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Rs 7.0- Center Exit Exhaust??? UPDATED ON 11/25

Old Nov 3, 2009 | 12:39 PM
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Default Rs 7.0- Center Exit Exhaust??? UPDATED ON 11/25

Was going through Scion asg this morning and noticed a
CENTER EXIT EXHAUST being available on the new RS 7.0.

Can anyone confirm this?


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Old Nov 3, 2009 | 01:56 PM
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hm, i havent heard anything like that.
Old Nov 3, 2009 | 02:53 PM
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It's going to be an inline 6 cyl, rwd, power house. They will be flat black and come with 20 inch rims. the windows will be tinted from the factory. Oh yea, they will get 65+ mpg. lol
Old Nov 3, 2009 | 03:34 PM
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I heard it's gonna be a convertible.
Old Nov 3, 2009 | 04:31 PM
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wowsers. sounds like quite the car. flux capacitor and all?
Old Nov 3, 2009 | 08:13 PM
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Exhaust, Performance Exhaust - Center Exit, xB Release Series 7.0 only PTR03-52101

i guess the regular know it alls haven't seen this yet.....
Old Nov 3, 2009 | 08:21 PM
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i sure havent, but kinda excited on what the new RS is gonna look like too
Old Nov 3, 2009 | 08:37 PM
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The only thing a center exhaust belongs on is a Corvette or some time of exotic car. SRSLY center exit exhaust on the xB?
Old Nov 3, 2009 | 08:43 PM
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It doesn't matter, give me a week and I can fab my own center exhaust.
Old Nov 3, 2009 | 08:54 PM
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ive seen a gen 2 around my town with a center exit exhaust, looked a bit out of place, but def unique
Old Nov 5, 2009 | 05:43 PM
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It has the potential to look good I think. The Mini's center exhaust doesn't look bad. Different cars but that something in a hatch with a centered exhausted to think about.

As for the flux capacitors, that idea was scrapped in favor of a hyper drive. TRD is getting crazy now-a-days.
Old Nov 5, 2009 | 05:55 PM
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Originally Posted by AAG
The only thing a center exhaust belongs on is a Corvette or some time of exotic car. SRSLY center exit exhaust on the xB?
ever hear of a little old car call the mini cooper s?
Old Nov 5, 2009 | 11:15 PM
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Originally Posted by draxcaliber
ever hear of a little old car call the mini cooper s?
Yeap and I still don't like the center exhaust on that vehicle either. Like I mentioned
before it should only be on certain cars (and the xB or the Mini aren't one of them).

Just my own personal opinion

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Originally Posted by AAG
Yeap and I still don't like the center exhaust on that vehicle either. Like I mentioned before it should only be on certain cars (and the xb or the mini aren't one of them). Just my own personal opinion
It's no worse than running dual exhaust on a 4 cylinder.
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to each on it's own.
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Originally Posted by xtylerx
It's no worse than running dual exhaust on a 4 cylinder.
I think in both cases it really comes down to appearance - of the car + exhaust.

For example, I think a dual exhaust on a 2nd gen xB looks great - with the Five Axis lip kit.

For a center exhaust, I'd have to see what else they have planned. If it's a lip kit with a center exit, it could look good (depending on the style of the rear lip), but I personally don't think it would look good on a stock 2nd gen with no matching rear lip.

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Originally Posted by xtylerx
It's no worse than running dual exhaust on a 4 cylinder.
Minus the S2000 and the TSX, Honda did a good job. The xB2 looks OK
with Duals (the Borla Dual in particular) but I prefer the single dingle


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Old Nov 6, 2009 | 03:40 AM
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Originally Posted by PDX_xB

For example, I think a dual exhaust on a 2nd gen xB looks great - with the Five Axis lip kit.



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That's true. If that lower lip on the rear Five Axis piece isn't painted black, it looks a little off with a single exhaust.
Old Nov 6, 2009 | 05:20 AM
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Originally Posted by xtylerx
That's true. If that lower lip on the rear Five Axis piece isn't painted black, it looks a little off with a single exhaust.
I agree that the black middle looks better with a single exhaust. However, I plan on getting a dual exhaust. So, I'm having my Five Axis rear lip painted solid red - no black in the middle.

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Originally Posted by PDX_xB
I agree that the black middle looks better with a single exhaust. However, I plan on getting a dual exhaust. So, I'm having my Five Axis rear lip painted solid red - no black in the middle.

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That will look good. I really want to get that kit, too bad I missed out on cash4clunkers.

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