Trying to decide between AWE & Milltek Exhaust
05-15-2011, 11:14 AM
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I've had the AWE exhaust with stock downpipes on my car for about 8 mos with no fitment or other issues. I'm perfectly happy with the sound and I think it is exactly what you are looking for. I do have a 6MT and if you go resonated(recommend for DSG) it should be a similar sound. I took it to the track for the first time this last weekend and the first comment out of any one was "I love the sound of your car".
This is my car right after install. It's gotten throatier since then.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEHQE...ature=youtu.be
This is my car right after install. It's gotten throatier since then.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEHQE...ature=youtu.be
05-15-2011, 11:59 AM
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05-16-2011, 05:32 AM
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05-16-2011, 09:04 AM
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Our Downpipes will help you fine tune the sound.
Compared to the Exhaust only (with the factory downpipes), our Non-Resonated Downpipes will make the sound louder and more aggressive while our Resonated Downpipes will mellow out the sound and make things a little quieter and smoother.
We recommend the Resonated Downpipes to most clients, but which one will best fit your needs ultimately depends on you.
Which kind of sound are you going for?
Compared to the Exhaust only (with the factory downpipes), our Non-Resonated Downpipes will make the sound louder and more aggressive while our Resonated Downpipes will mellow out the sound and make things a little quieter and smoother.
We recommend the Resonated Downpipes to most clients, but which one will best fit your needs ultimately depends on you.
Which kind of sound are you going for?
05-16-2011, 12:13 PM
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Our Downpipes will help you fine tune the sound.
Compared to the Exhaust only (with the factory downpipes), our Non-Resonated Downpipes will make the sound louder and more aggressive while our Resonated Downpipes will mellow out the sound and make things a little quieter and smoother.
We recommend the Resonated Downpipes to most clients, but which one will best fit your needs ultimately depends on you.
Which kind of sound are you going for?
Compared to the Exhaust only (with the factory downpipes), our Non-Resonated Downpipes will make the sound louder and more aggressive while our Resonated Downpipes will mellow out the sound and make things a little quieter and smoother.
We recommend the Resonated Downpipes to most clients, but which one will best fit your needs ultimately depends on you.
Which kind of sound are you going for?
Sounds like a good compromise.
What kind of drone or other issues are expected on a DSG car with just the rear section?
05-16-2011, 02:52 PM
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Our Downpipes will help you fine tune the sound.
Compared to the Exhaust only (with the factory downpipes), our Non-Resonated Downpipes will make the sound louder and more aggressive while our Resonated Downpipes will mellow out the sound and make things a little quieter and smoother.
We recommend the Resonated Downpipes to most clients, but which one will best fit your needs ultimately depends on you.
Which kind of sound are you going for?
Compared to the Exhaust only (with the factory downpipes), our Non-Resonated Downpipes will make the sound louder and more aggressive while our Resonated Downpipes will mellow out the sound and make things a little quieter and smoother.
We recommend the Resonated Downpipes to most clients, but which one will best fit your needs ultimately depends on you.
Which kind of sound are you going for?
Also, is there any better throttle response with the AWE dp's vs stock dp's?
05-17-2011, 02:06 PM
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So is it fair to say that stock downpipes + AWE catback is a good middle of the road compromise between the all-out loud sound given by the non-res downpipes + catback and more muted sound of the resonated downpipes + catback?
Sounds like a good compromise.
What kind of drone or other issues are expected on a DSG car with just the rear section?
Sounds like a good compromise.
What kind of drone or other issues are expected on a DSG car with just the rear section?
The Exhaust itself is a great upgrade, but for a DSG car I'd strongly recommend the Resonated Downpipes. They help control the part throttle volume better than the factory units and are worthwhile for both transmissions.
I'd go with our Resonated Downpipes and Exhaust for the reasons I mentioned above.
Here are some thoughts from one of our 6MT clients who had the factory downpipes and then upgraded to our Resonated Downpipes.
For the first week I had stock DP's in. After the resonated pipes were installed it was like night and day. The sound was still exotic and as loud as I wanted it to be at WOT. But daily driving around town it was barely perceptible that I even had exhaust which is what I wanted.
Let me know if you have any additional questions.
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