has anyone done this and kept their stock mufflers?
if so.. how does it sound?

 

not relevant but i did this on my tanabe's touring and it gave it a much deeper growl.

 

dont remove the resonator!! Its way too loud and attracts too much attention from the police. And if you are in a 2 hours long traffic the resonator will drive you insane.

 

even with stock mufflers?

 

hey plusone,

So you have an exhaust set up? I am currently looking for an exhaust but I want to hear some or at least one in person. I am also located in Houston.

 

I'll be at IFO sunday which is tomrrow, or if you want we can meet up.

 

actually - and if anything, it'll be louder, but not obnoxiously loud that you'll attract the wrong type of attention.

that is, unless you're hammering the throttle and doing red-line pulls away from every street.

then you'll definitely be attracting the wrong type of attention.

 

There will be hardly any difference removing the resonator or not if using stock exhaust.

This is from my experience, even with removed cats and resonator. People wouldnt notice much of a difference.

 

I was in his car (he had no 2ndary cats or resonator) my car has both, and my exhaust is about 50% louder with my setup.

Your car will sound fine, just leave the stock mufflers on.

They do a good job at muffling

 

mine is extremely even though im not throttling it. Its cause i got hks exhaust with the resonator removed.

 

in case you didn't know already, the hks hi-power is the loudest axle-back system for the 2is. cabin drone galore.

deleting the resonators will only make it even louder.

you should know that by now.

 

not to mention the OP was asking about removing the resonator with STOCK MUFFLERS.

 

Bump..
for the answer to the original question.

 

i had resonator taken off when i got my car.
its only louder at higher revs to WOT. then i got my tanabes, and its the same. only louder at higher revs to WOT. i'd say do it because at times you want to be louder, it is. but when you want to be quiet, you can be. with stock AND tanabes. its a cheap mod too.

 

it doesnt sound any different when normal driving. but when you start to floor it, then you get sort of a throaty/ripping sound. thats the best i can describe it. HAHAHAH
sorry, i wish i had a sound clip. i can do it with my tanabes on but you'll only be able to hear it at HIGH revs. at lower to mid revs, the tanabes over power the sound.
when people want a quiet exhaust, i'd suggest just keeping the stock and getting resonator removed. its a pretty decent sound gain at higher revs. hope that helps.