CollinCoon

I am a proud new owner of a 2007 IS250 AWD and after a lot of searching I can't seem to find the answers I am looking for. I found out that all of the "cat back" exhausts for our cars are really axle back exhausts because no one makes a mid pipe for the AWD models.

Do any of these axle back exhuasts actually make a big difference in sound? I know it wont do much for performance, thats not what im looking for, I want my car to make a nice sound when I step on it. I have listened to numerous sound clips and youtube videos of the Greddy, Nvidia, Tanabe, etc. exhausts on the AWD models and its hard to notice much of a difference on my computer speakers.

I just want a nice sound but nothing too loud that will get me pulled over.

I'm new to Lexus and this forum so any help is appreciated.

Thanks!

reyoasian

iTrader: (2)

if you want sound, go for fsport/hks.........as far as i know most other exhausts for the 2IS are quiet as hell (e.g. tanabe, greddy se/sp, fujitsubo, invidia axleback, etc.)

jyeung12

love the f sport on my car. sounds amazing, its quiet when u need it to be and then explodes when stomp on the gas

ISland350

youtube bro....youtube.

CollinCoon

So HKS Hi Power and the F sport will be a noticable difference? I'm just afraid of spending the money on an axle back that won't sound much different from stock. My car is fully stock right now but I plan on doing an intake in the near future as well.

CollinCoon

Haha I feel like all I have been doing is looking at YouTube exhaust videos for the past few weeks, but all the AWD videos seem to have other upgrades like intake, headers, custom midpipe etc. And I'm fully stock right now. It's hard to find videos of people who did JUST the axle back exhaust

reyoasian

iTrader: (2)

youtube doesn't do justice, gotta hear it in real life

i can tell you right now that HKS HiPower, GReddy EVO3, Lexus HKS or the F-Sport will yield VERY noticeable difference

Tanabe MT, Greddy SE/SP, Fujitsubo, Invidia Q300, etc. will NOT yield much difference (axlebacks only)

CollinCoon

Thanks for the input. I was leaning toward the HKS high power axle back so I'm glad to hear it is one with a noticeable difference

65beto

Anybody has an OBX axle-back? cant find any videos with it

reyoasian

iTrader: (2)

HKS drone though

That's an eBay brand (aka, no-name/knockoff)

65beto

I also found Magnaflow has the axleback as well, but I cant find any videos for sound

ApexLexus

I have a 2011 IS350 AWD with the HKS Hi-Power exhaust and I’ve been debating getting the Megan midpipes and having them fabricated to fit my car since I know they only fit RWD. Do y’all think I should go that route or just have a shop make some custom stainless steel midpipes instead?