Part Numbers Used-

14235 Mufflers
http://www.magnaflow.com/02product/s...ne=main&id=616

35125 Tips
http://www.magnaflow.com/02product/s...ne=main&id=675

(I went with a 3.5" tip because I like my cars slightly understated- a 4" tip would have looked good as well though)

Price-

$90 per muffler, $28 per tip, $60 for installation

Total= $296 (this is what you would expect to pay at a muffler shop)

Note- I did not touch the factory Y pipe or the factory piping- I was looking mostly for sound- the Y pipe and piping are probably costing me about 1-1.5 hp

Performance Gains-

?????? I have no idea- Considering the axle backs are picking up around 5rwhp with bigger piping, and I left the piping stock Im going to guess I probably picked up about 3rwhp

Seat of the pants feel- none- props to anyone who can feel 3-5hp increase on a 306hp car because I sure can't...LOL

Now the best part- Sound-

Think stock G35 coupe- at idle, it adds a deep note, which from inside the car can only really be heard with the radio off- from the outide you can hear a little deep rumble- subtle- but its definitely there-

During acceleration the car is noticably deeper from the inside- very subtle though- unitil the higher RPM where it sounds almost stock but slightly louder-

Freeway speeds- the car pretty much sounds stock inside- so no drone what so ever-

From the outside- the car sounds incredible driving away - very sublte- but definitely not stock- very close volume wise to a stock G35 coupe- nice and deep- exactly what I was looking for- Im not a fan of loud exhausts- and definitely not on a Lexus-

Looks- I forgot my digital camera- but will add pictures this weekend- looks much better with the polished mufflers and I love the tips-

Overall I am very satisfied, and because it was not very expensive- I went ahead and ordered the K&N FIPK kit which should be here tomorrow-


EDIT*****
If anyone would like to see or hear it- I live in North Orange County, CA- so just PM me-

Lets see a pic!

Koz

Where are the PICTURES?! This thread is worthless without pics.

Nice mod... Some pictures and may be a sound clip would be huge!

is the the same thing as gettin like 2 of these?
http://www.hksusa.com/products/?id=1733

OK..borrowed camera from a coworker- YES my car is dirty right now- but I just got back from a business trip-

As I mentioned in the other thread- I like my cars slightly understated- so I went with a little bit smaller tip (3.5")- I could have gone with a 4" tip to match the other aftermarket systems out there-

I like it, looks good. Now it would be great if you have a sound clip. I'm sure it could be done with your coworker digital camera . Am I asking too much ?

Oh yeah, I noticed that you are in CA, where did you do it?

I will have to work on that next- its an older camera- doesnt record anything-

I had it done at a custom exhaust shop in Rancho Santa Margarita- Awesome Exhaust- this is actually the 3rd IS done there-

He did one 350 and one 250 before my car- in which he removed the resonator on the 350- and the customer brought it back an hour later because it was way too loud inside the car-

Hey man that does look wayy nice , as stated sound would be awesome and I'm looking forward to it

looking good! very similar to the Tanabe look

Very nice! Magnaflow offers good bang for your buck

what exactly did u get done? cat-back? resonator-back? header-back? x-pipe? h-pipe? true dual?

Here is a link to the original thread- there is a full description in there

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=254304

Basically I did a muffler replacement- With out tax, this set up would come out to less then $300- but provide the sound minus 1-2hp that the axleback systems give you-

Looks really good!

I was wondering, is this reversible process? I mean if i dont like it, can i still put the stock muffler back?

is there cutting and welding involved?

There is cutting and welding involved- however you do nothing to ruin the integrity of the stock mufflers, so you could pay an exhaust shop to weld the stock mufflers back on-

the shop I took it to offered to weld my stock ones back on or different mufflers for $40 if I didnt like the way it came out- because I told him I wasnt sure how these would sound-

If you are looking for an exhaust on the quieter side of the spectrum, I would definitely take this set up into consideration- it is definitely more on the subtle side-