Hello,yes the back box doe's stick out a a fair bit and you can clearly see the back box when looking in line with it,but what did it for me was the tip's were the latest jet style and were bigger than a normal R32 and I had a milltek exhaust on already so I needed only the rear silencer,I prefer it this way but you're right with regard's to the back box being quite low,i'll see if I can take a pic later,you'd be better to get one made from a good exhaust place to suit your need's and it would be half the price,mine was £450 just for the R32 style back box from awesome GTI,that was with a discount and a wait of 2 month's!