Tiguan Exhaust

[Hole46]

Does anyone know specifically how to remove the rline fake chrome exhaust trims? How many clips are there, is wiring clipped to it at all?

I've searched the service manual, but it doesn't give any guidance for the rline rear bumper.

No wires attached, but they need to be tied up out of the way.
Somehow undo the clips and bash inwards with a rubber mallet. My exhaust shop took 30 minutes for the first and 5 minutes minutes for the other once he found how to do it.


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[GreyGoose_X]

No wires attached, but they need to be tied up out of the way.
Somehow undo the clips and bash inwards with a rubber mallet. My exhaust shop took 30 minutes for the first and 5 minutes minutes for the other once he found how to do it.


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Thanks Hole. Do you know how many clips there are on each side? If you still have the chrome trims, would be awesome if you could take a pic, so I can reverse engineer the removal process.

Keen to not break anything as I’ll be putting them back on before resale.


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[Hole46]

Thanks Hole. Do you know how many clips there are on each side? If you still have the chrome trims, would be awesome if you could take a pic, so I can reverse engineer the removal process.

Keen to not break anything as I’ll be putting them back on before resale.


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I’ll take a pic. tomorrow, memory permitting.


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[INASNT]

No sound clips of stock downpipe or CTS/APR downpipe with Golf R rear muffler?

[Hole46]

Thanks Hole. Do you know how many clips there are on each side? If you still have the chrome trims, would be awesome if you could take a pic, so I can reverse engineer the removal process.

Keen to not break anything as I’ll be putting them back on before resale.


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Hope this helps


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[GreyGoose_X]

Super helpful, thanks Hole!

[GreyGoose_X]

No sound clips of stock downpipe or CTS/APR downpipe with Golf R rear muffler?

+1 Would love to hear how it sounds too!

[veew]

Damn missed out, how much was that one?

Turns out the ad expired and disappeared. I happened to randomly check one day and the ad was back up.
Going to get it fitted soon.
Just wondering how to open the exhaust valves before having the exhaust installed?

[daz32]

Going to get it fitted soon.
Just wondering how to open the exhaust valves before having the exhaust installed?

let us know how you go! I have one also..i'm jst trying to find a shop that is keen to give it a go at a reasonable price

RE the exhaust valves; are they open or closed by default?

assuming they're open: what's the impact of not having the actuators powered? if they're open all the time will that impact low end torque?

Assuming they're closed: will that restrict high end throttle response?

[tigger73]

let us know how you go! I have one also..i'm jst trying to find a shop that is keen to give it a go at a reasonable price

RE the exhaust valves; are they open or closed by default?

assuming they're open: what's the impact of not having the actuators powered? if they're open all the time will that impact low end torque?

Assuming they're closed: will that restrict high end throttle response?

Valves are operated by vacuum. You need to run a vacuum line to the valve to close it. By default the valve should be open.

The only down-side of having an open valve is that the exhaust will be noisier. There is little to no difference in performance from a cat-back exhaust - it's all about the noise.

[INASNT]

Theres should be a topic on these Golf R or GOLFNET forum on how to plug the acutator so it stays open all the time.

Alternative would be to plumb it back to a suitable vacuum source on the tig so it operates like on the R. Let us know how you do it so we can copy...

[NZ_GolfR]

Theres should be a topic on these Golf R or GOLFNET forum on how to plug the acutator so it stays open all the time.

Alternative would be to plumb it back to a suitable vacuum source on the tig so it operates like on the R. Let us know how you do it so we can copy...

If the Mk7 Exhaust is like what was on my old Mk6 Golf R then by default both are open, the pressure in the vacuum hose closes the valve. There was a hack where you could kink the vacuum hose and it would keep both open and make the exhaust permanently louder.


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[NZ_GolfR]

For you guys that have install the Golf R exhaust, did you replace the whole pipe from the Cat back with the Golf R setup of cut the pipe and join in front of the muffler?


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[veew]

Launch control takes the fun DSG Farts away, but they are considerably quieter since putting in that centre muffler.
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Sorry I PM'd you about this but thought others might also be interested. What centre muffler do you have installed?

[twyat1]

Sorry I'm probably the worst person at using Tapatalk. I think it's a Magnaflow but will jump under tomorrow and check it out. It won't be in there for long once the new turbo goes in. It muffles all the DSG Shifts. I'll be back at Rob Bliss to remove is (probably swap for resonator) and valve controllers for exhaust.

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