Maybe I'll take a look at Advance then!

 

It took a couple of days for them to be delivered in store, but if I recall these are the ones I have, I'll double check later today to verify that they're these...

 

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Don't do it!! These are the EXACT ones I tried.

Don't get me wrong, when I took them out of the packaging they inspired confidence. They have nice build quality and weight to them.

They put up a fight when I went to squeeze them. I finally felt my hand closing and thought, "holy ____ this is actually about to work!" Then I took them off and felt that the hanger didn't even budge over the flange. Looked at the pliers and noticed the gap between then pin pusher and the fork was larger than it was when I got them. Realized then that it was over.

The Lisles are definitely a quality product, but as it says on the packaging they are made for RUBBER hangers.

 

Managed to saw the son of a _____ off this evening. Don't wanna be all tough when I bring out the mini hacksaw do ya? ____er.

TRD in great condition. Thanks again Alex.

 

so how would you compare it to the rest of the exhausts you have experienced?

 

The sound is similar to the stock, but mildly amplified and more aggressive. Growly. It makes me feel kind of like how a G35 driver would feel: "My car isn't TRYING to sound aggressive...it just does...from the factory". It lets people know that you have a little pep without making you look like some douche trying to draw attention.

And it doesn't drone/resonate in the cabin either. It's kind of best of both worlds...adding sound to the exhaust and keeping it OUTSIDE the car.

I need to get two new TS hangers though. I'm using the stock rubbers for the rear two hangers and it shakes so ugly.

 

All the exhaust hangers need is a bit of WD-40 sprayed and some muscle, just pulled one off to put one more OEM hanger back. The exhaust removal tool worked fine, and the one I posted is what I have.

The aftermath lol
http://www.flickr.com/photos/61201863@N07/6809172139/http://www.flickr.com/photos/61201863@N07/6809172139/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/61201863@N07/, on Flickr

 

Must be a difference between the tC1 and tC2...it's clear that it takes more than muscle and WD-40 if the tool itself bent and became unusable.

 

do you notice any power loss in the low end? as far as a performance view, better or worse than stock?

 

That's fine, I'm glad to see someone got it off of a tC1 lol. Fact is, my hanger bent the very tool in that picture...without a hint of even beginning to force the hanger over the flange.

 

I'd say it's equal to stock. It feels roughly the same all the way through. But this is just after a short 1-mile test drive to and from Pep Boys to return the piece of crap ratchet I borrowed to do this swap. I finished the swap during rush hour so not much fun could be had.

My drive to work early tomorrow morning is going to enable me to get a better feel for it.

 

tell me the truth now....

after u did all that...

does the car ride feel better or worse with the J's in there

 

They never leave the car man. There's a reason for that ;)

 

haha does only having 1 cortez give you better stance?

 

It compensates for the wild camber on the passenger side.

 

 

ur half of 1st page down! unacceptable!

 

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:-D

 

So, like many others here, I got my NST pulley in today.

FRAGILE - PLEASE HANDLE WITH CARE



Come onnnnnn....they said please

Everything inside looks good though. And I got Starburst

Will be installed Tuesday!

 

Let us know what you think of the pulley once you get it on!

And I didn't know what went into commercial shipping until I started my current job. I was going to post a link to a video of UPS/FedEx destroying packages, but well, I couldn't find any videos that were out of the ordinary. Glad your stuff made it in one piece!