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Originally Posted by dmhenderson I got quoted $450 for HFC and exhaust install. I take it that's a ripoff? Holy crap... that's like 2 or 2 and a half hours

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Old 08-10-2012, 11:14 PM   #556 (permalink)
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I got quoted $450 for HFC and exhaust install. I take it that's a ripoff?
Holy crap... that's like 2 or 2 and a half hours of work for someone who knows what they're doing. I'd say $180 an hour is a little pricey.
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Just for reference, me and worm are about an hour and a half away from each other.
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Do it yourself. The system was straight forward and beside the biggest thing is u don't need to mod anything to fit right. Took me like 3 hours to install my test pipe and catback. Give it a try! And save the money of diff mods!


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^ Good call if you have the tools and space to do it
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Just got off the phone with Tony ordering my CBE, 18" resonators and HFCs and I'm #601. He said he had shipped up to #552 if that helps you.

Quoted mid-late november which sounds about right.
I'm 594 scheduled for November week 1. That's 42 CBE's away. Non-resonated, carbon cans. The wait kills.
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I ordered mine the other day too CBE w/18 resonators and the hfc. You must have called right after I hung up with Tony, Im #599. I feel like a kid on Christmas I'm ready to open my present!!!
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When installing the catback, do the bolts need to be torqued to a certain foot pound or just tight?
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In case you missed it in my thread, here's my stock vs. FI exhaust video. Thanks to KaienZ34 for swapping mid-pipes with me. Big thanks to Tony for answering every question I could come up with.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIkQSwuwolo
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^was the non res too loud? I'm on the fence about resonated cbe vs non. I will be sticking with stock cats and just drop in filters.

Looks like resonated is quiet. I can deal with minor drone.

I'm thinking about switching to non resonated before it ships.

Any input guys/girls?
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^was the non res too loud? I'm on the fence about resonated cbe vs non. I will be sticking with stock cats and just drop in filters.

Looks like resonated is quiet. I can deal with minor drone.

I'm thinking about switching to non resonated before it ships.

Any input guys?
I never had the non-resonated installed so I can't speak too much to how loud it is but from what Tony told me, it primarily effects cabin noise. It's not going to make a dramatic difference in how loud it is outside of the car.

My long term plan is to go with resonated HFCs and a Stillen G3 so I felt like the non-resonated exhaust would just be too much for me. They sound awesome in the videos I've seen but the over-the-top drone with my target setup and a non-resonated FI would probably start to annoy me after a while.
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^Really? Sound is sound. How can you make it quieter in the cabin without making it quieter(is this a word?) on the outside(what ppl hear).

Why is Kaizen going non resonated? I am assuming he want more roar on the outside.
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^Really? Sound is sound. How can you make it quieter in the cabin without making it quieter(is this a word?) on the outside(what ppl hear).

Why is Kaizen going non resonated? I am assuming he want more roar on the outside.
Non res is a lot of roar outside lol my friend who lives about 1/2 to 3/4 mile away from me hears me start up and leave my house from his house.
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^Really? Sound is sound. How can you make it quieter in the cabin without making it quieter(is this a word?) on the outside(what ppl hear).

Why is Kaizen going non resonated? I am assuming he want more roar on the outside.
If you've ever heard an exhaust that has a bad drone inside the cabin, you'd know that resonators can make a dramatic difference in how loud it is inside. That's why they're basically right under the center console of the car. That doesn't always translate into a huge difference in how loud it is when it comes out of the tail pipe.

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The resonators are strictly noise canceling devices. They DO NOT hinder performance at all. They are primarily designed to cut down interior noise resonance AKA "Drone"! The longer the resonator, the quieter the interior noise.
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Non res is a lot of roar outside lol my friend who lives about 1/2 to 3/4 mile away from me hears me start up and leave my house from his house.
My resonated rattles the inside of my fireplace when I start the car in the morning. It wakes my GF up when I start it every morning and she's on the other side of the house.
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So if the resonated and non res sound the same on the outside, why would anyone want drone on the inside?

The other side of the house vs 1/2 mile down the road is a big difference.

Am i missing something?
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