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Old Dec 8, 2016 | 04:10 PM
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Default Tanabe/Resonator delete
Anyone running this, plan on a midpipe, but for now looking for more grunt. Previous posts don't give a clear answer.
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Just save your money and buy a midpipe
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Don't ever waste of money to remove your resonator
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Glad I didn't. I ended up making a custom true dual with an X pipe. No highway drone and it's loud only when you want it.
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do you take any pix of it?
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Originally Posted by whitebeast
do you take any pix of it?
Not my car, but it looks exactly like this just with a Tanabe
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Originally Posted by whitebeast
do you take any pix of it?
Not my car, but it looks exactly like this just with a Tanabe
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Here is a video too
https://youtu.be/D4g1SBXz54Y
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the exhaust shop that did those dual pipes suck, i mean look at those bend... could've use the x-pipe right after the secondary cat and then you'll have a nicely parallel pipe w/o that many bend to just after the diff...
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Originally Posted by 604GSE21
the exhaust shop that did those dual pipes suck, i mean look at those bend... could've use the x-pipe right after the secondary cat and then you'll have a nicely parallel pipe w/o that many bend to just after the diff...
Now that I look at this you're right. I went under my car and my XPIPE is way closer to the 2nd cat than this one. Looks cleaner too with my Tanabe.
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Originally Posted by aventur2
Not my car, but it looks exactly like this just with a Tanabe
Holy ****, that is some crap work... I know it's not your car, but damn..
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LMFAOOO, that is my car.
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I have this setup. is250 though. PM me and I can send you soundclips.
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