So last week i ordered the trd exhaust from scionpartspeople.com. It came in yesterday. Today i pulled it out and everything and said... what the hell, let's try and do it today... it took me literally 30/40 minutes. the hardest part was the rubber hangers, but a little car soap, and it slid right off.

the exhaust was a little softer than i anticipated. It definitely sounds good though. deep low growl. at first i was a little disappointed that it wasn't louder (i used to drive a mustang w. dual flowmasters) but now that i think about it, i like it a lot. i figure once i put a header on (this is way in the future) it will get a lot louder.

i have a quick question for all of you. after driving it for a little and then getting out, there was a faint smell of something burning... nothing too bad. did you guys have this? my friend said that his did the same thing... that it was just the metal heating up. plus the fact that i put soap on the metal to . should i be worried? i tightened it up pretty good, but i didnt have a torque wrench on hand... please let me know your experience... thanks!

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sure id like to see some pics of it if u got them on hand

 

i got mines installed at the dealership, but i didnt notice any smell at least not from the new muffler. The TRD does sound nice tho...real nice.

 

Try getting an intake. It should sound a bit louder.

 

guys... any more advice on the smell???? should i try to tighten it some more???

 

after a couple of days go out there and re tighten em.. and you should be fine.. the smell is probably just the soap burning off....

 

yea id say just get an air freshner

 

From my experience, the TRD exhuast gets a bit louder after some time. It sounds good though, just wish they made a full catback instead of just an axle-back.

 

my exhaust got louder after about a week it finally leveld off and now sounds like s g35. btw i have cc full cat back.

 

NO. the burning is the guts of your new exhaust.

 

i had my trd axelback from the factory and yes mine did smell and yes i did take it to the dealer. they said that it was normal and it went away after about two or three weeks. and it gets quite a bit louder from when its new, once its broken in itll be sweet, i love my trd axel back just waiting on that intake, its goin to be a while since parents r bein **** at the moment.

 

The smell is normal on almost any exhaust, (Depending on the materials the exhaust is made of) After a few weeks the exhaust will stop smelling, and yes after a few weeks maybe even a few months (Again, depending on the materials the exhaust was made of) it will get louder.

 

the smell goes away. and definately get an intake. i have the trd exhaust with an injen intake and it sounds sweet. some people think its my turbo spooling haha but yeah dude the smell does go away after a couple days.

 

Lots of parts that sit in storage are coated with a rust inhitbiter that will heat up and burn off on any part that gets hot - like your exhaust. Nothing to worry about.

 

Its a normal thing. Like the others said, theres a coating on the exhaust that needs to be burned off. You want it to be louder? Sleeper is the way to go.



Chan

 

great for u

 

nice..i wish trd made a full catback..how much does the axle back put out? also if ur planning to put on a header, a lotta ppl said that its not gonna give u the sound u want. it was te AW header..they said it made it really raspy and not the kind of sound that you are lookin for.

 

I have the TRD too... would it benifit at all if i have a stainless steel midpipe made...... but still keep the flanges? I dont want to weld everything up for easy removal. I figured i do that with a new s-pipe........... and headers.

 

I went to Boston a couple of times from Ct and the smell went away pretty quick.