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I've been a member of Club Lexus for quite some time now. I had an '08 MRM IS350, '14 UW/Rioja IS250 F-Sport (traded in after 6months lol), '14 SB/Cabernet GS350 F-Sport. All of them were nicely modded and the newly acquired NX won't be any different. As soon as I saw the NX when they first came out, I knew it was an interesting platform and has a lot of potential. I'm glad that the market for modifications for this car has been getting popular. TBH, I'm not a big fan of the engine, but I guess we don't really have a choice (for now lol).
Anyways, December last year, I've commited myself on getting one but ONLY for the color combo I wanted. So I started buying and ordering parts. So finally on the last week of February, I found the color combo I want and it happened to be at the closest dealership to my house. March 2 I decided to check it out as I was afraid that somebody else might get it before I do. To my surprise, the car was sitting right at the showroom and I was relieved that it was still available. I knew I wasn't going home without the car, so even though I still have all the mods installed on my GS, I traded it in (I'm bringing them the oem parts and taking back my aftermarket stuff).
So here it is on March 2 right at the showroom, 2016 USB/Rioja F-Sport with almost all the options including the very important triple LED headlights.
And this is March 3 getting the Apexi N1 catback installed.
According to Apexi I'm the first customer to purchase one as I took delivery on Feb. 3.
Just a quick review, the exhaust is pretty loud, it's a nice deep sound though unlike other 4 cylinders out there with aftermarket exhaust. I love the sound but I can imagine it being kinda annoying for passengers who are really not into exhaust as the drone inside the car is pretty obvious.
I have some more mods waiting to be installed when I get the chance so stay tuned.
FYI, I'm not in competition with anybody and I know a lot of people will not approve of the things I'll do to the car, but this is what I love doing. I just can't leave a car alone lol. I buy a car based on what I can do to it, to make it look different than everyone else's.
Thank you for looking
That's a beautiful color combo. I would have never thought of putting that combination together. I can certainly see why they had it on the showroom floor. I'll bet it was a real "attention getter".
Please post a video with the exhaust installed. Reading about the exhaust system the DBs at 4500rpm is about 87. That's not bad unless the resonance transfers into the cabin.
At one point I was going to buy an Audi A5 2.0. Someone has made a exhaust system which had a nice burble at idle and a nice V8 sound under hard acceleration.
If its functional both aurally and maybe for performance I`d consider it. But in my experience 4 pot turbos lack the proper grunt that adding an exhaust can expose
thank you guys...as far as the exhaust go, I will try to make a video. but for now, I must say that the exhaust is pretty loud especially at cold start, and them mellows down. I've driven a CLA45 AMG many times, and even though that engine is a lot more powerful than our engines, I dont like the exhaust sound of that car. You can definitely tell it's a 4 cylinder. The Apexi for the NX on the other hand has a deep rumble sound. It's a real nice sound, my only complain would be the drone inside the cabin, if only I could eliminate that somehow, it'll be perfect.
thank you guys...as far as the exhaust go, I will try to make a video. but for now, I must say that the exhaust is pretty loud especially at cold start, and them mellows down. I've driven a CLA45 AMG many times, and even though that engine is a lot more powerful than our engines, I dont like the exhaust sound of that car. You can definitely tell it's a 4 cylinder. The Apexi for the NX on the other hand has a deep rumble sound. It's a real nice sound, my only complain would be the drone inside the cabin, if only I could eliminate that somehow, it'll be perfect.
Your drone can be easily removed by installing sound proofing between the body and the exhaust. Or you can pull up the floorboard and install it there. That exhaust turned out to be sharp, if I was keeping the NX I would have bought one for sure.
Also, if you're not interested in sound proofing, you can also consider putting your stock midpipe back in. If you do that, you can keep the apexi back half, keep the look, keep some of the noise as well. that might solve all your problems.
Your drone can be easily removed by installing sound proofing between the body and the exhaust. Or you can pull up the floorboard and install it there. That exhaust turned out to be sharp, if I was keeping the NX I would have bought one for sure.
Also, if you're not interested in sound proofing, you can also consider putting your stock midpipe back in. If you do that, you can keep the apexi back half, keep the look, keep some of the noise as well. that might solve all your problems.
I will definitely look into the sound proofing.
As far as putting the stock midpipes back, that is not possible with this exhaust system design. The muffler part of this exhaust has a different length on the pipes therefore it wouldn't bolt up to the stock midpipes. Apexi would be releasing a axle back later on though, that you use the stock midpipes.
btw thank you guys for all the compliments and the support.
so I have a slight progress today, I got the tires installed on my wheels. for those who don't know, I've had these wheels on my 4GS with of course lower profile tires. since I love these wheels so much I decided to keep em for the NX and just use fatter tires. I went with Falkens 275/40/20 on Advan Racing Premium GT 20x10 all around. IMO 21s look best for the NX but 21s are rare and tires are super expensive so I'll stick with the 20s.
I was supposed to get the coilovers installed but I got too lazy so I'll try tomorrow.
03-06-16, 12:30 AM
Project Kara (My Supergirl)
