I noticed this a few years back, but I've never read about anyone mentioning this. Ever wonder why exhaust resonator is so strange looking, especially the 03/04 resonator? It's because a second exhaust pipe was suppose to exit the passenger side of the resonator and go to a muffler on the passenger side. Take a look at the picture. The pic came from the 2003 Car of the Year issue of Motor Trend when the G35 took the prize.



On a whim one night, I removed the passenger side underbody panels by the trunk to see if I could see exhaust hanger points. No dice, the only thing there is the fuel tank charcoal canister and solenoid. For whatever reason, a fake dual exhaust system never made the cut on the sedan. Most likely it was done for cost savings.

 

Good find dave. I never knew this.

 

i posted it on freshalloy a long time ago

 

Ummm... Sure that's not the pic of a coupe?

 

the coupe wasnt even out when they had this pic

 

look at the resonator, thats a sedan for sure. damn that would ve been hot

 

just look at the tires and u can see that its a sedan

 

Well, they sure mention it in the top left corner of the scanned image. Plus, it could have been an official photo released from Infiniti, even if it wasn't available in showrooms yet.

 

umm, u know that pic was not first released with that magazine. that pic has been floating around back in 2001. it was from pre-production V35 sedan. the coupe was not even announced till mid 2002

 

it says G35 coupe above oic.

 

The artile discussed sedan & upcomming coupe.
The pic itself predates the article.

Def sedan.

 

It is a sedan, no front subframe brace, no tunnel stay braces, no rear pin stay brace, visable spare tire wheel well, no staggered tires, sedan only premuffler. And their is a matching picture that show's the rear of said sedan with the same exhaust system.