I'm in the same boat really. I've cleaned my stock tips up to the point they look great, but with the OEM muffler it looks like poo....even after painting it satin black. I'd like an all stainless dual-tip muffler...esp on my black sedan with black tint.

Problem is i don't want a noise increase of drone at all. My sedan is my daily driver, and on the highway with the windows up, i don't want to hear any exhaust note at all. Stock volume and tone is perfect for me. There are even sometimes i'll be playing music and hear the drone of the stock muffler under the music and it will annoy me.

I'd hate to install a muffler and be disappointed that the car is now louder...esp with an automatic transmission.

I'm not against loud exhausts. My other car is a highly modified Mustang with a very loud exhaust. I bought my G35 because i wanted a nice quiet daily driver...but now i also want a nice looking SS muffler as well

 

Really, any aftermarket exhausts will make it louder and drone a bit more. No matter what combination you use it will always be louder than stock. You can try just coupe midpipe alone, or hks and your sedan midpipe is your best bet

 

Bro, did you figure out a way for 03/04 sedan to use 05/06 muffler without modfication of the hanger on the muffler????

 

Borla would drone even more, unless if you swap out the front muffler to a larger xpipe integrated muffler... you might then be closer to the HKS' volume

 

HKS is the best choice for overall looks and a tiny performance increase. The Borla does have a bit more drone and the Stillen has a lot.

 

I wonder if anyone here has done that to their Borla?

 

That's what i figured.

Guess i'll have to find a G35 meet and go check out some exhausts in person and see if i like the increase in sound

 

We 05/06 guys have to buy the exhaust hanger for the 03-04 for the HKS to fit. I wonder if you could buy someones used hanger and try to fit the 05/06 muffler.

 

What about the possibility of having a resonator welded into the piping to accompany the HKS. Anybody have any experience with this kind of thing?

 

Wish I had gotten my exhaust last week, but I forgot I had to pay a ticket from several months back

I'm getting a muffler, which I'm sure nobody has here so I'll report back if you haven't done anything by then..however, I do have test pipes so it will probably have some rasp to it. Currently, I have rasp (on em exhaust + test pipes + coupe midpipe) at about 3k rpm, not as noticeable in 4th and 5th.

I used to have the HKS and like Marcus said, it has a nice tone to it. I was pleased, but I wanted to try something different and I wanted something louder. I experienced very little drone, only when I was hitting RPM's closer to 5k and up. Definitely a nice note and looks gorgeous.

 

Wish I would have known that when I ordered mine. I ended up having my muffler guy weld hangers on. Turned out just fine. I'd go with ones made for the vehicle though.