Test Pipe HELP!!!!!!!

**Grobby1** · 10-17-2008 06:49 PM

Well today a test pipe and cat back exhaust is or possible was being attempted to being installed. Here is the problem that we are running into. We took the exhaust back from the down pipe out. We got the 4 bolts from the cat to the turbo. We got the front O2 sensor out. How in gods name do you get the cat/down pipe out from the bottom of the car?????? I have it on car ramps in the front and jack stands in the back. We must have tried for a half an hour to get it out with NO luck at all

. Once we determined this is pretty much impossible we tried to take the bolts off from the cat to the down pipe. This may SEEM like an easy task but they are rusted like no ones business and wont come out

!!! ANY HELP WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED!!!!!!! So I can

my Audi again...

**supamannn99** · 10-17-2008 07:32 PM

theres bolts on the downpipe that secure it to the engine

refer to this
http://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=96984
its a pain in the ass to get to. good luck

**Grobby1** · 10-17-2008 07:40 PM

We have ALL of the bolts off on the cat and the downpipe except the one bolting them together. I can move them like 6 or 8 inches. I just seems impossible to get it out through the bottom

...anyone have any suggestions?

**supamannn99** · 10-17-2008 07:50 PM

are you using a lift or just jackstands and jack? you need alot of clearance to get the downpipe out

**Grobby1** · 10-17-2008 08:01 PM

I have the front tires on tire ramps and the back up on jack stands.

**audidrver** · 10-17-2008 08:18 PM

Easy. Pull it out the top. If the air box is out you can pull it out the top with some maneuvering. All in one piece, cat and d-pipe. If for some reason this doesn't work you can take it half way out and then unbolt the last bolt easily. For more room on the bottom make sure the heat shield covering the cv joint is out of the way. Also make sure the end of the d-pipe is over the sub frame brace. if you can't squeeze it out then take the brace off. Anyway jut pull it out the top. If you can't do it with this info then take it to a shop.

**jimmya4** · 10-17-2008 08:53 PM

why cant you just wiggle it out through the bottom? do you not have the clearance from the ground?

**akiodesign** · 10-17-2008 09:19 PM

If its a Tiptronic you have to pull it from the top....took me about 4hrs to figure that out...

**jimmya4** · 10-18-2008 12:25 AM

Originally Posted by akiodesign

If its a Tiptronic you have to pull it from the top....took me about 4hrs to figure that out...

that explains it...

**supamannn99** · 10-18-2008 04:57 AM

Originally Posted by akiodesign

If its a Tiptronic you have to pull it from the top....took me about 4hrs to figure that out...

yeah because the tip trannies are so fucking big and heavy -_______-

**Cirlincione623** · 10-18-2008 09:36 AM

Do you have to remove the intake to do this?

Originally Posted by akiodesign

If its a Tiptronic you have to pull it from the top....took me about 4hrs to figure that out...

**snosk8tr123** · 10-18-2008 10:00 AM

mine was a pain too. we ended up removing the intake and taking it out from the top. putting the intake hose clamp thingy back on was a bitch as well!

**supamannn99** · 10-18-2008 03:13 PM

the removal of the intake is most likely recommended. you should go buy a regular hose clamp from home depot for the intake hose because that shit is a bitch to put back in

**Cirlincione623** · 10-18-2008 03:44 PM

do you recommend the test pipe...does it really smell bad? I have the vmr test pipe sitting in my garage

Originally Posted by supamannn99

the removal of the intake is most likely recommended. you should go buy a regular hose clamp from home depot for the intake hose because that shit is a bitch to put back in