Yeah those are my winter rims and tires . Yeah I need to trim them some more oops lol .

 

Why you say I should get new ones? Not just trims some more off?

 

Just because of the discoloration.

 

Lol na the car is just dirty and stuff was going to go to the car wash but it's gonna be freezing tonight and like 1.5 to 2 ft of snow so I'll wait.

 

Enjoy your car and have fun with it. There is nothing wrong with doing your own mods or sticking with a buget. Those of us that work hard for a living respect that. Thanks for providing feedback on your upgrades so that the rest of us can make an educated decision on our upgrades.

 

When you get a chance, can you post a video of a drive by?

 

It's hard to convice some to stand out side in the cold for u it was -15 today lol. **** new England. I started my car and it went straight to 5k on the tach .
I don't know if it's bad but I tap the gas and it goes down to like 1.5k...... Only when it's really cold.

 

I've never had mine out that cold, but when it is teens or so mine will kick up over 3k and slowly work it's way down. It's all computer controlled... I would not sweat it.

 

and even those who work hard for a living don't understand how you can spend 650 dollars on a can of metal

I'm glad people take the initiative on the cheaper products and find out they are really ok.

 

I should be getting an eBay exhaust today. I think it is the same make. I'll post a drive-by once I get it installed. It is supposed to be 76F here today :P

 

I just got another foot of snow in mass think it's up to 4 ft or so no lie. I was -15 the other day . I just get worried when the rpms shoot past 5 k. I read a bunch of times it bad to be over 4k when the motor isn't warmed up. If I tap the gas the idle will drop.

If u live in a snow area I highly recommend getting the cheapest snow tires and rims from tire rack.For the first few years I was stuck with the stock rims and u can't get real snow tires way to wide lol. I forget the name of the rims but the center cap says msw by oz and the tires are the firestone. Put it this way I havnt got stuck this year and the winter been the worse I've seen in years. Heck I had to help push a couple subarus with all season tires at work and I didn't need help with no weight in the trunk lol.

Quick story I bought the car then the market crashed pay cuts etc.so I wasnt able to get a winter beater . I used to get so stressed from snow I almost sold my rx8 from the stress etc the last few years I've had it. but I've been stress free since I was able to get smaller rims and skinny tires for the winter since work picked up.

I'm trying to figure out what I should do next to my car . Any ideas lol

 

Suspension mods only man.

I played the super expensive catback game, i played the super expensive intake game.

BHR coils and cobb AP + tune would be a good set to get, but not needed.

Suspension really wakes the car up.

 

yeah i was thinking that. brakes would be sweet too but id need to be able to run my 17inch for winter. i was looking at the tuner and stuff but i heard thats turned in to problems getting your tune but thats for another thread.

 

Any luck on the driveby video?

 

I always thought that an ebay exhaust was really smart. You can have a shop replace mufflers for $40 if you have to. Did this setup include a catless mid pipe? I know exhausts don't regester a large hp increase as far as #'s go, but when I went catless I thought the power band was much longer and smoother.

 

I really dont get why theres always someone hating on the ebay exhaust, Ive read a couple threads like this and so far I havnt come across one that have any of the ebay exhaust "failing" or breaking or performing in anyway less then a "reputable" exhaust does.(correct me if Im wrong)

Also since stainless steal is stainless steal (or titanium or w.e) no matter who makes the exhaust I would think that ebay or expensive brand would weigh about the same, and the flow would probably just as unrestrictive because there probably built about the same way. So idk Id like to see a acuall dyno test of the ebay exhausts Id bet that it has very comparable power gains to well know brand name products and about the same weight. again correct me if Im wrong, just my thoughs, I really dont see any disadvantage to the ebay exhaust and even if it only last half as long as brand name products its still half the price of almost any brand name exhaust so you could go through 2 of them.

 

The eBay exhausts are a bit smaller in diameter than most of the other exhausts. Borla is 3" the whole way, and the eBay one is 2.5" I think. So that would make a bit of a difference. How much? Who really knows.

 

Mine is 2.25" ID, 2.36" OD (60mm)
That is the same as stock, however with mandrel bends and dual straight through mufflers I believe it is somewhat less restrictive than stock, unless it melts.

 

Oltmann, did you ever get the exhaust installed? I've been considering picking up some of these eBay parts and writing reviews on them. Were you satisfied with the product? It seems they just released a header as well.

 

Yes, I've had it installed for about two months, and a bit under 2k miles. I like it so far. It is pretty quiet at idle, and there is no drone while cruising. Wide open lets out the angry bumble bee type noise. This is with the stock cat. As warwickben said, the pipes and the welds look good. The mufflers are (I think) a straight through design, and they literally came labelled "Honda Civic."

The pipes are the same size as stock, which has received some criticism, however mufflers typically limit flow. I have no way to estimate that.

The tips of the model I got yellow quickly due to heat, as there is no inner liner.

I posted two videos, a poorly executed flyby, and the other is my much derided "racing" video.

http://vimeo.com/19232169

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gawNhDjGvg

Pictures here.

I have read that the high exhaust gas temperatures of rotaries will degrade some muffler packing materials. I have no idea what is inside these mufflers, stainless steel wool, rock wool, or Chinese newspapers. However, I've noticed no problems yet.

 

Thanks man!

 

haha where's reverse?
I don't think I can go that fast in reverse. I have the r.p. shifter and reverse is pretty loud above 4mph

 

Sounds pretty tame. I wouldn't mind a driveby, but I won't be getting either way...


Still, if you get it knowing it's a sound mod only, I don't see why it would be so bad to get.