As title,

 the exhaust on my 2014 1.4 rs is getting a little "crusty" (backbox) and  direct replacement is over £300 😕

What are my options for replacement ??, I'd like to retain the black tips

Anyone have first hand experience with this ? 

Edited 27 April, 20233 yr by Crucian

They don't last forever and you say you are burning oil still in other posts, mine was sooty up until I got the oil fixes, then I upgraded to milltek catback which was about double price of normal stock

@CrucianThe first Mk2 vRS came into the UK in 2010.

Plenty have had the Back Box look like crap for many years and never replaced them because they do not leak for years even when the outer skin is like it should.

Loads and loads of threads on here on the various After Market exhausts if you just do even a quick search. 

 

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/434438-corroded-rear-silencer

 

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/425186-exhaust-for-vrs-tsi

 

 

In the many threads on here and in the project section there are vids of the various examples, and pictures and much more because over the past 12 + years it has been covered so many times.

 

 

 

Edited 28 April, 20233 yr by toot

@toot thanks

@Crucian re you your 'black tips' is that what you have not chrome?  I always painted then satin black and you did not see the soot, but I like the soot with no oil in it.    As to if the tail pipe was greyish inside I was pretty sure they were running lean or maybe not on super unleaded.   This applies with twinchargers. Ignore with other engines. 

When my wife's 2002 VW Polo 1.4 16V 75PS back box outer skin started to "open up", I just bought a pair of SS Jubilee type bands from Halfords, really just to keep the outer skin closed so that it (a) hurt/injure MOT testers and (b) never to be in the position that it started to have bits fall off.

 

That worked and continued working beyond when we traded it at 13 years and 105K miles, and we never ever got any comments/advisories on MOT while these bands were in use/place.  I did make sure that I cut the excess banding off and rolled the end back on itself to remove any sharp edges.

 

Milltek is good, I should change all the clamping bands on my own car as at roughly 12 years on from new, the steel bolts are rotting - I respect that Milltek used large sized steel bolts in their exhaust clamps for best strength, it just pays to be aware that they will be the first thing to fail, but maybe most cars that end up with Milltek exhausts don't last beyond 10/12 years after being fitted with them. 

 

VW Group exhaust joining sleeves clamps tend to have a typical life of 8/9 years - just something else to look out for, or be aware of, I've got a new ready for use when needed on my wife's 2015 VW Polo 1.2TSI!

When first you hear the exhaust blowing with a Fabia twincharger look at this piece under where the front sat passenger is.

For the rattle that might be he downpipe fixing broken.