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Old Sep 9, 2010 | 06:31 PM
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Im gonna do full 3" exhaust but i cant decide which i should do so i am looking for some feedback to help me decide

Option 1: with a can or pan for the tip

Option 2:like ptuning n jus a tip at the end
Old Sep 9, 2010 | 08:12 PM
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its your car,what ever you like,some will say stock lookin tip others will say a canister,
me personally i have the megans catback which is a 4 inch tip big canister....but ptunning axle back is awesome just get there 3 inch exhaust
Old Sep 9, 2010 | 08:36 PM
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Are you boosted?
Keeping the stock header?
Old Sep 10, 2010 | 03:35 AM
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read my sig...but yes boosted....zpi kit i currently have 2.5" exhaust but i have been doing research and it has come to my attention that for what i want to do its better if i have 3" exhaust so i am jus looking for suggestions on how i should do it i know its my car but im jus looking to see what ppl think n maybe a better suggestion

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Old Sep 10, 2010 | 05:15 PM
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I can't find the post, but somebody here has a 3" exhaust... they posted a youtube video... it is loud as hell....
Old Sep 10, 2010 | 05:51 PM
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everyone has 3" if boosted. bro run a straight pipe and dont put a giant can at the end. /thread
Old Sep 10, 2010 | 07:58 PM
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Something like this

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Old Sep 10, 2010 | 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted by GetIt
Something like this
Sound clip please!
Old Sep 10, 2010 | 09:02 PM
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just an idea
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sorry for the size.
Old Sep 10, 2010 | 11:07 PM
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that looks pretty good marcelo, how much did that run u?
Old Sep 10, 2010 | 11:27 PM
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i used to have the zpi exhaust i cut it and did 3" all the way to downpipe. that exhuast is maganaflow can. sounds great! the 3" cost me 185. up in opalocka! not mandrel bend though if it was mandrel bend it would have been 100 bucks more. oh well not that big of a difference.
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http://www.mandrelexhaustsystems.com...EXHAUST/Detail

You can get the tubing for a 3 inch aluminized steel exhaust for $195 plus shipping. It also comes with hangers and flanges but you need a muffler (standard oval muffler), a tip, and some place to weld it up for you.

It is not the prettiest but if you need something cheap and still flows good, then this is the route you can take.
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i think mike has a 3 inch turbo back with hks can for 300 bucks hit him up
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Originally Posted by weezyfbayba
i think mike has a 3 inch turbo back with hks can for 300 bucks hit him up
now thats a deal!
Old Sep 11, 2010 | 05:21 AM
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well some guy i know that has always done my exhaust work on my car (s) will be doing it but im jus undecided u know marcelo that does look nice n thats with a can n getit that it what i was thinking but with a tip that looks nice n polished but yet is 3" im jus unsure of how loud it is going to be so but im not too worried but i gotta make up my mind b4 monday lol
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Originally Posted by johnnyb305mia
well some guy i know that has always done my exhaust work on my car (s) will be doing it but im jus undecided u know marcelo that does look nice n thats with a can n getit that it what i was thinking but with a tip that looks nice n polished but yet is 3" im jus unsure of how loud it is going to be so but im not too worried but i gotta make up my mind b4 monday lol
I say get the one mike has. Can't go wrong with that one and it's an hks one.




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Cant beat the price & performance of this:
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Old Sep 13, 2010 | 10:32 PM
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Have a custom 3" DP back exhaust built no cats, no muffler. I got one on mine and it sounds sick when the turbo is spooling up. One thing is that it is very loud. I have yet to get a ticket for it, but I have been out late nights driving next to cops and they did not seem to want to pull me over for it being loud. So I guess its not too loud. Here is how mine looks.
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Sounds clip PLEAAAASE! driving + idle rev
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Here is a video of me on an autocross track, you can hear the exhaust quite well.
http://s285.photobucket.com/albums/l...Autocross2.mp4



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