C7 Downpipes/Exhaust Question

[Cam.CL.S7]

Has anyone ran the Russian Ebay Downpipes? I know a lot of guys run apr or ams dp's. i understand going that route if you're going with cats but catless i cant personally justify spending more than double for a set of downpipes since they serve the same purpose. while running catless i realize ill have to use O2 spacers to avoid CEL's. i will be going stage 2 EPL here in the next month or so after i take care of some maintenance.

*** side note*** I also found out yesterday while at my local exhaust shop that the PO hacked the rear mufflers off as opposed to the front resonators which i initially thought. the "Suitcase" and the front resonators remain. I'm thinking about deleting the suitcase with either an X pipe or straight pipe while leaving the resonators. The only "sound suppression" I would have would be the factory cats and the resonators. i imagine that would be extremely loud and unpleasant, especially for this car. my last car was 3in straight pipe from the turbo back ( my neighbors hated me on cold mornings). I think i'm going to try it then if it is deafening and drones a bunch i will put some mufflers on it. i personally like the tune-ability of going custom as opposed to pre made kits...idk maybe im in the minority.

2014 S7

Thoughts?

Thanks all!

[Sol Rosenberg]

Are you doing these mods for sound or performance? If the latter you may want to rethink the idea. I ran just about the same trap speeds with bone stock downpipes and a bone stock catback as I did with APR downpipes and a completely open exhaust. This is at stage 3 power levels on 104 octane fuel too.

[Cam.CL.S7]

Are you doing these mods for sound or performance? If the latter you may want to rethink the idea. I ran just about the same trap speeds with bone stock downpipes and a bone stock catback as I did with APR downpipes and a completely open exhaust. This is at stage 3 power levels on 104 octane fuel too.

Main reason is sound, i would run the downpipes to keep the engine may temps down as well. those huge cats in there are little furnaces.