Down Pipe install question

**theskuh** · 11-07-2008 06:45 PM

Finally got a DP to fix my broken flex joint.

Can I pull the cat and dp out the engine bay together and work on the dp bolts out side of the car?

**DCVING** · 11-07-2008 06:53 PM

Its been awhile since I changed mine but I think I was able to yank all that up through the engine bay. It's going to be a tight fit though but you should be able to turn it just right to make it work. Good luck.

**my 1.8t** · 11-07-2008 08:00 PM

when i did my dp i had to unbolt my flex pipe from the cat in the car and that was a b**** but good luck and let me know if you have anymore ?s

**LaserRedKid** · 11-07-2008 08:35 PM

Funny you should ask this question, this pic was taken 30mins ago.

**djwimbo** · 11-07-2008 11:15 PM

If it's a manual trans you can get it out either way. I take mine out from the bottom. I also don't have a Cat either, so that makes a lot more room.

Tiptronic on the other hand, you have to separate the DP from the cat in the car and pull the DP out the bottom, Cat out the top.

**theskuh** · 11-08-2008 06:13 AM

Its a manual. The flex pipe is totally split through so it shouldn't be an issue. Just getting what is left in the clamp out might be.

**DuviVr6** · 11-08-2008 09:14 AM

well since its in the same topic!

I bought a Borla exhaust for my car and I havent even tried to install it cause it looks pretty complicated any body have any tip on this!

Should I just separate the cat from the turbo and get a test pipe?

**DuviVr6** · 11-08-2008 09:14 AM

Originally Posted by LaserRedKid

Funny you should ask this question, this pic was taken 30mins ago.

is that piece on the right part of the Audi exhaust to?

**LaserRedKid** · 11-08-2008 11:09 AM

No, that is the "new" down pipe for the system, i also have a new HFC, a magnaflow 14815 and a mangaflow resonator ready to put in. That why i took the whole thing down.

**theskuh** · 11-08-2008 06:42 PM

it went pretty uneventfully. Got the whole thing out the top. But put it back in pieces. dremeled off the clamps and replaced them. Took me a while but I wasn't rushing. Cat bolts were easy. Down pipe bolts were easy enough with the whole thing on the ground and the use of a hammer. If it was in the car removing those bolts would have sucked.