Originally Posted by Elia Cid (Post 704118)

Hi folks,
I was waiting very excitedly today for my Stillen CBE. It arrived in a large box weighing around 87.4 lbs.

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As you can see in the photos I took, the parts were very well packed; the box was not damaged; everything looks good so far. My only concern at this point was to unpack it so that I can photograph it, then see if I could load it up in the “Z” to take to the dealers for installation. With the original box it would never fit in the car.

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My initial response looking at the Stillen exhausts parts closely was that this is a no frills, no nonsense, tough built exhaust; built for performance and gains, rather than on appearances and aesthetics. The exhaust sits high beneath the car, which I prefer; I don’t want to worry about low driveways, potholes or road kill. This is critical in my neck of the woods.

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Yes, it's heavy. That being said, t’s a good type of heavy that looks and feels solid; built like a tank. The impression this exhaust gives is that if you’re going to put the pedal to the metal track, drag or any other serious type of driving, this exhaust will take it and more. It looks like it’s built to be driven hard!

If you like a low slung exhaust with a lot of spit and polish to pimp around L.A. type of cruising in your chick magnet, this exhaust IMO is not for you! “lol”

My biggest grip with this setup was the three slip joints and the poor quality instructions! :shakes head:

Now let’s see if it sounds, and preforms as solid as it looks.


One last thing, I could have purchased any of the beautiful exhaust system out there, but as I listen to each sound clip I could get my hands on, I always came back to Stillen's CBE!


Hope you enjoy the pictures; :tup: I'll try to have a sound clip after the install,
Alex

Originally Posted by Highwind (Post 709599)

After looking at the pictures. The quality of the pipes and welds seem questionable. Im actually comparing the finished product to other brands like Greddy, HKS, Invidia ,ARK, and Berk. These companies all claim that they use T304SS but their finished products are all different.

Originally Posted by Elia Cid (Post 709689)

Like I said"
If you like a low slung exhaust with a lot of spit and polish to pimp around L.A. type of cruising in your chick magnet, this exhaust IMO is not for you! “lol” "

"One last thing, I could have purchased any of the beautiful exhaust system out there, but as I listen to each sound clip I could get my hands on, I always came back to Stillen's CBE!"

Now that I've had the exhaust just about a week installed all I can say is "Wow" I really enjoy the performance gains and sound of the Stillen CBE , it flows so well with the best intake in town IMO the Stillen G3's, that I plan on doing the Stillen headers down the road to compliment this outstanding Intake and exhaust system from Stillen!

But ,to each his/her own I guess! :tup:

Alex

Originally Posted by Highwind (Post 710577)

Just saying. Stillen G3 intake is awesome I own one as well but the exhaust, no so great.

Originally Posted by Highwind (Post 710577)

Just saying. Stillen G3 intake is awesome I own one as well but the exhaust, no so great.

Originally Posted by Highwind (Post 713537)

I saw that welds and I didn't like it. I don't care if its polished or not. Stillen used to be good. Now they just got too big and are probably making these overseas.

Oh do me a favor by the way. Place a magnet on those pipes and tell me if they stick or not.

Originally Posted by craniac24 (Post 714590)

You pay the troll too much mind. 9 posts, most of them hating on our fine exhaust in this thread.

Originally Posted by Highwind (Post 715049)

Im honestly not hating. I saw the video and the resources shown does not contribute to any exhaust making tools.

Stillen makes great superchargers, CNC parts, and Intakes. Their exhausts just aren't that great.

Originally Posted by Josh@STILLEN (Post 715103)

You couldn't be closer, would love to give you a tour and let you see the extensive exhaust jigs that are necessary to produce these, the level of manufacturing that goes into creating the large jigs to both cut and weld each section of exhaust to ensure exacting standards for each exhaust, and what goes into the exhausts manufactured here.

Now I'll give you these exhausts aren't produced by mechanical robots and some high priced exhaust systems are made of exotic materials and automated, and there is always the guy looking for exclusivity at that certain price..

But we build a quality exhaust system that performs extremely well, been verified independently countless times, has zero drone, and accentuates the factory exhaust note with an aggressive upscale, and are produced here in southern california with quality materials.

Glad you're happy with the Gen 3 Intakes, no less effort was put into R&D with this exhaust system than the intakes, with the ultimate goal for maximum horsepower and a pleasing tone, supervised at every step by Steve Millen personally.

Originally Posted by Zsteve (Post 715108)

but what about the SC? That thread is waiting to hear about the new tune.