Experiences of eBay downpipe/sports cat?

[PhilNUK]

Which did you get?  Any errors?  Is it a nice deep sound or it too loud?

[Deako]

Nice sound. More in line with what I wanted. It's the same as the Direnza one, £138 inc p&p. No CEL, but might have already been mapped out for all I know. Not sure.

[PhilNUK]

Cheers mate. When you say mapped out you mean it's possible to have the errors cancelled via vagcom?

Am tempted to go for it as even second hand millteks go for £350

[Deako]

Yes. Or have the 2nd lambda mapped out.

[Vintyd]

Any videos of the exhaust after fitting the decat?

[Deako]

Had my first CEL today. Roll on Stage2+ mapping session.

[patpong_pete]

Had my first CEL today. Roll on Stage2+ mapping session.

cell light on the dash
i think vag com will re set this but what if it comes back then remap it out
if the cell light is on will it do any damage to car engine or not ?

[Deako]

Nah. It's fine. I haven't even bothered to turn it off in VCDS today.   

[Mitch H]

I had my car on ramp today fitting my touareg 4 pots quick check around the car and eBay downpipe is holding up fine. Brackets perfect and flexi looks fine :)

[Deako]

Good stuff. Not expecting mine to have any issues with the revo torque arm and 034motorsports bushes. Just all down to the welds I think. But it looked very well made.

[Mitch H]

Yeh I need to get a torque bush insert ordered!

[PhilNUK]

I have decided to just go for the pre cat delete for now to go with the milltek cat back...  Will give me a bit of more power and bit of extra noise and I can save up for a sports cat for next year maybe.

[Paavo]

Bringing up a somewhat old thread here since I'm looking to buy one of these cheap unbranded eBay downpipes with a sports cat. From what I can understand all of the sports cats in this budget price range have a very limited life span but otherwise the downpipes themselves are not that much worse than the ones being sold for quite a bit more money? Since there are quite a few options in the cheap price range, are there any specific details that make a difference between a better and worse product? I know that the flexipipes can be problematic if they are of low quality and begin to leak. What about metal cat vs. ceramic cat?

I've kind of narrowed my options down to three choices on German eBay but just wanted to ask whether you guys know if one of them could be considered to be better than the rest:

http://www.ebay.de/itm/131420803247 TA Technix could possibly be considered as something of a brand.
http://www.ebay.de/itm/331418080089 Maybe the cheapest out there and if I've understood correctly one that a few people here have as well.
http://www.ebay.de/itm/262024727441 Made in Germany and has a 300 cel ceramic cat compared to 200 cel metal cats on other choices.

So, if any of you have any opinions on the different choices don't hesitate to comment. And naturally if anyone can think of an option in similar price range that is better than any of those that I listed, I'd be more than happy to hear about it.

[MK1Campaign]

Bringing up a somewhat old thread here since I'm looking to buy one of these cheap unbranded eBay downpipes with a sports cat. From what I can understand all of the sports cats in this budget price range have a very limited life span but otherwise the downpipes themselves are not that much worse than the ones being sold for quite a bit more money? Since there are quite a few options in the cheap price range, are there any specific details that make a difference between a better and worse product? I know that the flexipipes can be problematic if they are of low quality and begin to leak. What about metal cat vs. ceramic cat?

I've kind of narrowed my options down to three choices on German eBay but just wanted to ask whether you guys know if one of them could be considered to be better than the rest:

http://www.ebay.de/itm/131420803247 TA Technix could possibly be considered as something of a brand.
http://www.ebay.de/itm/331418080089 Maybe the cheapest out there and if I've understood correctly one that a few people here have as well.
http://www.ebay.de/itm/262024727441 Made in Germany and has a 300 cel ceramic cat compared to 200 cel metal cats on other choices.

So, if any of you have any opinions on the different choices don't hesitate to comment. And naturally if anyone can think of an option in similar price range that is better than any of those that I listed, I'd be more than happy to hear about it.

The third German made option looks decent quality. I'm tempted.

[PhilNUK]

Yeah tempted with that third one too