M2 Axle-back
02-15-12, 02:35 PM
#316
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The piping and everything is good, just the angles of the hangars may need to be tweaked a little. I only had to bend one about 1/2" to get mine to line up perfectly. I've had it on for about a week now, and it sounds wonderful. Deep and fairly quiet. It's loudest in the cabin between 2500-3000 rpm though which is where I'm usually at on the highway. Not terribly loud or anything, but the sound is present. For the money, I'm convinced this is the best deal for the IS.
02-15-12, 02:45 PM
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The piping and everything is good, just the angles of the hangars may need to be tweaked a little. I only had to bend one about 1/2" to get mine to line up perfectly. I've had it on for about a week now, and it sounds wonderful. Deep and fairly quiet. It's loudest in the cabin between 2500-3000 rpm though which is where I'm usually at on the highway. Not terribly loud or anything, but the sound is present. For the money, I'm convinced this is the best deal for the IS.
02-18-12, 04:44 PM
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if the weather's nice i'll take some vids tomorrow. its raining right now. installed my m2 a week ago. local muffler shop charged me $60 to install the exhaust, adjust the hangers and replace the large resonator with straight pipe...might be too loud for some but i'm loving it!!!
02-21-12, 04:46 PM
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I recorded the sound of this exhaust in the garage so you guys can hear it more clearly
It is also recorded with my iphone4 so yeah. I listened to it on my Bose sound system on my computer and it sounds about 90% correct.
When I took it to tommys for installation, he had quite a hard time, maybe because my car is pretty old (06)
He eventually got it up and running.
It looks nice but I have something to say. The fitment is either a hit or miss. Sadly mine was a miss. Although all of the m2's will be lower on the left side, which requires you to bend the hangers, my left side was about 1/5th of an inch deeper than the one on the right.
Basically it stops at the bumper and my right side comes out just a tinny bit. You cannot tell just by looking at it but if you look at it closely, you'll see it.
I am barely breaking in my exhaust so it has a smell right now, but the sound is great.
I personally do not like the sound when I am driving because it sounds really loudl when you are inside the car, but it sounds lovely outside.
Best bang for the buck
It is also recorded with my iphone4 so yeah. I listened to it on my Bose sound system on my computer and it sounds about 90% correct.
When I took it to tommys for installation, he had quite a hard time, maybe because my car is pretty old (06)
He eventually got it up and running.
It looks nice but I have something to say. The fitment is either a hit or miss. Sadly mine was a miss. Although all of the m2's will be lower on the left side, which requires you to bend the hangers, my left side was about 1/5th of an inch deeper than the one on the right.
Basically it stops at the bumper and my right side comes out just a tinny bit. You cannot tell just by looking at it but if you look at it closely, you'll see it.
I am barely breaking in my exhaust so it has a smell right now, but the sound is great.
I personally do not like the sound when I am driving because it sounds really loudl when you are inside the car, but it sounds lovely outside.
Best bang for the buck
02-22-12, 01:58 PM
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Thanks for the info. Any recording of the sound while INSIDE the car and driving? That seems to be the one recording we are all looking for.
I recorded the sound of this exhaust in the garage so you guys can hear it more clearly
It is also recorded with my iphone4 so yeah. I listened to it on my Bose sound system on my computer and it sounds about 90% correct.
When I took it to tommys for installation, he had quite a hard time, maybe because my car is pretty old (06)
He eventually got it up and running.
It looks nice but I have something to say. The fitment is either a hit or miss. Sadly mine was a miss. Although all of the m2's will be lower on the left side, which requires you to bend the hangers, my left side was about 1/5th of an inch deeper than the one on the right.
Basically it stops at the bumper and my right side comes out just a tinny bit. You cannot tell just by looking at it but if you look at it closely, you'll see it.
I am barely breaking in my exhaust so it has a smell right now, but the sound is great.
I personally do not like the sound when I am driving because it sounds really loudl when you are inside the car, but it sounds lovely outside.
Best bang for the buck
It is also recorded with my iphone4 so yeah. I listened to it on my Bose sound system on my computer and it sounds about 90% correct.
When I took it to tommys for installation, he had quite a hard time, maybe because my car is pretty old (06)
He eventually got it up and running.
It looks nice but I have something to say. The fitment is either a hit or miss. Sadly mine was a miss. Although all of the m2's will be lower on the left side, which requires you to bend the hangers, my left side was about 1/5th of an inch deeper than the one on the right.
Basically it stops at the bumper and my right side comes out just a tinny bit. You cannot tell just by looking at it but if you look at it closely, you'll see it.
I am barely breaking in my exhaust so it has a smell right now, but the sound is great.
I personally do not like the sound when I am driving because it sounds really loudl when you are inside the car, but it sounds lovely outside.
Best bang for the buck
02-22-12, 01:59 PM
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The weather clear up? Any vids?
if the weather's nice i'll take some vids tomorrow. its raining right now. installed my m2 a week ago. local muffler shop charged me $60 to install the exhaust, adjust the hangers and replace the large resonator with straight pipe...might be too loud for some but i'm loving it!!!
02-22-12, 03:17 PM
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Its pretty hard to get a good reading on internal volume as most phone and camera microphones don't pick up the range necessary to convey the bass-like tone that the exhausts emit on the freeway, which would consist of "drone".
What I experienced is, if you even have a minimal amount of music on, you won't notice the drone. However, it is present. Anecdotally, it would not be an issue on the "non-auto-enthusiast girlfriend annoyance meter".
What I experienced is, if you even have a minimal amount of music on, you won't notice the drone. However, it is present. Anecdotally, it would not be an issue on the "non-auto-enthusiast girlfriend annoyance meter".
02-23-12, 09:18 AM
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Its pretty hard to get a good reading on internal volume as most phone and camera microphones don't pick up the range necessary to convey the bass-like tone that the exhausts emit on the freeway, which would consist of "drone".
What I experienced is, if you even have a minimal amount of music on, you won't notice the drone. However, it is present. Anecdotally, it would not be an issue on the "non-auto-enthusiast girlfriend annoyance meter".
What I experienced is, if you even have a minimal amount of music on, you won't notice the drone. However, it is present. Anecdotally, it would not be an issue on the "non-auto-enthusiast girlfriend annoyance meter".
02-28-12, 05:43 PM
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After read this thread and many suggestions, i ordered M2 exhaust last week.
I got it this afternoon and just installed it.
I love its sound !!!!!!!!!!!!
I got it this afternoon and just installed it.
I love its sound !!!!!!!!!!!!