AHhhh... shopping for the right cat-back exhaust...
06-08-2003, 09:17 PM
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ok, still looking for RSR's website, or a site that sells it. Haven't yet looked for Brullen, but what about Invidia? Imoto is selling it, albeit at a hefty price, ($699), but it's full stainless. Also, another question for people out there: I might've crossed off HKS prematurely. When I saw that it was only aluminized, I figured that the coating would chip and rust in those places over time, but has anyone had an HKS Sport for a while in a cold-weather state, and have anything good to say about it. Well, at least when (and if) the time comes that I buy my exhaust, I can easily use the pun in saying that I ran an "Exhaustive search" for the right one.
06-09-2003, 06:44 PM
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OK, thinking about it now the piping on the WS/N1/Dunk is all the same, it's all 60mm piping and I think it may be aluminized not ceramic coated. The Invidia is RS*R, however the Invidia you had seen was most likely N1 style and although it's VERY sweet it's not the one I had meant. the RS*R I have seen and they used to make is a single 3" tip very similar in style to the WS but the tip had a rolled edge.
I dont think you'll have a problem with any of the systems you're looking at in regards to the weathering. I had my friend drive my car tonight so I could hear it coming and going and the WS is really quiet, I certainly hear my CAI over the exhaust. I'd say you're right it's a tough choice but you're doing the research so you'll do ok.
I dont think you'll have a problem with any of the systems you're looking at in regards to the weathering. I had my friend drive my car tonight so I could hear it coming and going and the WS is really quiet, I certainly hear my CAI over the exhaust. I'd say you're right it's a tough choice but you're doing the research so you'll do ok.
06-09-2003, 08:03 PM
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I may be exaggerating a bit, but I'm from Michigan, ya know, where it's winter like 9 months outta the year 
I only want to know because I've gone through my share of OEM B-pipes and that's one thing, but when it's part of a pricey exhaust system, I'd really like it to last. So, am I being a bit too extreme?
I only want to know because I've gone through my share of OEM B-pipes and that's one thing, but when it's part of a pricey exhaust system, I'd really like it to last. So, am I being a bit too extreme?
06-09-2003, 08:12 PM
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No. I don't think one bit.
I'm in NE Pennsylvania.... so mostly just east of you... maybe lil north or south :dunno:
I recently had my B-pipe replaced with some crappy thing they had that just happened to fit my car.
So I want something that will last a long time too.
I'm in NE Pennsylvania.... so mostly just east of you... maybe lil north or south :dunno:
I recently had my B-pipe replaced with some crappy thing they had that just happened to fit my car.
So I want something that will last a long time too.
06-10-2003, 04:33 AM
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N1 is loud..........the silencer that it comes with takes it down a few decibels.....i like the look it has...here are a few pics....it comes out the rear of the car on a slant......the middle piping sits pretty low as you can see........don't mind the filthy car......We just got shit loads of rain.
06-10-2003, 07:42 AM
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is your car lowered at all nocturnal? If not, yeah, that exhaust does sit pretty low. I'm sure one of the reasons is that the pipe diameter is larger, but still... are there no speed bumps where you live?!
06-10-2003, 07:45 AM
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I was talking to AccordCutie a month or two ago about this and her ex has a Prelude 5th with an Apex`i N1.
It's not the muffler that hangs low, it's the piping, especially when you install it yourself. You can go to a muffler shop to cut the hangers, but my friend with a 5th gen prelude said that his Apex-i still scrapes even when he is in stock height even when the hangers are cut.