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by Dippy » Mon Jan 17, 2005 5:14 pm
Got mine from APR in the UK - at a car show a few years back. I was lucky - IIRC I paid about £150. If APR no longer operate in the UK then I think you have little choice: Although you could order direct from the US, there is no doubt that you'd have to pay duty and so it'd be the same price either way.
I won't get into an argument with David (we have discussed this subject before), so please just accept my opinion as different from his.
I am very pleased with the bipipe. Although yes it does seem expensive, and yes it is unfinished, it gives total peace of mind. Unlike any TBB solution (including Samco), it is 'fit and forget'. As I'm sure you know, any air leak means that the turbos are stressed, and if you have a remap which can take the boost to 1.3-1.4 bar, that leak could damage the turbos. Whilst you can certainly keep checking the TBB, with the bipipe you don't have to. The TBB is clearly a weak point (the RS4 doesn't have one).
Yes it is self-fit, and APR provide an excellent booklet of instructions with photos. It is not a complex job, although actually fitting the bipipe to the TB can be an effort (due to the tight fit and lack of space) - both I and Joshie had the same difficulties.
2001 Silver S4 Avant
AmD remap, APR R1 DVs, APR bipipe, Full Miltek exhaust
H&R coilovers, AWE DTS, Porsche front brakes, Short-shifter, 18" RS4 replicas
Defi-HUD boost gauge / turbo-timer (with afterrun pump modification), Phatbox