Tanabe or HKS?
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Tanabe or HKS?
hello everybody, just bought my IS 350! 
and i'm new to this. i will be posting some pics in the next few days. i was thinking of getting an aftermarket exhaust. i want a little bit of loudness. i'm thinking between HKS and Tanabe. which one sounds better? maybe you guys can help. thanks
and i'm new to this. i will be posting some pics in the next few days. i was thinking of getting an aftermarket exhaust. i want a little bit of loudness. i'm thinking between HKS and Tanabe. which one sounds better? maybe you guys can help. thanks
hello everybody, just bought my IS 350! and i'm new to this. i will be posting some pics in the next few days. i was thinking of getting an aftermarket exhaust. i want a little bit of loudness. i'm thinking between HKS and Tanabe. which one sounds better? maybe you guys can help. thanks
and i'm new to this. i will be posting some pics in the next few days. i was thinking of getting an aftermarket exhaust. i want a little bit of loudness. i'm thinking between HKS and Tanabe. which one sounds better? maybe you guys can help. thanksWelcome to ClubLexus!
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hks or tanabe?
since ur new...first of all welcome!!!
ill save u some time.. if u want a lil loud..get the tanabe, if u want a lil bit louder get the hks...if u want louder get the f-sport(clean deep loud) ftw.
ill save u some time.. if u want a lil loud..get the tanabe, if u want a lil bit louder get the hks...if u want louder get the f-sport(clean deep loud) ftw.
but if you mean the hks hi-powers, then no.
the hks hi-power is probably the loudest axleback exhaust application for the 2is. even louder than the f-sport.
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To me their all the same, its what you want. It all depends what kinda looks you want, and how loud you want it to be. So far tanabe sounds perfect, not too loud and not too soft. But i'm starting to like the look of the wald exhaust!! lol
welcome aboard~~!
I think you'll love Tanabe if you want a little deeper and louder than the Stock
but keep in mind that there are alot more than Tanabe and it all depends
what you want in the end..
if I were you, I'll just wait until I meet some cool local CL members,
and then hear the aftermarket exhaust in person..and then go purchase it
because it's really hard to explain the "real" sound in words..hearing in person is 1000 better than trying to explain
but so far..my favorites are,,
0-my WALD
1-Tanabe
2-JoeZ
3-Lexus HKS
I think you'll love Tanabe if you want a little deeper and louder than the Stock
but keep in mind that there are alot more than Tanabe and it all depends
what you want in the end..
if I were you, I'll just wait until I meet some cool local CL members,
and then hear the aftermarket exhaust in person..and then go purchase it
because it's really hard to explain the "real" sound in words..hearing in person is 1000 better than trying to explain
but so far..my favorites are,,
0-my WALD
1-Tanabe
2-JoeZ
3-Lexus HKS
not to nit-pick the finer points, but the Joe-Z/PTS is a cat-back system, yet so far the majority of us have been referring to axle-back systems (lexus/HKS, HKS hi-power, tanabe, etc.).
if you're going to make comparisons, make sure it's apples to apples.
if you're going to make comparisons, make sure it's apples to apples.
