Any excuse is a good one for me!
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I'm trying to determine where to place the new black tips. The stock ones are set well back behind the black plastic. I see some here in this post that are extended beyond the black plastic and other in the nearly stock position. Decisions, decisions.

i think it looks cool if you place them out just a hair... play around with it.

my advice, dont tighten them up until u decide - i did a few dozen times and it messed up the cheap screws.. so on one of mine i am tight on only 2 of the 3 -- just something to remember as u sit there and stare at it for hrs/days....

they are the DC Sport ones the number is 1101 -- from PEP Boys ---

I agree. Mine are out 1 inch from the plastic bumper above

Yea I left mine in the stock position which leaves the bottom just sticking out. I sat and stared at them way too long before deciding to do that.

I still may go back and flush the top edge instead.

I wish pep boys lets us just ship the damn tips straight to our homes. Bleh.

Anybody find a DC Sports website that's up to date? One I checked had their 2010 catalog online. Amazon also sells them.

Amazon has the 1010, 1012 and 1013 all listed as: "Tip fits 2-7/8 inch inlet x 3-7/8 inch outlet and 9 inch long". All are also listed as Stainless Steel, Slant Cut. Not sure that 3 different stock numbers would have the same dimensions. Gotta believe somethings not right with those 3 numbers.

Here is the pep boys website with a listing of tips. If you select just the DC sports tips on the left hand side, it will list out all the models with part numbers, specs, which could help you in your choice and search. Hope this helps.

http://www.pepboys.com/performance/exhaust/tips/00135/

I went withDC Sports DC Sports Bolt-On Tip, Black
Part # EX1017B * SKU: 441319
3in. Inlet x 4.625in W x 3.5in. H outlet x 6.75in. Length
Fits 2 inch to 2.75 inch pipes

Thanks, that gave more information. What is the outside diameter of the factory pipe that these attach to?

The factory pipe is 2".

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OD is 2.17" to be a little more precise.

Sweeet.....Thanks for the tip guys (pun mostly unintended)

http://i.imgur.com/ilHCV.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/DpQhm.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/VMzwu.jpg

Any Argento FR-S pictures?

I'm working on it...

Here are my black tips

Looks good. The more I see it the more I like. You guys are lucky you have your cars.

Thank you sir! ordering a set for my FR-S this weekend.

No PepBoys for 100 miles... I checked AutoZone yesterday and they only had a few chrome tips. Amazon does not have the black DC tips but does have the polished. Anyone find a place to order them online?

Never mind...

Argento with black tips
 

As you requested... the stock tips are truly crap!

pep boys finally got my tips! i'll be picking up and installing tomorrow. i'll probably post pics just cuz i haven't posted any to this forum yet, but i'm sure everyone knows how they look by now lol.

so here's a story for you guys.

about 10am i head out to my pepboys to pick up the tip. rudest employees as usual, but i got my tips and was out in about 30min. drove home a little faster than usual as i was pretty excited to put them on. i back into the driveway to get a little privacy while i put them on as my garage is just filled with garbage. it's about 11am now and i'm all ready to go, got my ratchet set, some wd40 just in case. i open up the case to the set and the 10mm socket is missing. all that's there is a gap where it used to be. i don't have a 10mm wrench and i was not about to use pliers so i start looking around for it. about 11:30am i find it in my dad's computer drawer. i rant for a bit about how or why it ended up there, but my excitement returns and i'm back out the door.

i get down and start taking off the existing tips, they come off with ease. i start to put on the first black tip. around this time i start hearing some birds above me moving around in my gutter. i figure they're making a nest so i look up a few times but i don't see anything. about 2min pass and the first tip is on, the noise above me yet to stop. i start putting on the 2nd tip after standing up to align it perfectly with the first and all of a sudden a little bird comes crashing down from my roof, skimming my shoulder. i stood there shocked for a few minutes just staring at it as it struggled to move, but at the same time wondering how the hell this happens.

so i put my excitement aside and head inside. grabbed a shopping bag and a cardboard box and put the guy inside there, it was barely moving at this point, just breathing slowly. i thought for sure it'd be dead very soon but i felt bad just throwing it out. i put some water on it and left a little cup in the box as well. i end up showering just cuz of all that stuff about bird's carrying diseases and what not, figured i should play it safe, so i don't get back to my 2nd tip until around 12:15.

12:30 it's finally done and it just looks absolutely great. a huge improvement over the stock tips, i honestly couldn't be happier. i go to check on the bird and it's just sitting there looking up at me. i was just as shocked as i was when it fell on me. the thing seems perfectly ok, but i think it's a baby and can't fly yet. i also now remember hearing that if you touch a baby bird, its parents abandon it. so now i feel like a total asshole because the thing is sure to die now even though it survived the fall.

so for those who made it through that story, enjoy some pictures! i went with the ovals (EX1017B). and yea my car's dirty as hell as it's been raining every other day.

tip pics:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/71070185/photos/SDC11335.JPG
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/71070185/photos/SDC11336.JPG
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/71070185/photos/SDC11338.JPG

bird pics:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/71070185/ph...2011.44.35.jpg
the moment it happened
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/71070185/ph...2011.49.26.jpg
initially after putting it in the box
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/71070185/photos/SDC11337.JPG
alive and well! for now.. :/

Looks like the bird can survive. Maybe you should called FR-S.

Pepboys online?

http://www.pepboys.com/product/detai.../exhaust/tips/

http://www.pepboys.com/product/detai.../exhaust/tips/

http://www.pepboys.com/product/detai.../exhaust/tips/

The big question is "where is your 10mm wrench"!:thumbup:
Good story

I was going to suggest the same thing but I wasn't positive if it's possible. When I ordered one of my tips online I never had the option of sending it to my house, I could only pick it up at a store.

Tips look great, and a great story.

I'm no bird expert but its definitely a baby. You could try to find a rescue group to care for it, or maybe find its next and try to put it back. Unless you feed it, it won't survive I don't imagine.

Had something similar happen to me once. Sitting outside my son's trumpet lesson minding my own business when there was a huge THUNK on the driver's side door, scared me to death. Got out of the car (not the FRS) and on the ground was a huge owl just sitting on the ground literally shaking his head like he was trying to shake off a hangover! I stared at him a while, he stared up at me like "What the f... dude!". Then after about 5 minutes he just flew off.

Haha yea I've had a bird fly into a window before. Just shook it off and flew off. I did try calling nycacc but they're closed so I really don't know what I can do. It's fully alert now. So if I go near it just starts jumping and panicking so I feel bad doing that now. Poor guy.

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Yeah I tried as well, only pick up in store option.

I just got these the other day. Not DC Sports exhaust tips, but I think they look good. They are actually aluminum exhaust tips, and pretty light.

http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/5257/exhausttips.jpg

According to the description, they all "Increase horsepower"!!! Sweet! Sure look better than stock though.

Where can I get this is Canada? :(

Are those DC Sports EX-1012 bolt on tips ? Lovely if yes. I ordered same but the silver ones.

Blacks weren't available through Amazon.

just threw on a pair of these today. not bad at all. the stock one's are seriously puny when taking them off and comparing the two in your hands.

DC Sport EX-1013

http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps769c5910.jpg

http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps2e15cbb7.jpg

Anyone experience rust with these DC sport tips yet?

i only have rust on the bolts. none on the actual tips themselves or any part that shows.

Anyone have these on a WRB? If so did you go black? Love to see pics.(on either black or stainless) Just got my car on 11/3 and can not stand the factory ones.