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Matt 03-11-2010 03:28 PM
Thanks for the feedback berk. Again, minus the packaging, this system is incredible!

Shift 03-11-2010 08:52 PM
Well after a 10 hour day, 2:15 min ride home. Some 2 hours added to that the Berk system is on. Sounds great just wish it wasn't going to rain all weekend, so I could let her breath alittle. Time for some over due sleep...

BOLIO 671 03-11-2010 08:53 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by BerkTech (Post 440212)
First of all, we at Berk Technology would like to appologize for our early customers whose exhaust systems were packed poorly. We are not making any excuses for our mistake in this regard and are offering resolution to those who received any damaged components because of this mistake. Rest assured that we have taken an entirely different approach to packing these systems after the criticism from our customers and first hand knowledge of how truly disrespected these boxes are by the delivery companies.

Unfortunately, because of this, some of our customers exhaust hangers have been bent during the shipping process resulting in mis-aligned tips after install. We are working with these customers to resolve their issue, but we are happy to announce that this is not a manufacturer defect that is causing the mis-aligned tips and re-assure any potential customers in the future that their exhausts will be packaged in a way to prevent bent hangers. We would like to thank The Weapon for helping us determine the cause of this.

We have learned an important lesson through this first batch, but we stand behind our product and our customer service 100%. So again, our apologies to those who were un-happy with any part of their experience with us. We do not take your criticism lightly and will do our best to rectify the situation. Thank you to all of our customers for your support! If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please feel free to contact us.

:iagree: THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!!!!!!! GOOD JOB BERK!!!! ITS NO WONDER WHY YOU'RE PRODUCTS ARE SO GREAT!!!! YOU LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE!!!! :tup::tup::tup::tup:

KEVTEX 03-12-2010 05:14 PM
My exhaust arrived today well packed and in good shape. Weighing the pieces without the packaging I got the following numbers.
muffler section 32.2lbs
y section 12.2lbs
resonators 8.8lbs each
bolts and gaskets 1.2lbs
total of 63.2lbs

BOLIO 671 03-12-2010 05:22 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by KEVTEX (Post 442326)
My exhaust arrived today well packed and in good shape. Weighing the pieces without the packaging I got the following numbers.
muffler section 32.2lbs
y section 12.2lbs
resonators 8.8lbs each
bolts and gaskets 1.2lbs
total of 63.2lbs

Quote:
My BERK exhaust came in today as well. After seeing how some of the others received theirs, I was worried about how it would be packed. Well, there was no need to worry for me, it was packed perfectly. See pictures below. The box did have one hole but that was it. Lots of paper in the box, cardboard supports for the different part, all parts were wrapped in bubble wrap and to top it all off, the mufflers and resonators had an additional layer of some sort of foam material around them.

As I received the box at work, I was able to weigh the parts on our shipping scale. I believe the weight of this exhaust has been discuses already, but I thought it wouldn't hurt to mention it again.

Total weight: 64lbs
Parts:
- Muffler section: 33lbs
- X-pipe: 13lbs
- Mid pipes (resonators): 9lbs each, so 18 in total

For the nitpickers: yes, I left the protective martial on the exhaust when I weighed the parts, so if it makes anyone feel better, you can say the total weight is slightly less then 64lbs...

Install will be on Saturday morning, I'll report back with my review then.

Pretty close to JB1's weight....he weighed his exhaust with the packaging still on it....

azn370z 03-12-2010 05:32 PM
That's 2.1 lbs less than stillens cbe.

370Zsteve 03-13-2010 08:21 AM
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Originally Posted by azn370z (Post 442349)
That's 2.1 lbs less than stillens cbe.
Heh heh heh :yum:

KEVTEX 03-13-2010 01:16 PM
Just finished installing Berk exhaust(already had HFC's). Easy one man job if you just bolt it in place, but helper is required to perfectly align each point of connection. I managed to get the wife to crawl underneath the car and tighten some bolts while I lined up the matching flanges. The exhaust tips lined up perfectly.
The sound is much lower pitched and mellow when cruising through the neighborhood. As has been reported before, no drone at highway speeds. Berk really got it right on this product.

370Zsteve 03-13-2010 01:58 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by KEVTEX (Post 443744)
I managed to get the wife to crawl underneath the car and tighten some bolts while I lined up the matching flanges.
:eek:

g96818 03-14-2010 04:36 AM
Funny story, just got my replacement bolts and no matter how hard i try this will never line up

http://www.the370z.com/members/g9681...ooking-fwd.jpg

but at least my tips look straight :ughdance:

http://www.the370z.com/members/g9681...k-straight.jpg

even the x-pipe is f*cked

http://www.the370z.com/members/g9681...is-aligned.jpg

i dub this install as EPIC FAIL

ChrisSlicks 03-14-2010 08:29 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by KEVTEX (Post 443744)
I managed to get the wife to crawl underneath the car and tighten some bolts while I lined up the matching flanges. The exhaust tips lined up perfectly.
Dude, you wife rocks. If I asked my wife to crawl under the car she would have laughed at me and walked away.

