I am looking to upgrade my exhaust and needs some opinions. I am looking for a nice sound much like my IS300 has. I have looked all over YouTube and keep feeling like I am hearing a Honda sound which is obviously out of the questions. Ideas?

Here are some old video's of mine:

Options:

1. Joe-Z
2. Borla
3. Invidia
4. HKS
5. Megan
6......?

 

Depends on budget. To be honest, most of the exhausts sound relatively close to each other. The absolute best sounding one that I've encountered so far is the F-Sport (and if you can find one, the HKS exhaust). But again, these sound rather high-strung, but definitely has a high-RPM, metallic screech sound to them.

Cheap and Bass: M2 or custom Borla weld
Expensive and Base: Joe-Z, HKS

 

Its going to be tough to re-create that sound on a 2nd gen for the fact that the 300 was a I6 engine and your 08 is a V6. I have noticed with the V6 IS, they tend to get very raspy in the mid to top rpm range. Your best bet, is to go to a exhaust shop and have the slip a couple different mufflers on and see what works out the best. Magnaflows tend to keep the tone low, next month I will be heading to a shop my friend works at. We are going to see what we can do to keep my IS from sounding raspy.

 

If you could get two Greddy Evo II canisters and custom fab them up that would be the BEST sounding things on a 2IS ever!

 

Go with HKS or Greddy Evo3

 

I vote Evo3

 

I have the F-sport exhaust and feel it is the perfect sound without getting drone.

It is loud enough to let everyone know when I am accelerating, yet it does not impact cabin volume at high speeds. From outside it has great growl to rasp sound. Perfect blend of sound (just what you would expect from Lexus).

I love pulling into the Lexus service area where the exhaust growls extra loud against the covered drive up. It is just loud enough to get people to look over to see what car makes that noise.

 

JoeZ + PPE Headers