3is350 awd non Fsport stock exhaust. Cannot decide on ark grip cat back exhaust or invidia q300 with invidia mid pipe. I have not heard either in person only audio clips online. It sounds like the ark is more quiet than the invidia. I've never had a performance exhaust on a vehicle. I daily my 3is and don't want a tinny ricer sound. I want a deep aggressive growl with little to no drone in cabin. The ark cost more and I'm leaning for toward the ark because of the saying, " you get what you paid for". Let me know what you peeps think. All comments are welcome.

 

IMO Ark > Invidia

 

Ark sounds better in my opinion as well.

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I think it all depends on how loud you're trying to go. From audio clips Ive seen on youtube, both give a nice deep sound, but ARK is louder than Invidia. Not by much, but enough to tell a difference.
I recently installed the Inividia exhaust on my is250 because I wanted the deeper sound, but nothing loud enough to gain any unwanted attention. Last thing I wanted was to get a ticket and have to remove the exhaust. Youtube clips seem to show ARK with a louder idle than Invidia. And after having the Invidia installed for a little over a week, I've noticed that I only really notice the sound from it when accelerating

 

Good insight on the invidia on a is250. I read somewhere that the sound changes from when it's installed to after a a while that it takes to settle. It say that the exhaust will get louder over that time. Any input on that?

 

I've only had the exhaust on for a little over a week. Plus my daily commute to work is 10-15mins each way, so it will probably take me a while to put enough miles on it to see if it does get louder.
I'm doing a road trip back home to LA soon, so that 300 mile ride should be more than enough time to tell if it gets louder as it settles. I'll make sure to let y'all know.
As of now, I can say that having something other than the stock exhaust sound come from the car, definitely makes it more fun to drive - especially in F-Sport + manual.

 

Ark will be louder. My first exhaust set up was the full invidia catback and it was way too quiet for me personally.

 

Nice. Looking forward to the update.

 

Full invidia exhaust on which car? Did you have any drone. What do you think about a muffler and resonator delete? I am not going this route because of drone. Any thoughts?

 

muffler delete - significantly louder, very low droning
muffler delete + resonator delete - VERY loud, medium drone

I think muffler delete / resonator delete sounds the same if not louder and better than exhausts mentioned above.. droning to me doesn't matter, put music volume on 20-25 and you don't really realize it anymore

 

Thanks for the insight.
Make the muffler and resonator delete look like a good option. I however am going to take the exhaust route. Cost alot more but there has to be pros to a full exhaust rather than taking a saw to it.

 

Old video of mines but I love my Invidia!

 

The lady has the Invidia catback on hers.

Word of caution, the exhaust itself actually fell off of the rubber hangar bushings while she was driving and subsequently caused her whole rear end of the exhaust to drag on the ground while she was driving. We had to weld "stoppers" on the ends of the hangars to prevent this from happening. Not sure if anyone else that has this exhaust experienced this issue - though doubtful since I have never seen a post like that come up. I'll end up switching the tips out on hers since the edges got messed up.

My two cents, her exhaust sounds nice, it's not too loud but if you want a little more "umph", I recommend going with the midpipe that you can get from Invidia as well, sounds amazing with it.

 

Never heard of that issue on anybody’s. But I do recall when my boy installed mines he put some clamps on the hangers as a precaution.


I put some quad tips on mines. Compliments the diffuser nicely.

Side view

 

The axleback portion of the ark is certainly louder than the invidia. Im not sure how different the midpipes are but when I had the invidia catback there was nearly no sound in the cabin to where it was way too quiet for me.