ChrisSlicks 03-14-2010 08:30 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by g96818 (Post 444647)
Funny story, just got my replacement bolts and no matter how hard i try this will never line up

i dub this install as EPIC FAIL
What cats do you have installed? Something must of got bent.

azn370z 03-14-2010 11:50 AM
Maybe you got jbl other pipe and he has yours?
http://www.the370z.com/intake-exhaus...t-install.html

370Zsteve 03-14-2010 11:55 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by azn370z (Post 444863)
Maybe you got jbl other pipe and he has yours?
http://www.the370z.com/intake-exhaus...t-install.html
No, the flanges face in the proper direction. Looks to me like his HFC's are not cooperating with the install. I bet if he removes the pipes and bolts them together on the floor they will line up perfectly.

370zdub 03-14-2010 12:16 PM
I installed my exhaust yesterday and it went on without a hitch, everything lined up perfectly and the tips look good too. The tone is intoxicating. Oh I also installed my HFC's at that time and everything line up great with those too! Great job Berk :tup:

370Zsteve 03-14-2010 12:18 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by 370zdub (Post 444936)
I installed my exhaust yesterday and it went on without a hitch, everything lined up perfectly and the tips look good too. The tone is intoxicating. Oh I also installed my HFC's at that time and everything line up great with those too! Great job Berk :tup:
Berk HFC + Berk CBE ftw!

g96818 03-14-2010 12:21 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by ChrisSlicks (Post 444702)
What cats do you have installed? Something must of got bent.
I still have the stock cats. Gave up on removing them after it destroyed 2 impact sockets and 2 bolt out sockets so I just tried installing the exhuast instead.

Quote:
Originally Posted by 370Zsteve (Post 444870)
No, the flanges face in the proper direction. Looks to me like his HFC's are not cooperating with the install. I bet if he removes the pipes and bolts them together on the floor they will line up perfectly.
I did the floor layout after. Check my album for pics and how f'd up the alignment is

good luck with ur install

370zdub 03-14-2010 12:25 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by 370Zsteve (Post 444944)
Berk HFC + Berk CBE ftw!
FTMFW!! Its amazing, your going to love the sound, Yesterday my mechanic and I installed the springs, sways, HFC's, and CBE and after much sweat and pain the sound on start up made it all better. :driving:

Quote:
Originally Posted by g96818 (Post 444953)
I still have the stock cats. Gave up on removing them after it destroyed 2 impact sockets and 2 bolt out sockets so I just tried installing the exhuast instead.

Get a 1/2 inch extension and go after them, thats about the only way we could figure out to break them lose and we still ended up breaking the bolt.


I did the floor layout after. Check my album for pics and how f'd up the alignment is

good luck with ur install
Wow that is really bad, apparently shipping to Hawaii didn't do it any favors.

370Zsteve 03-14-2010 12:55 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by g96818 (Post 444953)
I still have the stock cats. Gave up on removing them after it destroyed 2 impact sockets and 2 bolt out sockets so I just tried installing the exhuast instead.



I did the floor layout after. Check my album for pics and how f'd up the alignment is

good luck with ur install
:eek: I'll go check the album..........

Well, mine do line up OK (bolted it all together on the floor.) But man, this whole affair is getting more effed by the day.

g96818 03-14-2010 10:48 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by 370zdub (Post 444961)
Get a 1/2 inch extension and go after them, thats about the only way we could figure out to break them lose and we still ended up breaking the bolt.
let me add, they were 2, 1/2" impact sockets and 2, 1/2" impact bolt out sockets, both craftman

370zdub 03-15-2010 12:47 AM
^^damn! haha i guess snap on ftw!

g96818 03-15-2010 01:26 AM
i did notice my bolts are on backwards, maybe warranty to remove them?
http://www.the370z.com/members/g9681...2-pages-em.png

370Zsteve 03-15-2010 06:54 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by 370zdub (Post 444936)
I installed my exhaust yesterday and it went on without a hitch, everything lined up perfectly and the tips look good too. The tone is intoxicating. Oh I also installed my HFC's at that time and everything line up great with those too! Great job Berk :tup:
Add me to this list. These poor guys (Berk) have suffered enough from UPS's disgraceful lack of regard for product of UPS's own customers.

I for one don't plan on using UPS for shipping any of my wife's large furniture items after this fiasco.

On another note, BERK X-PIPE INSTALLED, NO ISSUES, SOUND IS AS 370ZDUB SAYS "INTOXICATING". GREAT JOB BERK! :tiphat:

Sorry for shouting. Back to our regular programming.

