Ordering mine this Saturday!

 

the painted canisters look great. can't believe nobody else has done that. how loud is the exhaust compared to the g37 coupe? Is it as loud?

 

louder.

 

Where did you get that black diffuser from? I have been trying to find one like your.

 

i want! ;-D

 

Do it! The finish on this one is matte, i find myself staring at the rear-end a lot since it was installed

One of the bolts stripped, so it was cut in half so i could take it home (i.e. fit in the car). It's sitting in the garage now.

Thanks, my gain is a drop in the bucket compared to what you got from your *little* project

I initially considered painting the chrome "lip" but i actually like it, it helps define the rear-end and also why i didn't get a spoiler that would cover it up. Then again, there's no way i can paint it now, the spoiler is permanently attached.

Thanks. I'm all for a sleeper look. Now i just need to do something so it becomes a real sleeper (SC anyone?)

Thank you, sir. Funny thing is, my car is so plain looking it looks OEM compared to the beauties driving around town.

Amen to that! The larger tips help finish off the rear-end, to the untrained eye it looks either OEM or i just tacked on larger tips to the OEM setup.

More audible is how i'd put it. Cruising in those speeds i mentioned in the OP, you can't really hear it. Any load and you'll hear a very low... hum(?), not really sure how to describe it. It's audible, but not loud. Certainly more audible than my friend's stock G37 coupe which is very quiet to even when i just had the SRI.

It's just BlueBat's vinyl overlay.

Get one! get one!

 

Just a little update, got under the car this morning and found the culprit for the slight rattle. The heatshields were hitting the resonators, so i just bent that a little out of the way and voila!

 

Mike what kind of paint did you use? Any prep work?

 

I just used Rustoleum High Heat. Lowes has a sale on the one that has "25% More" which was enough to cover both mufflers

Only prep was sanding it down (very fine sand block) then wiped it down with alcohol. Not sure how well that technique works since this is highly polished steel we're working with, but i think it'll hold up just fine.

 

That should hold up just fine.
I'm not sure how hot you cans get, but the Sebring Tuning cans on my FI system barely get warm to the touch. They never get hot enough to burn, nevermind cook high heat paint.

 

Looks good. Everything flows really well on your ride!

 

^Thanks.

That's what i figured. Random therm readings for both muffler can and pipes don't seem to go over a hundred or so degrees over ambient. My guess is, even at the peak of summer and ragging on the car at the same time, no more than 3-4 hundred degrees?

Although, speaking of heat, everytime i get out of the car now, i feel a warm rush of air coming from underneath, and we're still in the 70s. Kinda makes me wonder how bad it'll be come summer and 100+ degree weather. Should've wrapped them before installing. <g>

 

I wouldn't want to reach under my car and grab hold of one of the main pipes, but the cans themselves, as well as the tips, don't get anywhere near that hot on my FI setup. 300-400 can cause burns. I can put my hand right onto my exhaust cans and keep it there without any sense of pain... they're just warm.

 

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