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Old 02-15-17, 11:35 PM
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Hey guys, I wanted your opinion on PPE race headers. Are they worth it? Do any of you own it? How much louder did your car get? I don't want anything too loud, but I know I have to get rid of my cats to install the headers. Please let me know what You think of it and how the sound is with it installed. Thank you!
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Worth it. We have it on ours.

It gets the car loud...


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from looking underneath, it looks like a pain in the a$$ to install.
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The OP may get some more information here:

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/per...ally-work.html

From the 2IS forum, but apropos.

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If anyone has a IS350 paired with an Ark exhaust and PPE headers in SoCal, I'd like to hear it in person!
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PPE headers definitely gets the car louder - a bit more raspy too between 2-3k rpms.
Full JoeZ catback paired with the headers made the car drone like crazy - so I had to settle with just the headers, stock midpipe, and Joez axleback combo.

+1 on what an Ark catback with Headers sound like.
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Originally Posted by LexSense
PPE headers definitely gets the car louder - a bit more raspy too between 2-3k rpms.
Full JoeZ catback paired with the headers made the car drone like crazy - so I had to settle with just the headers, stock midpipe, and Joez axleback combo.

+1 on what an Ark catback with Headers sound like.
i want headers too.. the ark already drones. so im sure its not much better.
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Originally Posted by LexSense
PPE headers definitely gets the car louder - a bit more raspy too between 2-3k rpms.
Full JoeZ catback paired with the headers made the car drone like crazy - so I had to settle with just the headers, stock midpipe, and Joez axleback combo.

+1 on what an Ark catback with Headers sound like.
Hey would love to hear your set up man, I heard you lose low end torque with headers? But I also put joez axle back but that about disappeared Insound so headers I'm interested
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How loud do you think it will get with an Ark performance Grip Exhaust and the PPE headers?
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Originally Posted by Meraki Autoworks
Worth it. We have it on ours.

It gets the car loud...


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Do you have a clip of how it sounds anywhere?
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Originally Posted by mohamed611
How loud do you think it will get with an Ark performance Grip Exhaust and the PPE headers?
Pretty loud..

Here's our car with headers and custom exhaust.


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Originally Posted by LexSense
PPE headers definitely gets the car louder - a bit more raspy too between 2-3k rpms.
Full JoeZ catback paired with the headers made the car drone like crazy - so I had to settle with just the headers, stock midpipe, and Joez axleback combo.

+1 on what an Ark catback with Headers sound like.
Are the PPE headers loud with the joe z axle back?
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Originally Posted by Boomin
Hey would love to hear your set up man, I heard you lose low end torque with headers? But I also put joez axle back but that about disappeared Insound so headers I'm interested
Actually you gain more torque with the ppe headers plus horsepower.
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Originally Posted by anthonys2r
If anyone has a IS350 paired with an Ark exhaust and PPE headers in SoCal, I'd like to hear it in person!
If you get this please record..... I would definitely be interested in that. I have the Ark and looking at the PPE headers. Looking for a more aggressive sound but not over the top.
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Originally Posted by C0011j
If you get this please record..... I would definitely be interested in that. I have the Ark and looking at the PPE headers. Looking for a more aggressive sound but not over the top.
Any luck? I have 16’ IS300 AWD with an ARK Exhaust and debating if I should add headers..
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