Honestly it's barely noticeable in normal driving mode since it upshifts so quickly. In sports mode when it holds the gears longer you get a bit more noise and the louder farts but it's not that bad. It's worth it over stock since it made zero noise and made it really boring.

did you end up just getting a hfc or did you downpipe it? i’m really not a big fan of the cold start with a downpipe. any advice?

@@nico-yf6ch i actually havent had anything done honestly. Got some nice rims but thats about it. Only thing I want to do really is get the honeycomb grill but im lazy. I financed mine for 7 years so ill prob trade it in for a SQ3 oe SQ5 before that runs out and maybe do some stuff on the SQ.

@@MattyBudzzz that’s pretty much what i did lol. i have stage 1 cold air intake and i did get that honeycomb grill. that was not fun to put on lol

@@nico-yf6ch lol part of the reason why i haven't gotten it yet, I just know its going to be a nuisance swapping it out. Id also want to spray the crash bar black too, unless theres a newer type since ive been looking that fills the honeycombs around the crash bar where you cant see it. So many clips and stuff, taking the bumper off just stresses me out. Dream would be an RS5 sportback but ha.. prob would be irresponsible and be car broke if i did that.. Kinda why I want to settle for S5 or SQ5 or Q5 sportback or something. I got 80k kms on my A4 and itd be paid off in 2027 so kinda want to trade it in

Yup completely stock other than the downpipe. Just loud enough not to be annoying.

@@turbogti8 totally thats my goal. It gave you a check engine light?

I have the middle resonator deleted. Sounds good but not soo raspy like yours. I want the raspy sound. Haha

Initially I had a CEL but took it to a local APR shop and they loaded the v1.1 file to turn the CEL off.

@@turbogti8 got it. I will try to find it locally and do it. Sounds great. Enjoy. Thanks

It was a pain to install...need two people.

Haha yeah I emailed them before I bought it asking them some questions about it since their videos aren't done too well. I can take take a cold start video soon. If the windows are up it's barely noticeable inside. I don't notice any drone but it has some rasp under boost. Stock exhaust was so quiet it was weird.

Just uploaded a cold start vid. You can hear a little bit of the rasp when revved.

all4bespinnin awesome thanks man. I think it sounds great but yeah there is a touch of rasp. I think I will weld in a vibrant resonator 17950 to eliminate the rasp. Thanks again! Also we are twins, I have GWM with full paint as well.

Awesome! Color matched fenders was a must have for me! There is a resonator in this downpipe but I don't think it does much lol