Exhaust Ring Confusion

[bavbob]

I need to buy the exhaust rings that join the down pipes with the center silencer. You can see that Maximillion (1st image below) has both of them as part #14 while Real OEM (second image) has them as different part numbers. The down pipes do appear to be a little different in size on my car. Anyone have an answer to this? Thanks

VS

 

[HB Chris]

I’ve never bought separate parts, they‘re both the same.

 

[TedS]

I had the same question.
I bought and installed the separate ones like in the link- https://www.wallothnesch.com/en/exh...ring-you-need-1-for-1-car-18-01-14-12890.html and the smaller one seems completely unnecessary- it just makes the two flanges almost too close together.

 

[wilies13]

They are different.
The one is made of metal and it seals between the 2 cranked exhaust pipes.
The second one has a kernel with sealing material. It seals additionally by pressing on the pipe which is extended and goes in the inner through the connection.
...hopefully my English is not too bad.... in German it would be better
Best Regards; Willy

 

[sfdon]

Wilies13 +4 points

One is solid ring of metal- between two flanges. Careful- if you drop it, it can break into pieces.
The other is a crush ring of soft metal layers

 

[bavbob]

So I will purchase 15 and 16..Can I trust the diagram that 15 is on the right and 16 on the left or will it be obvious?

 

[HB Chris]

So each pipe uses two? Strange, I can’t picture how this works.

 

[sfdon]

One solid ring, one crush ring