Our muffler is mid-car. The big oval thing you all see under the back side of the car is a resonator.

I highly suggest staying away from this setup. It is literally a pipe with a tip for over $300.00.

Let me give you all a tip who are CONSIDERING this type of sound. Crawl under your car right in front of the passanger side back tire. There are two bolts thats are connecting this resonator to the rest of your exhaust. Unbolt those then use some WD-40 and spray the exhaust hanger (found in the back of the car-its a big black rubber piece) then remove it. This process is made easier if you have a friend help.

Then, start your xB and rev it. Take it for a drive. It will be a little noisy on the inside, but the sound you hear will be the sound that you will be getting from the Borla system.

If you like this sound, by all means find someone around you that wants to get rid of there stock axel back (thats what this piece that you just took off is called) and take it to an exhaust shop. Ask them to cut out the resonator (remember, its the big cylinder shapped object on the axel back) and weld a small piece of pipe in its place, but making sure it doesn't change the bend.

Once this has been completed, re-install the axel back onto your car. Remember how it sounded on the inside (it was a little loud), well now the sound won't be as loud on the inside, but it will sound awesome from the outside.

You know have what Borla is selling for probably 1/4 of the price.

Enjoy.

On a side note, the first thing I did to my xB when I got it was unbolt my axel back. I drove around without the resonator for about a month before I finally got tired of the drone on the inside of the cabin. My girl was pulling her hair out, but I didn't really care. Anyways, point is that if you want this setup, have an exhaust shop just weld a piece where the resonator would be and the drone will be gone but you will still have a nice sound. Toyota did us right in this form, but TRD is trying to rip us off because those resonators are like $20 and they are selling performance resonators? Give me a break.

 

gonna try hittin up a muffler shop to redo the whole axel back with just piping and get a tip from somewhere...what diam. should i go with? whats on there already? 2.25" whats the borla?

 

If anyone is located in the Bay Area in Cali, there's a guy in San Jose that can do this for $250 and comes highly recommended. I'm probably going to go to him after I get my interior finished...

 

i could jsut buy this then...

http://www.borla.com/applications/lo...Section/11756/


which actually sounds like a good idea...i dont want duals :p and this would still sound nice :D

 

$250 for that isn't worth it IMO. I'm sure any shop do it for a lot less.

 

im plannin on hittin up something local this weekend and see what they say...

 

BUT, it's all stainless and "bolt on". Most exhaust shops that I know of will hack off the flange and weld on from there. Personally, I'd rather have the simplicity of being able to change something out...


I'm still waiting for Precision Muffler to come out with something. The Stylis kit for the tC's is sick! I really like it. A buddy of mine has an xD with the Precision Muffler Magnaflow axle back. Once again, really nice setup. But, I've called twice about the xB2... Still nothing. Everything they've done is too quiet, they said.

 

And my quick question is:

Are the tips clamped on or are they fully welded? I really want to run different tips...

 

I was actually referring to Stylis.. he's in the Bay Area and already quoted me $250 for a custom dual system... For a single, I'd only imagine he'd charge me a lot cheaper and would still do good work.

 

Wow!! Nice!! That's way rad!

Do it!!! I wanna seeee!!

 

yeah me too...

 

hey...would the single out sound any different than the duals? just want something to replace the muffler...and not really into the faux duals...

 

im selling a trd any one want it

 

how much?

 

pm me a offer its like 1500 miles old lol still very shiny

 

does anybody know where i can buy the single out borla other than on the borla site...i tried this one place and site said in stock...it wasnt...i called this other place today...got a small disco and then in the confirmation email it said that they are partners with the first site i ordered from...i really just want the single out cause its 200.00...well thats what these sites are giving it to me for...and if i go through borla with shipping its 300.00...i thought sparks had it but now all they have is the dual set up...

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im selling a trd

 

oops...double post...sorry...