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Originally Posted by vubaru

OK guys, so I've had this exhaust on my car for about a week and I have some impressions.

Just got my set installed this morning and drove around a little bit on my way back to work. First impressions are pretty much the same as yours.

• The sound is really hard to describe. I think you lose a lot of the lower tones in the youtube clips. If people are curious, you just have to be there in person to hear it (I'm sure @vubaru and I won't mind at the next meet). I really missed having the boxer rumble and this gets it really close without going with UEL headers.
• At first, I was on the fence between the resonated and non-resonated, but I'm really glad I went with the resonated version. Its nice and subdued (I'm a grown-ass man, dawg...) and actually didn't have that terrible drone I really hate on freeway speeds. You definitely hear it on acceleration and when bliping during down shifts, which is where I enjoy it.
• The price is directly reflected on the construction and quality: really nice welds, smooth bends with no kinks or pinches on the OD, etc.
• Like you, I was a little worried about the slip joints leaking, but Gary of Mann Engineering put me at ease (its all in the installation, heat cycling, then re-torquing, repeat.)
• Love the tips, their shape by far is the best matching with the rear diffuser, plus you can adjust them however you're like!
• Very pleased with Gary and Mann Engineering, I might go back for the under panels (pending x-mas credit card bills ). About the only thing that went wrong was that I wanted to take home my stock exhaust, but the mid-pipe was too long to fit. Gary was nice enough to hold it for me so I can swing by and pick it up with the wife's outback after the holidays.