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

[Jasegreyfr]

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]

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

 

[Jasegreyfr]

Nar mate it's a 2.0tfsi

 

[Jasegreyfr]

Do you recon I'll have the same problem?

 

[b21playa]

Do you recon I'll have the same problem?

Not sure mate.

 

[LC_15]

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]

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!

 

[Jasegreyfr]

Cheers for the advice people proberly gona try look for a ramp I can use lol