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GTi back box on a GT TDI?
« on: January 04, 2012, 01:39:30 pm »
Hiya guys

I was wondering if you could tell me if a GTi back box will fit on a GT TDI? Will it have any bad effects?
I'm thinking of fitting on mainly for cosmetics to go with the GTi rear bumper I'm thinking of getting.

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Re: GTi back box on a GT TDI?
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2012, 01:49:00 pm »
Yes it's fine.

You'll need to mate the backbox with your centre pipe somehow as they are different diameter, I bought a clamp on eBay for about £8 which was for a 55mm to ~63.5mm sleeve (it needs to be a tad bigger than this to slip over).

Cut the exhaust myself with a grinder, you could get an exhaust place to fit it for not a lot of money.

The hanging points are the same  :happy2:
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Re: GTi back box on a GT TDI?
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2012, 01:56:15 pm »
I did this on my gt tdi and it was fine, doesn't change anything apart from looks.  :happy2:
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Re: GTi back box on a GT TDI?
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2012, 11:32:46 am »
Great stuff thanks guys!

Now need to go and find one  :smiley:

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Re: GTi back box on a GT TDI?
« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2012, 05:44:50 pm »
I did this on my gt tdi and it was fine, doesn't change anything apart from looks.  :happy2:
 I did this too but I did think it sounds a little deeper.

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Re: GTi back box on a GT TDI?
« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2012, 06:14:29 pm »
Yes it's fine.

You'll need to mate the backbox with your centre pipe somehow as they are different diameter, I bought a clamp on eBay for about £8 which was for a 55mm to ~63.5mm sleeve (it needs to be a tad bigger than this to slip over).

Cut the exhaust myself with a grinder, you could get an exhaust place to fit it for not a lot of money.

The hanging points are the same  :happy2:
  Do  you  think  55mm  X  65mm  would be  better  for  the  sleeve sizing? :happy2:

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Re: GTi back box on a GT TDI?
« Reply #6 on: January 05, 2012, 06:26:03 pm »
That's the size I went for.  :happy2:


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Re: GTi back box on a GT TDI?
« Reply #7 on: January 05, 2012, 06:26:33 pm »
Not sure, pretty sure it was 55mm and ~64mm outside diameters of the piping I measured, the guy made up a sleeve that's a tad bigger inner diamater, but yeh 65mm would do too.
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Re: GTi back box on a GT TDI?
« Reply #8 on: January 05, 2012, 10:45:17 pm »
Here's a pic to my old GTTDI with the clamp used to fit the two end's together.


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Re: GTi back box on a GT TDI?
« Reply #9 on: January 10, 2012, 09:55:42 am »
Wicked thanks guys!!

All really useful info!!

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