How hard is it to fit a decat? Could I do it myself

Jasegreyfr

Active Member
Aug 12, 2012
372
0
Plymouth
Hey everyone,
I am thinking of buying a decat and down pipe but I don't really want to pay someone to fit it. Has anyone fit one themselves ? And how hard/easy was it? And would I be able to do it just on the car jacks on my drive instead of tryin to find a car lift ?
Thanks guys
 

b21playa

oil burner
Jan 10, 2005
544
0
Birmingham
Hey everyone,
I am thinking of buying a decat and down pipe but I don't really want to pay someone to fit it. Has anyone fit one themselves ? And how hard/easy was it? And would I be able to do it just on the car jacks on my drive instead of tryin to find a car lift ?
Thanks guys

Is this for an FR pd170?

If so, dont think its a job for the drive. When I took my dpf off to clean, I had to do it at the garage on ramps as the subframe had to be dropped to allow the pipe to come out
 
Nov 15, 2011
788
0
No its easy enough, but it would be easier to get someone with a ramp to do it i had it done on a ramp and it easily slides out as you have to twist the pipe downwards to get it out so on the floor would be a pain to get out on the floor. put in youtube something like tfsi downpipe and it will bring up a video how to do it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp2fTReZByQ

hope that helps.
 

Jammy78

Full Member
Aug 27, 2004
422
0
Hemel Hempstead
Have you go access to a ramp, if not I wouldn't bother. If you can get it in the air, it'll be simple as it's only held on by 4 bolts..... but if the bolts have seized.... then you're in trouble!
 
Chris Knott Insurance - Competitive quotes for forum members