UPDATED 4/24/2011
Took some in car vids... been a little over a week now driving her. Nothing but compliments from folks who have seen it and heard it in person. Buddy of mine ended up buying an invidia CBE as well, for his 2011 STi. I loaded some in-car vids below. Enjoy.
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Well, I've owned the car for 550 miles or so now, so I figured it's time to upgrade that stock exhaust. That is just wayyyyy too quiet for me. I had a stock G35c who's exhaust was way sexier than the new 370 stock exhaust. My car is currently stock, and will only have this CBE mod for now... For me, the sound is the biggest mod I need right now. Am still content with the rest of the stock set up in the entire car.
So anyways, after doing tons of research, and reading all the posts/threads on this forum, and tons of youtube watching... I decided on the Invidia Gemini with Ti rolled tips. I found a great deal on them, and I figured, for bang for buck in terms of quality, performance, and sound... these can't be beat. Thank you to all of you on this forum who helped answer my many questions. I hope this thread helps all of you others out there who are thinking about getting this exhaust.
I haven't done the install yet, doing it tomorrow, but I was just too excited to wait till after the install to post a thread. I will simply update this thread as I finish it tomorrow, and review it as ongoing, within the next few days/weeks.
Onto the pics/videos...
Of course we have to start with the stock setup. Here's a few pics of the stock set up, including a sound clip of it. I might take another video tomorrow of the stock set up before I take it off...
So, after ordering on Tuesday and anxiously watching the UPS website for tracking upates, I see this on my front porch after coming home from work!!!
My kid was even more anxious than I was... he probably thought it was a toy for him. Soon son, Zena will be all yours
It was nicely wrapped (foam removed in this pic below) and tucked in...
Some closeups of those gorgeous 4" burnt Ti tips. These really do look awesome in person. I'm glad I went with these over the SS ones. I was impressed with the quality of these tips and how they were fabbed. The Invidia etching was added eye candy... a nice touch. I wonder how they will look installed??? will know tomorrow!!!
I unpacked everything and lined everything up for tomorrow's shindig... I was really impressed with the quality of the welds, and really how light everything was.
That's all for now! I'll update this thread tomorrow pm/evening for post-install thoughts and comments. Till then, good night and thanks for reading.