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Originally Posted by Possum

Hi Guys, Just to inform you all before spending so much on this exhaust, I to have purchased this same exhaust system and yes it does look pretty but only up on a hoist, as you only see a few inches of the rear out the back... Plus the sound quality is as quiet if not less than the standard exhaust. So basically a lot of cash for 2 inches in my opinion and wish I had purchased the M7 or Agency Power system... The Greddy company in Japan stated it was made for the Japanese market which I presume must have lower noise restrictions..
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I am pretty sure if this exhaust was used with a front/over pipe/headers it would sound REALLY great. But that could be the reason why its so quiet. Maybe they designed this cat back to have a certain sound with a full exhaust system. I bet if you added headers and a front/over pipe this exhaust would be amazing. This is probably the only exhaust I would buy without caring about the power gains. It is beautiful and it would be something I would like to have if I get front/over pipe and headers. If you get a full exhaust on other cat backs a lot of them are just too loud and just dont sound good.

And BTW Stay away from Agency Power ive read too many bad things about them from customers on these forums and there quality control seems to be crap. Just do a search and look for there threads and customer threads complaining about fitment. No surprise coming from AP/Vivid.

This exhaust looks great though. Only thing is I am wondering about is why they didnt just make it a 2.5 inch all around instead of just 2.36 then split into 2 pipes that are 2 inches.

Most exhausts are 2.5 inch, but this is 2.36 but then when it splits into 2 it is only 2 inches. Do they do that because since its seperate piping like 2.5 inches would be too big and actually lose power? Why not make it 2.5 inch all the way or would that be a bad thing for power gains like how a 3 inch exhaust lose power on some cars? Isnt the stock exhaust only 2 inches? I dont see how this gains any power unless the 2 inch piping when split would basically be a freer flowing exhaust since its 2 separate pipes going to 2 separate mufflers. Do you guys get what I am saying? Kinda hard to explain the way I am thinking it out. I honestly would be in love with this if it was 2.5 all way back. I would love to see a dyno for this exhaust.
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The exhaust looks nice but it doesnt seem like this would perform that well and probably be just be bought for the looks/sound. For how much it costs and what it does I honestly would rather spend my money on an STI exhaust which sounds/looks better/probably performs the same as this exhaust. But until this exhaust gets dyno'd we wont know. But if someone could explain why they kept the pipes that split into 2 only at 2 inches and not 2.36 or even make the exhaust 2.5 inches from front to back would be nice. Perhaps one of the vendors who know more about making exhausts can chime in on this.