370Zsteve 03-15-2010 08:01 PM
2 Attachment(s)
http://www.the370z.com/attachment.ph...1&d=1268701219

http://www.the370z.com/attachment.ph...1&d=1268701219

Pics were taken with a wide-angle lens, tips line up nuts on when weiwed from straighht ahead. 2nd pic was taken after a few margaritas lol

theDreamer 03-15-2010 08:02 PM
Vroom vroom

m4a1mustang 03-15-2010 08:03 PM
Looks good, Steve.

370Zsteve 03-15-2010 08:04 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by m4a1mustang (Post 447504)
Looks good, Steve.
Sounds even better, Steve :tiphat: thanks

dlmartin81 03-15-2010 08:05 PM
^^ Finally, a clean install...haha. Even with all the bad rep BERK is getting lately with this exhaust, that still IS a fine looking system.....when installed correctly.

g96818 03-15-2010 08:05 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by 370Zsteve (Post 447421)
Add me to this list. These poor guys (Berk) have suffered enough from UPS's disgraceful lack of regard for product of UPS's own customers.

I for one don't plan on using UPS for shipping any of my wife's large furniture items after this fiasco.

On another note, BERK X-PIPE INSTALLED, NO ISSUES, SOUND IS AS 370ZDUB SAYS "INTOXICATING". GREAT JOB BERK! :tiphat:

Sorry for shouting. Back to our regular programming.
congrats Steve, now post a vid :tup:

m4a1mustang 03-15-2010 08:05 PM
I'm sure it does, Steve. Get some vids for us. :)

370Zsteve 03-15-2010 08:06 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by g96818 (Post 447512)
congrats Steve, now post a vid :tup:
Sure, after Monsoon Season :happydance:

Trips 03-15-2010 08:07 PM
I want to Hear it Steve! :)

370Zsteve 03-15-2010 08:07 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by m4a1mustang (Post 447513)
I'm sure it does, Steve. Get some vids for us. :)
It will be with stock cats. Sound is exactly what I wanted. It's no longer a sound. It's a tone.

m4a1mustang 03-15-2010 08:09 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by 370Zsteve (Post 447519)
It will be with stock cats. Sound is exactly what I wanted. It's no longer a sound. It's a tone.
Yeah, that's fine. I have stock cats and will most likely keep it that way.

We can't get too crazy now in our old age, you know. :stirthepot:

JB1 03-15-2010 10:02 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by 370Zsteve (Post 447514)
Sure, after Monsoon Season :happydance:
NYC:

Tomorrow
AM Clouds / PM Sun
High
59° F

No more excuses, get to it!!! :rolleyes:

azn370z 03-16-2010 02:12 AM
Today I got the last cbe from berk. Package looked good and everything looked undamaged. I did lay it out on the ground to make sure every piece lined up, which it did. Overall the cbe looked ok, there were some scratches but because it is underneath the car it didn't bother me too much.

I did the install alone and it took me about 3 hrs one hour of that was unbolting the stock cbe. The y pipe didn't exactly line up to the cats but luckily the material of the y pipe flexes with a lot of force. I wasn't able to torque some of the nuts like 2 on the cats because the flexible metal got in the way of my socket. I did tighten those nuts by hand. The tips didn't line up perfectly. Took a drive afterward and definitely better than the silent stock exhaust, no drone by the way.

370Zsteve 03-16-2010 06:30 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by m4a1mustang (Post 447522)
Yeah, that's fine. I have stock cats and will most likely keep it that way.

We can't get too crazy now in our old age, you know. :stirthepot:
Well, eff that!

http://www.the370z.com/attachment.ph...1&d=1268739007

370Zsteve 03-16-2010 06:33 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by JB1 (Post 447927)
NYC:

Tomorrow
AM Clouds / PM Sun
High
59° F

No more excuses, get to it!!! :rolleyes:
You have no idea what it looks like around here, JB! It looks like the world's largest tornado hit here. HUGE trees down everywhere, tens of thousands without powah, many 'till thursday. It's a friggin mess. Imma not dodging trees to make a bloody vid. :tiphat:

BOLIO 671 03-16-2010 07:28 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by KEVTEX (Post 443744)
Just finished installing Berk exhaust(already had HFC's). I managed to get the wife to crawl underneath the car and tighten some bolts while I lined up the matching flanges.
YOU THE MAN!!!! :bowrofl: :bowrofl: :bowrofl: :bowrofl:

Matt 03-16-2010 09:35 AM
In the few days I've driven since installing the BERK exhaust, I have to say, the butt dyno approves! It feels incredibly more responsive, especially in the 3-6k RPM range. I would be surprised if the BERK CBE/HFC combo hasn't added 30-40 whp.

And I have to say it again, the "harshness" of 6.5K+ in this engine is all but gone with this exhaust. I'm sure it's still "there", but I no longer can feel/hear it. All I hear at 6.5k RPM is magic.


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