I'll cut to the chase here... I got a check engine light for bank 2 cat, replaced cats with art pipes, retained stock system the rest of the way back. I had no interest in buying an exhaust system for at least 6 months out and just spent over $1500 on clutch/flywheel/art pipes so I'm a little tapped out at the moment, BUT, the art pipes with the stock system sounds god awful at anything over 25% throttle. It's high pitched and raspy and doesn't have the deep growl and exotic sound I've loved from these cars since they first came out. I have NEVER bought a knock off part in my life but as I said I'm low on cash and annoyed with the sound so "anything" will hopefully sound better than what I have now. I have searched all over YouTube for art pipes and (insert) exhaust and everything I've heard and liked is $1700+ and no used ones available and slim chance of getting a used one because there is nothing but wtb threads for them (motordyne, hks, etc.) in the exhaust classifieds. So my questions are:

WITH ART PIPES:

Which exhaust sounds like a 2-3x louder completely stock exhaust?
Which Hks replica sounds the closest to the Hks and where to buy (the only one I could find a video of with art pipes was x02 and I can't find that particular one)?
Does anyone have a video of an invidia gemini and art pipes?

Im looking for something deep and aggressive or just a louder stock exhaust note throughout the entire rpm range, with price obviously being a factor, about $700 max shipped. I've looked through pretty much every Hks replica thread and all of them were started 5+ years ago. Topspeed pro 1 is out based on what I've read and heard on YouTube from excessive drone and just being a louder Hks. Can't find a clip for dna and art pipes, can't find x02 for sale anywhere, you never know wtf you're getting with eBay crap (generic description "g35 dual exhaust $200 shipped"...), etc...

 

Your OE exhaust is not designed to handle the extra volume you've thrown at it by installing ART pipes! It's like putting 3 lbs of dog **** in a 1 lb can, is that clear enough? Since you intend to drop those big $$ on a exhaust attend a few meets in your area and listen to systems in person, vids don't show you what aftermarket systems really sound like! You could put the OE cats back on which isn't a bad until you get the after market system...Gary

 

All of the 350/g's in my area are either stock or straight piped/n1'd.....

 

imo arts with xyz pipe to nismo s-tune mid and muffler sound absolutely perfect. zero rasp. just a little deeper in low rpm and really growls and takes off in higher rpm. very clean sound

 

hahahaha that was good


And so true lol....for pretty much everyone's area

Go on fb-lot for sale in the $6-800 range man

 

I was considering Nismo but figured it would produce the same result just louder, but I'm not sure how much the construction differs from the stock one.

I'll check there but not sure where to look aside from a couple of g/z specific groups. If all else fails I guess I'm getting a manzo/m2 and buying a magnaflow x like everyone else

 

stune is definitely deeper than stock. way cleaner sound. im running that exact same setup and it has zero rasp