NinjaSocks

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I recently purchased a used 2008 IS-F that was very clean in and out. There was black plasti dip on the tail lights and rear bumper lights which I wanted to remove asap. Also the car had some ugly aftermarket shift ****.

First thing I did was replace the **** with a F-Sport black with blue stich and carbon fiber auto shift ****. Then I removed the plasti dip from the rear tail lights to reveal the stock look.

Here is the car at the dealer prior to being shipped to me







Finally got the F delivered





I blacked out the chrome trim on the grill with plasti dip, if and when I get a new grill I'll probably do a black pearl paint on it




I had the 2nd cats deleted as well as the mufflers. Instead of straight pipes I had my muffler shop cut the pipes before the Y split and install a dump




Installed a Joe Z prototype intake tube and dry AFE air filter

NinjaSocks

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these Stance Coilovers with 16/14 Swift springs are pending installation



and I'm still debating to install this carbon fiber wald style spoiler. Quality looks good though



I plan on installing the Auto Couture front lip tomorrow

NinjaSocks

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The 2nd cat and muffler delete was about 50 lbs of weight savings and I noticed the car was faster with smoother acceleration. The V8 sounds really mean and drone is minimal. The best $200 I've spent modding an exhaust. After seeing a fellow F owner do a dump exhaust tip after the resonator I was encouraged to go through with my plan of not going with dual straight pipes. I dislike the Y section and where the exhaust is crushed towards the rear so my muffler guy cut the exhaust off before the crushed part. Keeping the resonator keeps the sound to a nice deep growl that is tolerable inside and out of the car.
My previous car was an Evo X with straight pipes, no cats, and no resonator so I am also used to louder exhaust systems.

tmf2004

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congrats on the "F"... that car must sound insane with dumps....

NinjaSocks

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Thanks! I was impressed by the sound after the install and so was my exhaust guy as we both agreed to retain the resonator. I hope to get some exhaust sound clips up both inside and outside of the car.

PDP180180

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Nice work on this dude.

The plastidip rear lights weren't nice at all IMHO.

Does look the part on that front grill though.

May even have a go at doing this on mine to see how it looks.

Don't really rate the quality of the badgeless carbon version I got.

Keep up the great work though chap.

Cheers.


Peter

Ltaboso

Very nice,how big of a difference was the dump pipe from the stock?

J2K

Congrats on the purchase and nice mods so far! FYI - it looks like your wheels are facing the wrong direction.

PDP180180

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Good spot!

All 4 are wrong by the look of it?

Just need to swap them over to the other side (o/s/f to n/s/f, o/s/r to n/s/r and vice versa).

The blades are facing the wrong way to aid brake cooling at the moment.

NinjaSocks

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Thanks man, yeah i realized that as it was in transit from the dealer. I just need to get my jack and swap the wheels.

NinjaSocks

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Better acceleration and i love the sound now!

Defratos

Nice mod on the exhaust I'm curious how it sounds, must be mental

lilSCsteve

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Congrats to you sir! Clean mods coming, and I'm glad you removed the PD on the tails. As others have already said, post up a sound clip when you get a chance? No rush, we're not going anywhere! lol...as far as the lip are you keeping it the stock color, or where going to have it painted or hydro-dipped in CF? Either way, it's going to look good!

steve

NinjaSocks

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Thanks! The lip was recently mounted, I will keep it the same color of the car.
Here is a recent pic

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NinjaSocks

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I love how it sounds upon startup. It was the best money I've spent modding an exhaust for sure