Does the Joe Z exhaust drone?
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Just had mine installed a couple hours ago with the sikky sway bar. My friend and I installed it at work and everything went smooth and easy. The only hard part personally was reinstalling the O2 sensor. It either twisted too much or didn't unwind enough when tightened. On the "droning" part, to me it sounds like stock hum but turned up a little bit when cruising. But in sport manual, the downshift throttle blips just sounds soo
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Thanks t4stph0, I get mine on tomorrow, and can't wait. So what is the confusion about the install, so that I know. to my understanding, the exhaust only fits one way and I guess the confusion is that the drivers side cross piece on the joe z exhaust hanger must sit higher than the factory, therefore requiring a 180 degree flip of the rubber hanger itself in order for the joe z exhaust to fit where it is supposed to. Can anybody post a pic of this versus the oem so that I have no hiccups for tomorrows install. I would do this myself however, I have no access to a lift and all of my buddies are at work and also kinda hard babysitting my two kids and not hovering around a lifted car. I think posting a pic of an where an oem exhaust hanger sits and joe Z install will clarify quite a bit. Thanks guys
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Thanks t4stph0, I get mine on tomorrow, and can't wait. So what is the confusion about the install, so that I know. to my understanding, the exhaust only fits one way and I guess the confusion is that the drivers side cross piece on the joe z exhaust hanger must sit higher than the factory, therefore requiring a 180 degree flip of the rubber hanger itself in order for the joe z exhaust to fit where it is supposed to. Can anybody post a pic of this versus the oem so that I have no hiccups for tomorrows install. I would do this myself however, I have no access to a lift and all of my buddies are at work and also kinda hard babysitting my two kids and not hovering around a lifted car. I think posting a pic of an where an oem exhaust hanger sits and joe Z install will clarify quite a bit. Thanks guys
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If you take a look on the midpipe (with 2 resonator) the 2 hangers are offset and sits higher on driver side. There's really only way to fit it in. Hand tighten the bolts first, then set it where it's not hitting the heatshields and tighten down from cats back is how I did it.
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Yes - I just jacked my car to take photos of this only working one way... Since 2008
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I am having a defect issue right now. The dealer says the exhaust hanger on the mid section is not in the right place and is not lining up with the hanger o the car. I even went down to look at it. I am a little pissed right now and dont know what to do. The dealer says to take it to a shop and have the hanger modified to fit or just cut it off. Thats BS and if this thing is defective Im going to be pissed. Not happy so far. Havent heard the damn thing but dont like the idea of getting the priciest unit and then having a defect. I thought it was the tech but I cant see how else to mount it
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Thanks Joe Z for the pics, this does help very much to clarify the install. Thanks for the support. I8abmr, What are your thoughts after the install as far as sounds and drone
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Just had mine installed a couple hours ago with the sikky sway bar. My friend and I installed it at work and everything went smooth and easy. The only hard part personally was reinstalling the O2 sensor. It either twisted too much or didn't unwind enough when tightened. On the "droning" part, to me it sounds like stock hum but turned up a little bit when cruising. But in sport manual, the downshift throttle blips just sounds soo
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Car is at the dealer right now, I didn't get a chance to get a decimal reading at startup, however here is one at idle once engine is warm. I'll post agin after the joe z install a lil later today once I get the car back.
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keep us posted after the install! and was this reading from inside or outside the car?
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Steven I really appreciate all that you did. If it wasn't for your immediate response I would not have contacted Joe Z and I would have been stressing this all weekend . Thanks again for going ABOVE and BEYOND to help out. We are all lucky here to have a company like ModInJapan to do business with. Carson Toyota would have told me its my issue or just return it.