2012 RS Octavia best and cheapest way to get a GTI golf like Exhaust tone????????

[MY12VRS]

Need some advice please have been thinking about this for far too long, i just want the best option for a similar noise level to the Golf GTI.

thoughts ?

[zei20t]

aftermarket. looks like anything for a mk v jetta will bolt on an Octavia. so that includes the US for pre-manufactured parts.

UK for Octavia specific.

or go to a local exhaust shop, get them to change the cat-back or remove the mid-muffler

[brad]

If you do a 3" downpipe it will open up a bit of voice, also it will take some of the heat stress out of the turbo & help it spin up quicker / better.

Apart from that, what ^^^^ said. Jetta stuff usually fits or chop that big pancake muffler out from the middle

[Dutch77]

Changing the downpipe can make it a bit deeper, but if Octavia's are the same as Golfs this probably will chuck a CEL without a stage 2 tune?

You can get spacers that can work to eliminate this issue, although with mixed results. There is one available in the 42DD range that Greg Roles/Carformance (forum sponsor) sell; I can definitely vouch for the downpipe from this range as well.

[dArK5HaD0w]

certainly NOT the cheapest way, but get an APR exhaust


considering the GTi & the RS have the same downpipe, i'd focus on the catback section if you want to "sound like a GTi".
unfortunately i don't know which catback will achieve that for u.

[zei20t]

GTi and RS don't use the same downpipe the GTi one is much longer.

any less muffling in the back section will open up the DSG fart. the down pipe proabably wont help much. I have a down pipe and stock cat-back. sound is the same. power is not

[Lucas_R]

I thought the vRS had much the same (perhaps not identical, but very similar) exhaust setup as the Mk6 GTI?

The down pipe is very similar (ok so mabye the Octy DP is shorter overall, but they both contain the same 2x catalytic converters and same overall shape/design), and then you have a mid sized muffler just before the rear axle and then a larger muffler at the back. I know some Mk6 GTi owners get the muffler just before the rear axle removed to increase noise, so perhaps you could try this. Would be a pretty cheap ($100 or so) exercise.

Otherwise, i wonder how much work would be required to fit a Mk6 GTi cat back to the Octy vRS?

[brad]

Changing the downpipe can make it a bit deeper, but if Octavia's are the same as Golfs this probably will chuck a CEL without a stage 2 tune?
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It won't chuck a CEL if you have a 200 cell catcon.

Otherwise, i wonder how much work would be required to fit a Mk6 GTi cat back to the Octy vRS?

As an example (sorry, can't find direct links):
APR Jetta exhaust The back muffler is tucked in the rear quarter panel
APR GOLF V Back muffler tucked into beaver panel
APR Golf VI Back muffler dual outlets & tucked behind beaver panel

[Lucas_R]

For someone like me who likes everything to be symmetrical/even, that APR exhaust for the MK6 GTI just looks retarded and off balance.

As mentioned above, the system for the Jetta looks to be the closest match for the Octy.

[dArK5HaD0w]

GTi and RS don't use the same downpipe the GTi one is much longer.

it is effectively the same, as Lucas also pointed out, just longer on the GTi.
infact the apr downpipe is the same part number (CD100013) for the golf, jetta and octavia.

As mentioned above, the system for the Jetta looks to be the closest match for the Octy.

the jetta exhaust is an exact fit for the octy. its wat i have in mine now.
the golf exhaust requires modifcations to fit an octy.

[MY12VRS]

Thanks for all the information who do you recommend using in Melbourne? who do you know has done octavia work?

[MY12VRS]

Thanks for all the information who do you recommend using in Melbourne? who do you know has done octavia work?

[vEnOm_oz]

I would recommend - VW Volkswagen used cars and car parts for Beetles, Golfs and Kombis from Volkspower Melbourne Australia

[Tigger]

Anyone know of a good exhaust place in Sydney that would know what they were doing??

[KWICKS]

Cromer Exhaust has a decent reputation.