Black Tips - Page 8 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

jflogerzi · 06-28-2012, 08:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mechaghost

Here are my black tips

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

W2 · 06-28-2012, 10:42 PM

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?

Calidrifter · 06-28-2012, 10:49 PM

Never mind...

russv · 06-29-2012, 01:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jflogerzi

Any Argento FR-S pictures?

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

mezdup · 06-29-2012, 11:09 PM

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.

mezdup · 06-30-2012, 02:55 PM

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.. :/

ZetaVI · 06-30-2012, 05:10 PM

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

Snoopyalien24 · 06-30-2012, 05:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by W2

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?

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/

russv · 06-30-2012, 05:43 PM

The big question is "where is your 10mm wrench"!

Good story

Laika · 06-30-2012, 05:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snoopyalien24

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/

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.

Dadhawk · 06-30-2012, 07:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mezdup

so here's a story for you guys.,,:/

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.

mezdup · 06-30-2012, 08:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

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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W2 · 06-30-2012, 08:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Laika

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.

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

aznsensazian · 07-28-2012, 03:29 PM

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.

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06-29-2012, 11:09 PM	#103
mezdup #1362 Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: 2014 Ice Silver WRX Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 1,081 Thanks: 480 Thanked 404 Times in 228 Posts Mentioned: 16 Post(s)	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.

06-30-2012, 02:55 PM	#104
mezdup #1362 Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: 2014 Ice Silver WRX Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 1,081 Thanks: 480 Thanked 404 Times in 228 Posts Mentioned: 16 Post(s)	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.. :/

06-30-2012, 05:10 PM	#105
ZetaVI Gundam Meister Join Date: Oct 2011 Drives: A Gundam Location: Westchester County, NY Posts: 2,685 Thanks: 320 Thanked 1,010 Times in 510 Posts Mentioned: 9 Post(s)	Looks like the bird can survive. Maybe you should called FR-S.

07-28-2012, 03:29 PM	#112
aznsensazian Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Drives: 1991 Nissan 240sx Location: Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 106 Thanks: 3 Thanked 56 Times in 16 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s)	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.

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