Anyone know this frontpipe?

[soviet_merlin]

2 hours ago, sunsetR33 said:

If it interests you I will post what the actual solution ended up being. All I care about is that it has to sound equal length and nobody can screw me later on because of a pipe being illegal.

Yep, I'd be interested to hear how it works out in the end.

[UWISSH!]

2 hours ago, sunsetR33 said:

Because all parts that are put into your papers usually are assigned a badging if they did not come with one. So other people can just check that badging to tell if it is the parts your papes outline. But my pipe has NOTHING on it whatsoever. No idea why this even passed as a Mines pipe to begin with. I see this going two ways:
-nobody cares and it's a non-issue, but that is unlikely
-the pipe will just have to be assigned a bagding, for sake of argument, a Mines logo, and the papers corrected accordingly

If it interests you I will post what the actual solution ended up being. All I care about is that it has to sound equal length and nobody can screw me later on because of a pipe being illegal.

So why can’t the front pipe just be listed as custom make?

why does everything have to have a brand name to it?

or if you have bought the car like this and have no idea about anything at all or no knowledge what so ever of parts how are you supposed to inform them of what it is you have exactly?

[GTSBoy]

20 minutes ago, UWISSH! said:

So why can’t the front pipe just be listed as custom make?

why does everything have to have a brand name to it?

It possibly could. But the problem he has is that the existing paperwork for the car says it's Mines.

[niZmO_Man]

Could be Fujitsubo, could be Reinik/Reimax.

[Rezz]

On 10/04/2025 at 3:41 PM, sunsetR33 said:

Would be kind of funny if this was made in Germany though.

If that was the case I suppose you could call it "Mein's" brand.... 


... I'll see myself out... 😅

[sunsetR33]

8 hours ago, soviet_merlin said:

Yep, I'd be interested to hear how it works out in the end.

Alright I will try to not forget.
 

8 hours ago, UWISSH! said:

So why can’t the front pipe just be listed as custom make?

why does everything have to have a brand name to it?

or if you have bought the car like this and have no idea about anything at all or no knowledge what so ever of parts how are you supposed to inform them of what it is you have exactly?

As GTSboy replied to you already, problem is mainly the mismatch between the actual exhaust part and the denomination in the papers. That basically just looks like tampering to a cop, if they were to check your car and notice.

If it had been done right they would have clarified it to be a custom pipe and just given it a certain part number that you have to engrave or weld onto the pipe. I will definitely inquire on what to do. Changing the pipe wouldn't be my favorite solution as it costs a bunch of money and the cat was fitted with the front pipe and exhaust under the car, and if the front pipe flange does not sit in the OEM location the cat will need to be refit for any other pipe to work.

It also usually doesn't need a brand name or something like that, but more something like a part number. Usually for exhaust parts, on silencers and cat units specifically, there is a badge that reads the certificate number that belongs to these exhaust parts under EU regulation. You get these numbers after you put a part or group of parts through the tedious testing according to EU vehicle legislation and they pass. You can find these "part numbers" on various parts throughout a EU vehicle. On windows, headlights, engine parts, seat belts and so on. All these parts have gone through standardized testing and acquired a so called ECE or EG Certificate that makes them legal to use by themselves in all countries that adhere to these standards. You can also not alter these parts in any way, if you do they become illegal.

An example for stampings on an exterior lighting part, the people who need to know can find the documentation for this unit in a database. I do not know what all the standards and so on mean.

Edited April 10 by sunsetR33
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[sunsetR33]

6 hours ago, niZmO_Man said:

Could be Fujitsubo, could be Reinik/Reimax.

Can't be a Futjitsubo as those are made with a flex piece and Reimax is smaller in pipe diameter. If anything it is closest to a Mines pipe, but evidently it is not an actual Mines pipe.

 

4 hours ago, Rezz said:

If that was the case I suppose you could call it "Mein's" brand.... 


... I'll see myself out... 😅

Classic word humor

[joshuaho96]

12 hours ago, sunsetR33 said:

Alright I will try to not forget.
 

As GTSboy replied to you already, problem is mainly the mismatch between the actual exhaust part and the denomination in the papers. That basically just looks like tampering to a cop, if they were to check your car and notice.

If it had been done right they would have clarified it to be a custom pipe and just given it a certain part number that you have to engrave or weld onto the pipe. I will definitely inquire on what to do. Changing the pipe wouldn't be my favorite solution as it costs a bunch of money and the cat was fitted with the front pipe and exhaust under the car, and if the front pipe flange does not sit in the OEM location the cat will need to be refit for any other pipe to work.

It also usually doesn't need a brand name or something like that, but more something like a part number. Usually for exhaust parts, on silencers and cat units specifically, there is a badge that reads the certificate number that belongs to these exhaust parts under EU regulation. You get these numbers after you put a part or group of parts through the tedious testing according to EU vehicle legislation and they pass. You can find these "part numbers" on various parts throughout a EU vehicle. On windows, headlights, engine parts, seat belts and so on. All these parts have gone through standardized testing and acquired a so called ECE or EG Certificate that makes them legal to use by themselves in all countries that adhere to these standards. You can also not alter these parts in any way, if you do they become illegal.

An example for stampings on an exterior lighting part, the people who need to know can find the documentation for this unit in a database. I do not know what all the standards and so on mean.

You're just describing how type certification works. Personally I would be shocked to discover that catalytic converter is not in the stock mounting position. Is there a bracket on the transfer case holding the catalytic converter and front pipe together? If so, it should be in stock position. 

[sunsetR33]

3 minutes ago, joshuaho96 said:

You're just describing how type certification works. Personally I would be shocked to discover that catalytic converter is not in the stock mounting position. Is there a bracket on the transfer case holding the catalytic converter and front pipe together? If so, it should be in stock position. 

Yes, but you need to do these type certifications for tuning parts. That is the absurd part here. Meaning tuning parts are very costly (generally speaking) as well as the technical test documentation for say a turbo swap with more power. It just makes modifying everything crazy expensive and complicated.

That bracket has been lost in translation many years ago I assume, it was not there.