My Clubsport S Muffler install!
Purchased from CARS245!
Muffler part - 5G6253609DD
Clamp - 1K0253141AA. VW OE part.
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To start off I want to tell my fellow Forum Members who shared the part numbers and ordering info on muffler and other needed parts, without your help I would not have this part on my car. Below is a link to the first post on a thread that has most of the needed info. A lot to go thru but nothing I have not searched thru a few times.
Clubsport S Muffler Thread
My Clubsport S muffler has arrived! Hope to get it fitted tomorrow
https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?ur...hare_fid=112413&share_type=t&share_pid=387919
For the install I also wanted to install the new rear sway bar I purchase as a set along with a new front sway bar. My front bar bushings are shot and needs to be replaced. I will cover the sway bar install in a couple days.
For the rear sway bar I ordered a matching set of end links that I have for the front bar. They were due Friday so my plan was and early start Saturday. Two things prevented an early start, part did not arrive but was confirmed for Saturday and it rained a ton in the early AM. Started around 11:00am. Had the old muffler out and waited on FedEx so I could install the rear bar while muffler was out. Part arrived at noon. [emoji16]
After bar was in, I started on the muffler. The install is not very hard.
When you cut, get it lined up on the middle set of marks. Make a few cuts back and forth. Hold cutter tight and look around pipe to make sure all wheels are on path. If not carefully lift some wheels and adjust. If all are on the same patch the cutting takes less than a minute. File down the edges and slide the clamp on old pipe coming from engine. I was by myself so laid on my back with CSS muffler on my stomach and slid under the car. Lifted up in place and held with one hand while I tried to get socket and screw in place. Switch hands and do the other side. Tighten but not 100%. Line up pipes and slide clamp over. I used to two outside marks on pipe to center the clamp. Tighten but not all the way.
Get up and pull/ push tips into place. Tighten all three items some and check again. Keep tightening and checking. Mine is good but twisted a little. When you look down on bumper, the right side tip is slightly back. Pulling the two pipes apart and tightening the clamp helped. But when I tighten down it pulls back some. I need to pull pipes apart more. Thought I would see if Dealer might adjust when they do front sway bar. Hard to visually tell but I know it is off some.
Fit and finish is good.
Not very hard. A second set of hands will help.
Why did I get the CSS muffler?
Like everyone I have looked at every muffler video there is.
I have not purchased one due to other mod priorities. (Lowering Springs, Wheels\tires, spoilers, etc. I liked how the Muffler sounded on the CSS. I know our engines are different but the muffler sound is good for me. Stock like but more guts. Cost is good and install easy. At the time and may still be a hard to find part. So unique!
In my after video car has 10 miles on muffler. It is warmed up to 200F oil temp. I like my videos, not the best but real World sound. How it sounds out in the open in a parking lot that most of your friends will first hear it.
To those on the fence, hope this helps. I suggest you get it.
Rented the cutter from Advanced Auto. Rent/buy $75, return and get 100% back. The kit also has a pipe spreader I used to straighten the slight dent I had in pipe end from shipping.
The cutter and pipe spreader kit in back ground. I suggest a kit like this you can rent.
I made some ramps to use so the wheels would be loaded for sway bar. But on gravel drive they slide. Jacked car up and used as wheel stands. Turned around so I could jack up and slide in place. No, I did not drive off. Jacked up and pulled ramps out.
It rained and was windy all day. At one point it was so hard, had to stop even with a cover and the fact I was under the car. Only dry place on a car is in it.
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