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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 01:28 AM
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Question Universal Exhaust tips

So i had a pair of exhaust burned tips that i was gonna install on my old car before i blew the engine and i had forgotten bout them till i opened a box in my garage and there they were. I really didnt like how the oem exhaust sounded on my 8 but i aint got the money to buy the greddy SE exhaust that i want so i decide to go ahead and install them. I ve seen some 8s around here with the same style of tips but they looked too huge and mine arent that big....i actually like it....it has a nice deep tone to it and sounds good....here are some pics , let me know what you guys think
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 02:40 AM
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did u take off the oem muffler?
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 01:03 PM
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Yeah I pretty much had to, also made a custom Y piping to attach the mufflers
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 01:11 PM
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you said OTHER tips were too big? Those things look huge!
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 01:14 PM
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got pics of the bottom?
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 01:22 PM
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^^^ yea

and any videos of the exhaust???
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 01:45 PM
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I wonder how long until his shrouds melt off?
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 02:34 PM
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is it just me or do the tips look like they come out kinda to the sides.
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 02:35 PM
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Ill take pictures of the bottom and video pretty soon


Originally Posted by thawk97
you said OTHER tips were too big? Those things look huge!
then you can imagine how big the other ones where....i was able to just get the tips sticking out...some guys got almost half of the muffler sticking out

Originally Posted by Greenblurr93
I wonder how long until his shrouds melt off?
If by shrouds you mean the plastic covers, i had to cut them to be able to fit the mufflers, i left a nice gap between the plastic and the muffler so it wouldn't touch and prevent melting
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by RWD+LSD=Zoom
is it just me or do the tips look like they come out kinda to the sides.
yeah they are kinda sideways, i wanted them straight but then i saw the bends on the piping and since it wasn't mandrel bent it was gonna restrict the exhaust so i decided to try and keep as straight as i could
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 02:47 PM
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Looks kinda cool. How much can those be had for?
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 02:53 PM
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If i remember correctly i paid like 90 bucks for the pair like a year ago and 80 bucks to be welded on
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 02:59 PM
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Cool.
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 03:05 PM
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Not too bad, really; I think the blue tip causes each to look a bit more expensive than if they were polished. Good job on doing your own thing!
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Greenblurr93
I wonder how long until his shrouds melt off?
Not too long I would suspect.
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 03:28 PM
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Not feelin' the sideways angled exhaust... reminds me of a civic

However I do love the color
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 04:37 PM
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You don't happen to have the dimensions of those mufflers do you? Also, a bottom pic would be great. i wonder if these would work?

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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 04:39 PM
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those look... invisible?
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 04:55 PM
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Seems like all these mufflers are about the same length. Cheap though even for the higher quality muffled ones.
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 05:50 PM
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i wanna see a video
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 07:09 PM
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I have universal muffler on my gf's Mitsubishi Eclipse gen4.

Problem is the Ti tip fade after couple months.
The silencer rattles at low RPM. If take the silencer out, it is quite loud..
In quiet neighborhood, I could hear the car coming from two blocks away.
We still keep it out since rattling is so annoying.

Sound is good for something cost less than $100 installed, just too loud.

The setup sound better than my friend's $500 5Zigen cat-back for his Arcula DC5.
That's why I say it sounds ok.
Still, the sound quality does not even come close to my GReddy SP2.


Notice couple MPG increase over K&N drop-in filter alone.


Hope this help, even what we have is in piston engine, not rotary.
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 12:39 AM
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Originally Posted by 9krpmrx8
You don't happen to have the dimensions of those mufflers do you? Also, a bottom pic would be great. i wonder if these would work?

Same measurements as your except the length is 19" and my tips are angle cut
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 12:54 AM
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Thanks for the compliment tiltmode43...
The mufflers arent that loud, my old cavy was soo loud my mom would hear me a couple blocks away and it was a singel exhaust...
this is only temporary until i save up enough money to get the Greddy SE exhaust that i want
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