Hehe.. Thanks, man. I was actually gonna go the magnaflow route until I heard it and then I decided it was way too loud for my tastes This Tanabe is just perfect... so much so, that my wife hasn't ever realized I changed the exhaust yet. But, Csquared is right, now that I've got about 150 miles on the new exhaust it's starting to "open up" a bit, so it is a little bit louder than when I first installed it... I just hope that it doesn't get too much louder when I install the Berks. I LOVE how it sounds exactly the way it is right now... Nice and deep & throaty!!


WooHooo.. Awesome deal. You gonna install it right away? Took less than 45 minutes... start to finish. It is such an easy install that I actually did mine while I was taking lunch last Friday. LOL

Make sure to let us all know what you think once you get it installed.

 

Hehe... I am hella strong! Seriously, though... I was able to bend the hanger pins usng the palm of my hand with th exhaust still on the car and was able to get both of the mufflers leveled perfectly. I didn't have to do any adjustment from side-to-side, as they were already centered, but just like you, once of my tips sits out about 1 cm farther than the other... There's not much you can do about that, though, without bending the stock piping a little... I'm not too worried about it, though... you have to look VERY closely from each side to even notice.

Hmmm. Not sure where the rattling sound is coming from... I don't get any kind of rattling at all... it's smooth all the way up to redline... We'll see if anything changes when I finally get my Berks in. LOL

As for the mid-pipe / x-pipe... I'm sure the piping your referring too is actually aluminized steel, not aluminum. This is better for corrosion resistance than just bare steel piping, but isn't as good as going with SST.. but, ,of course, you'll pay for SST. Either way you go, I don't think the material will affect the exhust sound at all... just how long it will last.

 

No it's not that loud, My GF didn't really notice while i was driving in D even when i was on the freeway, but when i gunned it she was like, wow, sounds like a race car lol. She was happy about it.

Thanks for the replies 2g, i managed to get the tips to sit level now, haha it was tough but got it in the end. I'm thinking about if i should do the whole exhaust or just the Resonators at the moment.

 

If your gonna cut into the exhaust to replace the resonators, then you mine as well have a complete custom mid-pipe done, so you can keep your stock piece intact.... never know when you might need it.

I'm actually thinking of buying some mandrel bent pieces, a couple of resonators and welding up my own... it all depends on how much free time I have over the nxt few weeks... which it looks like is virtually none right now. LOL

 

Yeah, I know But I don't want to do up my whole exhaust because I have no where to put it I'm still in school hahaha, I already have my stock intakes stock cats and stock mufflers lying around. Dude I should just drive over and have you weld up my exhaust!

I was thinking just resonators so that if anything happens i can just cut them back off and reweld the stock ones back on?

 

Yes sirrrrrr!! They should be here tomorrow, UPS hits my neighborhood in the afternoon....so Im coming home straight from work, getting a quick bite to eat and heading over to a friends house to slap those bad boys on!!

 

Sweet keep us posted!!

 

According to UPS "Out for delivery"

 

I know how excited you much be lol.

 

Hey thanx 2G nive sound clip, Mine came in yesterday just sitting on my porch till Saturday can't wait....Is it Saturday yet? LOL

 

$hit...if I left mine on my porch it wouldnt be there in the morning LOL

And idk how you can wait....Im gonna bite the bullet and do it tonight!

 

News Flash, It's saturday already, if you're at work, i dont' know why you are go home and install it already!!!!

 

No problem, man... Why wait until Saturday, though? I was gonna do the same, but couldn't wait and ended up installing it during my lunch hour on Friday. LOL. It's such an easy install that it can be done in 45 minutes or less and all you really need is a 12mm combo wrench, or 12 mm socket. Just do it!!!

 

LMAO... I almost fell for that, Clement... Of course, I work from home, so I never really know what day it is.

 

Yo Clement. Just a quick question for you, buddy... What are you expecting to gain (or loose) by replacing the factory resonators with aftermarket resonators? Just curious.