^^ alot of people in here has done this and posted a video i didn't notice that much rasp at all i heard one video and liked it im waiting for another one just to make sure

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i had my muffler off for a night in the midst of intalling my HKS, it actually didnt sound AS BAD as i thought it would. Definately felt weaker though

The exact reason why IMO this would be a DUMB thing to do. You're not the first to mention the performance aspect of it.
Ill stick to things that add performance where it's useful, ~ Low-Mid range. An extra few hp at 5K+ rpm is useless 95% of the time.... Well unless...... .....

ok so i lost 5hp in the low end... big deal

Cool, Im proud of you...but for what? A "cool" sound? Thats awesome. .

i didnt do this for performance and ill shift 5hp to a different spot in my powerband any day for the sound i got.

If the power shifted!
You stick to your thing ill stick to mine. I got some sanding to do then some beer drinking v

quick tunnel blast

tunnel???? i dont even have any of those around here lol of course its going to be loud .... take some fly bys on the side of the road ... lol sounds good tho

I wonder what HFC's are the best at producing a deeper sound.

without a gain in power i see no reason to make my car sound so bad

after running resonated test pipes mated to a coupe midpipe and muffler delete for 2 days, i couldnt stand the noise so the stock muffler went back on. anyone want to buy my muffler delete?

But with HFC i wouldnt get the rasp u got with test pipes. im also running a sedan mipipe with a bigger resonater so i would get even less rasp.

I dont know how the HFC's will do in terms of rasp but i know that using the stock cats and stock sedan midpipe doesn't create rasp at all

"if you are running a coupe/sedan midpipe, the exhaust is not too loud at all. to be honest i would say it is about as loud as the HKS axleback exhaust. at idle, it is very quiet. regular daily driving barely a hint of drone in the cabin...you wont have any trouble hearing your music at all or carrying on a conversation. i usually come home very late at night and the exhaust is quiet enough that it wont wake the neighbors when i am driving down the block."

I just had mine done, with a Magnaflow race muffler on the mid-pipe in place of the sedan resonator. I was concerned the straight pipe would be too loud, even though several users here claim its "not much louder than stock". So I had them use a small resonator/muffler with a tip pre-installed on it. The size looked perfect and tip looks nice. So a Magna. resonator on the mid-pipe, and another in place of the muffler itself. I'll be damned if I didn't want to blow my brains out for doing this the second I drove off. Drone is UNREAL I cannot hear myself think. Windows rattle, seats rattle and honestly its emabarrassing how obnoxious it is.. Although I will admit the actual sound/tone the car makes is great, but it is stupid loud inside the cabin. I have had V8s running straight pipes, dumped, and it was not as obnoxious as this. So, before I even made it home from the shop, I stopped by another exhaust shop to have them weld back in the stock '05 sedan mid-pipe. This helped quite a bit, but the car is still WAY TOO LOUD.

If someone can think of something I may have done horribly wrong please advise. The tip is a good 2" past the bumper. And for good measure, I have HR-Y Pipe, MD 5/16 & Aramid Gasket, Z-Tube and K&N..

People do not do this mod, if you like the classy understated tone, pitch and volume of these cars. This is way, way over the top.