patrick323

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I had some Invidia mid-pipes put on my 2IS instead of OEM replacements (so much more expensive) while my car was at the shop getting some repairs from a minor accident that caused undercarriage damage. I am noticing a smell am not sure if it is an exhaust fume smell or a general burning smell. It does not seem to be coming from under the hood. I notice no other malfunctions or oddities aside from this smell.


I do not want to immediately complain because perhaps this can happen and it will go away in a day or two? Maybe there is some sort of coating on the fresh pipes that is being burnt off? Maybe such pipes cause the car to omit a strong odor (that would suck and seems unlikely)?

Can anyone offer some input?

KI_GSE21

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Yes, the burnt smell is normal. When I put my midpipes on, I had white smoke coming out of my exhaust. Its the stainless steel breaking in since the midpipes are brand new. Nothing to worry about. It's totally normal and I know how it feels when you smell something burning. I had the burnt smell for about 3 days and after that it was all good!

patrick323

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PHEW!! That's good news and exactly what I hoped to hear. Thanks so much. I did not notice any smells when I had my greddy axle-back installed so this was troubling me. I've been envisioning some pipe half connected, spouting out deadly fumes haha.

norcal_c

How do you like the two together? How much did it open up the sound? And do you get a drone now? I'm thinking about selling my HKS exhaust and getting the Greddy. I have the invidia mids also.

patrick323

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It's substantially louder than with the greddy alone. I have no other combination of exhaust components to compare it to. The low drone is stronger (i like that) and when it's opened up it has a lot of sound for sure. Some might call it raspy. I mostly really like it but there is a small part of me that associates raspy with bad. All in all I'm very pleased.

gizbx4

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how do you think this would sound with the lexus hks exhaust

patrick323

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I'm not familiar with any exhausts other than the Greddy that I own, so I wouldn't be a good source of info for that.

don

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Bump.

Anyone experienced this too?

Denver

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the smell and smoke is normal, gotta let the mid pipes break in. mine was loud when i first installed it and after few days driving it, it wont be as loud.

don

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Oh ok. I do hope it quiets down though.

Poor sucker who drives behind me then.

Denver

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^^^ yeah it will but i actually liked how loud it was when i first installed, lol

Gville350

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Yep, and the same goes for headers too on most vehicles. Axle-back exhaust systems...not so much as the temps have dropped far more by that point.

GiantsFan

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Weird... Never noticed any burning smell/smoke after installing my Megan mid pipes...

brociouz

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Don't expect it to quiet down too much.

MGLane

I had this same issue with my previous car, a VW GTI. I put a full turbo back exhaust on, and after driving it the first time, I smelled that burning smell and freaked out thinking I had forgotten to take the protective films off of the gaskets or something. It is just the S/S breaking in though. I think more specifically, it is a residue left over from the machining and manufacturing of the pipes burning off. For that system, it went away after a week or so.

On a side note, I noticed no smell at all from my F-Sport. It could be that it sits much further back in the system, like Gville350 said.