Exhaust Tips on the G37S Sedan
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Exhaust Tips on the G37S Sedan
I just picked up my 2011 G37S Sedan 6MT last month. Lots to love about this car, and very little to hate on...
...except the cheap-looking exhaust tips.
In the next few years, I'll be exploring options with an axel-back, or partial cat-back, full cat-back, etc. (Tannabe and Borla certainly come to mind.) But in the mean time, the OEM exhaust is brand new, and I'm OK with it. Except for the tips.
I'd like to cut them off and weld on something better, purely for looks. That was my premise when asking the same question over on myG37.com, when everyone piled in with "just buy an axle-back". Not exactly a helpful response. I'm hoping for better behavior over here.
Anybody do this? Any recommendations beyond spending $400 - $1500 on a new exhaust just because of the tips?
...except the cheap-looking exhaust tips.
In the next few years, I'll be exploring options with an axel-back, or partial cat-back, full cat-back, etc. (Tannabe and Borla certainly come to mind.) But in the mean time, the OEM exhaust is brand new, and I'm OK with it. Except for the tips.
I'd like to cut them off and weld on something better, purely for looks. That was my premise when asking the same question over on myG37.com, when everyone piled in with "just buy an axle-back". Not exactly a helpful response. I'm hoping for better behavior over here.
Anybody do this? Any recommendations beyond spending $400 - $1500 on a new exhaust just because of the tips?
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I remember reading about someone doing this before, as well as burning the stock tips to give them the burnt titanium look. No reason why you can't just chop off the stock tips and weld on aftermarket tips. Look into MotorDyne burnt Ti tips. They're adjustable, so if the pipe diameters work out, you might not have to weld them on, just slide them on.
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Still, better looking than the OEM rolled, oval tips with the obvious seam, that's for sure. Seriously, the seam just screams at you as a cheap bolt-on.
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For $60/each, Magnaflow makes a double-walled, SS tip that seems to fit the purpose: Round, 20 degree angle-cut, folded edge (rather than rolled), 2.25" inlet with 4.0" outlet, 7.5" in length. The specs read perfectly.
The problem is that photographs are inconsistent and confusing. Wish I could see it and hold it in my hands before committing. Maybe I should hit up one of my local speed shops.
The problem is that photographs are inconsistent and confusing. Wish I could see it and hold it in my hands before committing. Maybe I should hit up one of my local speed shops.
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LOL @ "complete waste of money"
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http://www.magnaflow.com/02product/s...e=main&id=9708
http://www.magnaflow.com/02product/s...e=main&id=9713
http://www.magnaflow.com/02product/s...e=main&id=9732
I didn't check price. It may be helpful to post a few snaps of your current rear end (nohomo), and a side profile of the car and tips.
If you've measured properly @ 7" and either 2.5" or 2.25" then the above 3 options seem good from Magnaflow. I didn't check others though.
Also, don't go from the 2.25/2.5" to a 4" tip, that will ALWAYS look foolish, especially with a clamp on tip. 7" isn't far enough away to hide it 100%, and 4" is pretty big for a dual exhaust tip, kind of 'racy' especially if there's no actual power/exhaust behind it.
IMO stick close to stock size which should be around a 3" tip.
Also, if you're going with weld on tips, consider keeping the diameter the same and having your mechanic fit another pipe on the current outlet to bring the size up to 3" OD, then if you get a 3" ID tip on both ends (something along these lines, anyhow) you can just slide it on and weld it up.
^This will give you a nice clean, constand diameter, no big increase, no large tapers, just nice straight on 3"-3.5" tips.
I wouldn't go bigger than 3.5" OD.
http://www.magnaflow.com/02product/s...e=main&id=9713
http://www.magnaflow.com/02product/s...e=main&id=9732
I didn't check price. It may be helpful to post a few snaps of your current rear end (nohomo), and a side profile of the car and tips.
If you've measured properly @ 7" and either 2.5" or 2.25" then the above 3 options seem good from Magnaflow. I didn't check others though.
Also, don't go from the 2.25/2.5" to a 4" tip, that will ALWAYS look foolish, especially with a clamp on tip. 7" isn't far enough away to hide it 100%, and 4" is pretty big for a dual exhaust tip, kind of 'racy' especially if there's no actual power/exhaust behind it.
IMO stick close to stock size which should be around a 3" tip.
Also, if you're going with weld on tips, consider keeping the diameter the same and having your mechanic fit another pipe on the current outlet to bring the size up to 3" OD, then if you get a 3" ID tip on both ends (something along these lines, anyhow) you can just slide it on and weld it up.
^This will give you a nice clean, constand diameter, no big increase, no large tapers, just nice straight on 3"-3.5" tips.
I wouldn't go bigger than 3.5" OD.
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LMAO the looong way perhaps. But 4" round is a whole different aesthetic sir. Imagine those tips turned 90*
I hope you don't mind, personally, I think this is an impossible thread without pictures for reference during the discussion:
Now, that's better!
It seems with the design of your bumper that a tapered tip might be better hidden than I originally thought. However, it seems that it would likey still be quite visible from the side. As such I stand by my comment about keeping the 'step' as minimal as possible.
And I agree that round tips look better, but after looking closer, you may want to consider the STOCK cutout/bevel in the bumper, the whole thing screams oval tip, if you put a round one on it might look out of place. However, with enough angle (20* or more) on the cut, it will still fly. You can't go straight cut though (not that this was something you considered, just to clarify regardless, for myself perhaps )
Need a side profile picture to get a better idea, and also, a straight on shot of the rear level with the bumper.
I hope you don't mind, personally, I think this is an impossible thread without pictures for reference during the discussion:
Now, that's better!
It seems with the design of your bumper that a tapered tip might be better hidden than I originally thought. However, it seems that it would likey still be quite visible from the side. As such I stand by my comment about keeping the 'step' as minimal as possible.
And I agree that round tips look better, but after looking closer, you may want to consider the STOCK cutout/bevel in the bumper, the whole thing screams oval tip, if you put a round one on it might look out of place. However, with enough angle (20* or more) on the cut, it will still fly. You can't go straight cut though (not that this was something you considered, just to clarify regardless, for myself perhaps )
Need a side profile picture to get a better idea, and also, a straight on shot of the rear level with the bumper.
Last edited by TunerMax; 02-28-2012 at 10:23 PM.
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LOL, just don't get offended in the 37 forum because there aren't people that have done this and and posting pics for you to see. Not one person over on that forum was being rude or anything of that nature.
So yeah, your better behavior remark was a little weak.
But good luck with your..... "tips"
So yeah, your better behavior remark was a little weak.
But good luck with your..... "tips"
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Oh, and I was considering the tanabe axle back for my sedan, until I saw a G35 sedan with it at a gas station. And the tips really did look pretty large. It especially looked a little odd from a angled rear perspective. So I decided to pass on it. Have you seen the tips on the invidia exhaust system?
Those are nice and there clamp on.
Those are nice and there clamp on.
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If it's something else... do you have a reference or picture?
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Tips like the ones shown on the Tanable look ridiculous IMO. The size is ok if it's anywhere close to the actual exhaust size. Putting 4" tips on a 2.25" exhaust is ridiculous and ricey, period. That's just my opinion of course.
Again, you can pull it off cleanly if there's no obvious transition, but stepping from 2.25" to 4" within a 7" span cannot be done cleanly, it'll show, and it'll look silly IMO.
It's normal practice to make the tips larger than the actual exhaust, but a step of more than 1" is pushing it.