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Originally Posted by BC416 You can throw the stock cats back on or the stock cat-back on, either way will def quiet it down and you won't have to spend

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Old 04-30-2015, 09:59 AM   #1 (permalink)
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You can throw the stock cats back on or the stock cat-back on, either way will def quiet it down and you won't have to spend any money. My last car was loud as hell and the one thing I wanted to make sure with the Z was that is was aggressive sounding but not obnoxious.
I agree. Though I enjoy the loudness, it is obnoxious as hell at times. Merging on to the highway i can't talk to the person next to me and the drone between 2.4k-3.1k is really annoying.

Do you think the stock cats or stock exhaust will quiet it down the most? I'm inclined to putting the cats back on rather than the stock exhaust
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I agree. Though I enjoy the loudness, it is obnoxious as hell at times. Merging on to the highway i can't talk to the person next to me and the drone between 2.4k-3.1k is really annoying.

Do you think the stock cats or stock exhaust will quiet it down the most? I'm inclined to putting the cats back on rather than the stock exhaust
I can't really comment on how it would sound with the stock exhaust and aftermarket cats as my cats have always been stock. I can tell you with just my cat-back exhaust installed the car sounds like absolute sex.

Since you're in FL you don't have to worry about emissions - so you don't have to take that into account.

Your best bet would be to throw on the stock cats and fire her up, see how it is. I'm also not a fan of the hiss that aftermarket cats make so that's another reason to keep em stock.
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I can't really comment on how it would sound with the stock exhaust and aftermarket cats as my cats have always been stock. I can tell you with just my cat-back exhaust installed the car sounds like absolute sex.

Since you're in FL you don't have to worry about emissions - so you don't have to take that into account.

Your best bet would be to throw on the stock cats and fire her up, see how it is. I'm also not a fan of the hiss that aftermarket cats make so that's another reason to keep em stock.
alright! Sounds like I have a plan now haha. Sucks that I'd have one less mod but at least my car will sound better.

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alright! Sounds like I have a plan now haha. Sucks that I'd have one less mod but at least my car will sound better.

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No problem man - the good thing is you can always try some different combinations of stock/aftermarket since you already own them. I hear ya on the less mods - however I've come to learn that just because something is modded, doesn't make it better.

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