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Old May 15, 2006 | 07:38 PM
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i have a 01 gs300 with tanabe hyper medallion exhaust and its to quiet... what can i remove to make it a lil more aggressive removing the cats or the resonators??? but i don't want it to sound like crap.. thanks
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take off the resonators.. should make it louder but not by much.. good luck
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sweeeeeet just anything to make it sound more aggressive
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if you wanted an aggressive sound, why did you choose Tanabe? lol they have the quietest exhaust lol
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I don't suggest removing your cats - only ends up causing problems. Get rid of your resonators and get some mandrel piping for better flow.

I don't know if the 300 has a Y pipe or an X pipe - but get a custom one built with less bends.

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cause my friend bought it for his gs430 and without thinking i thought my car would sound similar... on the gs430 its freakin loud
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