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Old 04-11-12, 11:02 PM
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Default gs300's with exhausts! chime in!

what are the setups u all are running? im looking to change my oem exhaust mainly for the sound (a little gain wouldnt be bad either)

two popular brands i know of are 5zigens fireball and borla!

main things im looking for are:

- not too loud at idle, but once u step on it roars
- minimal cabin drone

keep in mind i have a gs300.
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5zigen fireballs 'nuff said
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im running Fujitsubo legalis r cat-back. low rumble on light acceleration. nice and mean on full throttle. cabin noise is pretty minimal
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Originally Posted by jaymonkey
im running Fujitsubo legalis r cat-back. low rumble on light acceleration. nice and mean on full throttle. cabin noise is pretty minimal
did u need custom fabrications to get it to fit? how much did that cost, i believe 5zigens are direct
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5zigens are just axle backs, $700+

fujistubo is full exhaust for $600? Well when it was on sale on tein.
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A muffler delete sounds pretty gnarly on the GS
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tanabe medalion was my favorite catback. only reason i sold it was because of my long drives the sound eventually got to me. imagine driving for 2 hrs straight at like 3am with a hmmmmmm sound the whole way. for street driving it was perfect but on the highway it bothered me.
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Originally Posted by Mike813
tanabe medalion was my favorite catback. only reason i sold it was because of my long drives the sound eventually got to me. imagine driving for 2 hrs straight at like 3am with a hmmmmmm sound the whole way. for street driving it was perfect but on the highway it bothered me.
Gotta pump that music my man.

I'm running Top Speed and love it and so does everyone else. I do plan on buying some 5Zigen Mega though in the future. Those or some JP if I can get my hands on them.
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i regret not jumping on the fujistubo exhaust when it was on sale
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Tanabe Medallion Touring is (in my opinion and the opinion of basically every gs3 owner ever) the best sounding exhaust for the 2GS if you don't want to spend $2k+ on the high end stuff.
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I'm running the tanabe super medallion cat back. I ran it before and after I did a header swap.

Stock headers/y-pipe, wasn't bad. It was nice and mild, not really loud at WOT.

After Headers, still hums at idle, but it's louder. At WOT, it's loud, but doesn't sound like a honda.

It's a nice deep exhaust and it's definitely one of the top exhaust's I've heard on the GS3
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Originally Posted by mtparker18
I'm running the tanabe super medallion cat back. I ran it before and after I did a header swap.

Stock headers/y-pipe, wasn't bad. It was nice and mild, not really loud at WOT.

After Headers, still hums at idle, but it's louder. At WOT, it's loud, but doesn't sound like a honda.

It's a nice deep exhaust and it's definitely one of the top exhaust's I've heard on the GS3

do u have a gs300 or 400? and what kind of headers did u install? any significant gains? and did ur check engine light come on when u still any of that stuff?
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https://www.clublexus.com/forums/2ge...ust-socal.html

delete resonators and you should be good.
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OP u been a member with enough posts to know we have covered this....

here is one of the best examples and is a sticky in ther performance sub forum where this post really belongs

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/per...ollection.html
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thanks brian!


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