nope :/

* if this was a petrol car....

100% DPF removal (or strip out and put back so its MOT legal) will definitely change the sound.  this will come hand in hand with a remap and push you over the 200bhp mark easy (i suffer wheelspin in 3rd!)

i have a standard system with the DPF stripped and have a nice echoey (if thats how its spelt) sound and wishy turbo on a standard system.  a stainless system would sound awesome!

Right! This is rather helpful Lee so thank you very much

Have you got a sound clip or video?

Is it loud enough to be heard by other people, people on the paths etc?

Do u have a tdi vrs too?

i don't have clip or video at the moment but can try do one tomorrow.

its subtle as its a standard system jsut dpf hollowed.   because of this, its not "boy racer" just has a different sound.

will try post something up tomorrow.

yes i have a TDI estate

A diesel will never sound good compared to petrol. But removing the DPF will give the biggest improvement.

Yes if you could record a video/sound clip I would really appreciate it. Thank you.

Okay Ashely!