I want to purchase some exhaust tips for the 2IS so that they fill the space in the rear valance a bit better. I'm happy with the OEM exhaust, but I want to just get the tips for the "look". I attached a pic of the blue 2IS Lexus took to NAIAS because it has a Borla exhaust that has the look I want. Does anyone know of any tips I could purchase to achieve this look without spending lots of $$$?? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!!!

 

Does anybody have any information about exhaust tips??

 

Lots of places to get tips both on the net and even your local muffler shop.

Here's one place (I never bought from them or know anything about them) I had bookmarked:
http://www.autotoyaz.com/extipstainst.html

Several members have Magnaflow tips
http://www.magnaflow.com/02product/02tips.asp


Borla has tips too
http://www.borla.com/products/polished_tips.aspx and we have a CL vendor that I believe can get them still at a discount (PM DrewGS4)

"Single Oval Rolled Angle-Cut w/Clamp" is what I have on my GS (removed old-style Borla tips and welded these on) but think your original idea of the round ones similar to those on the IS above would look better on a 2IS

 

Thanks a lot Dave!! I appreciate your recommendations. My biggest problem is that El Paso, TX is the WORST place to find good quality aftermarket parts for my car . Most of the shops I've visited don't have any good quality parts on stock and everything nice has to be ordered from out of state which is a little worrisome because I have to judge parts by the way they look from pictures Anyways, I will probably go with the Borla exhaust tips because they seem to be of good quality and have a lifetime warranty BTW, are the Borla tips the ones you weld to the OEM exhaust or are they the type that you just "attach" to the exhaust "a la Lexus OEM tips"??

My next mod decision will be the HARDEST one because I want to buy a set of Modulare M3/M4 or Auto Couture Lative wheels, but as you know they're pricey and I would have to base my decision on internet pics... If I had a shop that I could go to to see the wheels in person I would have made my decision a LONG time ago... so far, I think I like the Modulare wheels a bit better than the Auto Couture... what a dilemma!!! I wish I was in a more "mod-friendly" city...

BTW, your GS looks awesome!!!

 

I agree, your GS looks very nice!!

 

What size would we look to order for a clamp on tip for the 06 IS?

Could not find a match for either Borla or Magna flow. Maybe take a tape measure and measure the diameter of the opening of the OEM pipe and order the same size, or do you go up in order for it to "sleeve over existing pipe?

 

what tip model is on that borla exhaust?

 

I assume you're talking about the 2IS at the top. I suspect that it is not a tip they resell at all, but the prototype for a full exhaust that comes with a tip on it.

I'd suggest somebody go to an exhaust / muffler shop that sells tips and ask them to measure it for you and show you what tips they sell (or can order) that'll fit on it. If you don't see anything that you want to buy, at least you'll know the diameter tip you need to get.

How you attach them depends on what you buy. On the Borla's I have above they came with a clamp you could use just to clamp over the OEM pipes, but I went ahead and had a muffler shop tack weld them on. Not expensive and you can get them to move your pipes around a bit to make sure they are even.

 

I have bad news; Most tips are too long for the IS. you should have a tip which is less than 4"

 

Dave, Can you take a rear shot of your gs4?

 

Lots of pics in various stages here

http://www.somniplex.com/gallery/GS

From 2004 / 2005 genre as pic above
http://www.somniplex.com/gallery/COTMCandidates

 

Has anyone installed tips on their 2IS? If so, got pics?

 

flipsonic has them.