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Re: Milltek question ?
« Reply #15 on: February 10, 2010, 11:00:22 am »
^^^^
As Mat says, Milltek do not recommend mixing their parts with oem parts (I have spoken with Mr Milly many times about this, including this morning!). However they can't control what customers and some of their resellers do and they do need to manufacture both replacement and upgrade components.

Btw, any story you hear about Milltek being manufactured in China is complete and utter bollox! To quote Milltek's boss: "Over my dead body!" would he allow that to happen.
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Re: Milltek question ?
« Reply #16 on: February 10, 2010, 11:02:45 am »
no robin its the cats that were made in china have a look at yours  :smiley:
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Re: Milltek question ?
« Reply #17 on: February 10, 2010, 11:05:33 am »
Quote from: MAT ED30 on February 10, 2010, 11:02:45 am

no robin its the cats that were made in china have a look at yours  :smiley:


....My Milly cat was made in Germany.

[searches for a pic of a pussycat in Nazi uniform]
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Re: Milltek question ?
« Reply #18 on: February 10, 2010, 11:07:45 am »
they changed them a while back to germany ie years ago
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Re: Milltek question ?
« Reply #19 on: February 10, 2010, 11:12:24 am »
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Re: Milltek question ?
« Reply #20 on: February 10, 2010, 11:16:18 am »
Mine has a HJS cat ;)
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Re: Milltek question ?
« Reply #21 on: February 10, 2010, 11:29:55 am »
Without asking Mr Milly, I don't know exactly which German cat manufacturer they currently use but I remember him telling me about a year ago that they'd sourced a particularly good German one (and they ain't cheap!).

Did you know that Milltek are now producing titanium exhaust systems? But not for the Golf as they cost about three times the price and most Golf owners won't want to pay that kind of money.
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Re: Milltek question ?
« Reply #22 on: February 10, 2010, 06:03:31 pm »
Quote from: Greenouse on February 10, 2010, 10:48:46 am
Shall we be clear on this...................

Are you saying the warranty on the cat-back is voided if fitted to OEM DP or the warranty on the OEM DP and cat if it overheats as a result of the new Miltek BB?  :confused:
the cat back system is designed to fit with oem and milltek s dp / cat BUT  the milly dp / cat sholuld not be used with oem or any other manufactures cat back system or it will void the warrenty , thats what milltek told me so if im wrong so are they ! :happy2:
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Re: Milltek question ?
« Reply #23 on: February 10, 2010, 09:21:37 pm »
All this fuss can be easily resolved by Milltek clearly and prominently labelling the DP and CAT BACK components, stating:  "Not to be used with other than a Milltek counterpart".


But guess what, they won't - cos a large chunk of their market will disappear!!!  :P
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Re: Milltek question ?
« Reply #24 on: February 11, 2010, 10:42:04 am »
So they sell a cat back system with a warranty they might not honor ?!!, surely the system should be designed to be used with the OEM system ? :confused:
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Re: Milltek question ?
« Reply #25 on: February 11, 2010, 11:50:29 am »
Quote from: 182_blue on February 11, 2010, 10:42:04 am

So they sell a cat back system with a warranty they might not honor ?!!, surely the system should be designed to be used with the OEM system ? :confused:


....The wording publicly displayed by Milltek is quite clear about what components shouldn't be combined with what and consequently what constitutes a valid warranty issue.

Why should the Milltek exhaust system be designed to work with the oem exhaust system? In doing so it can compromise the performance which most of us buy a Milltek for.
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Re: Milltek question ?
« Reply #26 on: February 11, 2010, 12:06:26 pm »
it should not be sold as a cat back then as it will have no warranty and that would make it abit of a joke if u ask me and milltek should only sell full system pure and simple but how much would it cost em  :smiley:
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Re: Milltek question ?
« Reply #27 on: February 11, 2010, 12:22:18 pm »
"Cat-back" refers to the exhaust system from after, and not including, the catalyst.

It's by having a choice of other Milltek components after the cat-back that a variety of sound levels can be offered - i.e. Resonated or Non-resonated and also the back box. The system also allows for a variety of exit pipe configurations and tips.

It's beginning to look as if some people are incapable of either reading Milltek's blurbs or contacting them to find out more.
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Re: Milltek question ?
« Reply #28 on: February 11, 2010, 01:00:16 pm »
^^^I would still expect Milltek to write something along the lines "product suitable for use only with other milltek products" or "warning: using this item with non-Milltek products may invalidate the warranty".

As long as this accompanies the product description, it covers their back.

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Re: Milltek question ?
« Reply #29 on: February 11, 2010, 01:26:18 pm »
^^^^
Milltek's 2010 brochure, which I have a copy of, does state words to that effect. So I expect their web site probably states either the same or similar.

Also, that Hi-flow catalysts are designed to run alongside exhaust specific software and should not be fitted to unmodified vehicles.
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