If my Stock exhaust was in TX, I would just give it to you, but it is still at my friends house in GA..............

Invidia, the sound is there when you want it (ie mash the gas). I love the way mine sounds, especially with the windows rolled down.

thanks for all the responses. I just picked up the Z tuesday, traded in my 2008 STI in for it. I had a perrin exhaust with stage 1 tuning on it and it was pretty mellow sounding but you could definately hear it at idle. I cant seem to find the HKS any where so I guess I will look for the invidia or CNT, maybe someone has it in stock.

Several of this sites sponsers carry the Invidia and offer great prices. Jomer with FB Nissan offered me a great price on the gemini a while back when I was thinking about getting that CBE. A quick look through the sponsers classifieds showed several vendors having sales on them.

link to hks system

http://www.the370z.com/exhaust-intak...e-pricing.html


link to the CNT system.

http://www.the370z.com/exhaust-intak...9-shipped.html


link to invidia

http://www.the370z.com/exhaust-intak...-370z-g37.html

Thanks! Wow thats a big price difference between the CNT and the HKS. They look similar minus the ti tips, I wonder why the HKS is so much more.

honestly cus it fits right. My CNT is sitting in a storage room somewhere because it would rub against my sway bar. I was told that the exhaust has 5" of clearance between the flange and swaybar when i mentioned it to the vendor..... if it had 5" of clearance it would hit the other side of the sway bar or hang on the ground. /shrugs. Although it did sound good when it wasnt clanking around

thats where i will disagree. my cnt fit like a glove and sounds great. i know a lot of people have had good experience with that company

here's a pic of the fitment on my car:

http://www.the370z.com/members/edub3...t-back-car.jpg


as u can see, mine has over 1" between it and the sway bar. so daisuke, maybe it was dropped or twaeked in shipping or handling?

http://www.the370z.com/members/edub3...-35-29-929.jpg


weld quality is amazing

http://www.the370z.com/members/edub3...zing-welds.jpg


also, shipping was LIGHTNING quick on this exhaust. not even a week after i order it was at my door

simply because it is HKS, they charge an arm and a leg for their products.

CNT is a 'copy' of the HKS, they didn't have to come up with how to make the exhaust efficient hence the cheaper price..

Exactly right. probably similar build quality, however with CNT you aren't paying for R&D and that lil HKS stamp

nah theres no way it was damanged during shipping. when mine was installed the driver side piping was going way to far off center. The entire way back compared to the right. The tips lined up fine so it wasn't an issue of that part just being bent. And im not the only one who had this issue either. They might have fixed it for later versions

also your car is lowered.

when you lower the car, it pulls the swaybar away from the flange which it hits.

My car isnt lowered.

yes but, my car was factory height for a while when i put the exhaust on

how about the Fast intentions one? I just ran across that one.

Invidia gets my vote.

Almost certain FBNissan has them the cheapest by far. That's where I got mine last year.

HKS uses real titanium for their tips which also adds to the cost aside from the HKS name. I ended up getting a great deal and really didn;t pay to much more then what berk and FI exhausts are going for these days. Its a great exhaust that has great fit and finish and sounds like a champ when paired with a good set of HFC's. Zero drone while cruising and great tone under acceleration. CNT is a good alturnitive but it doesn;t sound the same as an HKS. CNT is more muffled and smooth where as HKS is more of an aggresive and exotic note. Keep in mind that sound is a completely subjective thing. Ark has a similar system but their's sounds terrible with HFC's attached.