Hey guys sorry it took so long, I fell asleep, hahahahaha, not under the car although I did take a 5 min nap while installing it on the floor and when I woke up driver was down so here is a video!


I'll post more pics and a review later today, I need to finish a paper and an assignment hahaha SORRY FOR THE WAIT GUYS!

Btw adrian I still get that wierd sound when i let go of the throttle, and a metalic rattle on when i got wot from the cats. My friend said that because i only have 140 miles on the hfcs thats whe reason, and it takes like 3000 miles for exhaust pieces to break in. SO i gotta wait and see. He told me to go test pipes though hahaha.

 

Sounds awesome man, good luck with the school work.

 

Oh btw Adrian, you're not gonna think that these mufflers are gonna be really loud, If you roll the windows up and drive in D, like you're drive around town etc. you can tell if you're really listening that the exhaust is a bit louder, but if you have music on and stuff you can't even hear it.

 

Sounds great!! Thanx csquared, get some drive offs after your paper.. You the MAN!!
I dont get mine till Monday so my install is next weekend.. BOO!!!!

 

Nice tell me how the install goes, I just spent another hour downstairs trying to align the tips, I guess i'm doing something wrong I can't get it to sit right. If i unclamp the mufflers and then move them to the right place (ie the right around of drop from the bumper, with the right amount of the tip sticking out, and in the middle of the cutout, when i reclamp it just pulls it back to one side, and with one tail pipe being much further in. I guess I'll have to take it to a muffler shop to align it? Is it even possible to align it or is there just something wrong with the design?

 

WOW that sux man. I'm sure it's not a design issue, Some times it's a PIA to get things to line up right. When you slip these on to they self stop or do you have to line it up? You may have one side slipped on more than the other?

 

They self stop, it looks just like the ones on the tanabe site where they are off center lol Ugh. hahaha I was hoping i didn't need to take it to a shop
Although i'm really proud i did my own exhaust!

 

Dunno what's going on with the alignment issues. I was digging through this thread and looks like the guy who posted on page 4 post #54, had no issues w/ the alignment. Hope you get this resolved.
Dumb suggestion, but is it possible you switched the L muffler for the R muffler and vice versa?

 

HMM yea thats weird the Tanabe rep was in this thread and said they were no alignment issues and the mufflers were not off center it was just the way they took the picture.?? maybe he can help us on this.??

 

I hope it's just something I did wrong,
and no I didn't mix the sides up, that's physically impossible.

Check it out lol.
the passenger side it further in and also higher up too....


OH also dont' complain about the car being dirty i've been so busy lol! HA preemptive strike!

 

Yea HU?? You can adjust the height by bending the hanger the in and out in sure I would have to see it. I hope I don't have this also.. LOOKS good though. !! Man those tips are BIG..

 

Wow! That sounds great! It's deep, almost quiet, at idle, but when you open it up, it really screams... nice and deep, and no rasp. Love it!

You friend may be right. It does take a little bit of time for the brick in the catalist to "break-in", so you may actually be hearing a slight resonance from the brick inside the cat. Definitely keep us updated and let us know if it goes away or improves.

Yup... from the sound of your car, I think I'm gonna love 'em!

Tha's really odd. I've seen this ehaust in person on another car and the tips lined up perfectly. I'll let you know how mine turns out once I get it installed.

FYI... I guess it's possible that the pipes and / or hangers may have gotten bent slightly in shipping, which could cause your misalignment issues. If so, then it may be possibly to just bent them back into place.

 

It's actually really hard to tell from that picture. The perspective can make both tips look off. It's probably best to take one picture straight on for each tip... so you are standing directly in front of the tip when you are taking the picture.

 

Thanks Adrian, I'll do that when i go downstairs, the Build quality on these things are tight do I don't think it was bent while it was shipped, No idea I'll just take it to a shop i guess, 3-4 hours under the can is not fun with no ramps and sand all over the place.

 

You did the entire job while the car was on the ground, Clement? Wow! You must be one skinny dude.