Oh I know. I just wanted to point out to him how he comes off sounding.

Sure there is. I mean, just look at the stereotype that gets applied to the Honda Civic tuner community, or the Camaro community for that matter. Like it or not, communities get judged, and they earn their reputations through the actions of their members. Now, as for whether or not we should actually care, I guess that's debatable. Personally, I'm inclined to say no, we shouldn't care. There will always be haters. Why lose sleep over it? But I could see an argument for the other side too. If the 370z community develops a reputation for street racing, just as a hypothetical example, then guess what happens? We all pay the price for that reputation by way of increased harassment from people wanting to race us when we're just trying to mind our own business, not to mention increased harassment from cops out to nail street racers. Again, that's just a hypothetical example. But I think it illustrates how a community's reputation can easily impact all its members, including those individuals who did nothing to contribute to that reputation.

I think you're blowing this way out of proportion. The dude is a poor teenager and put some washers between bolts on his exhaust. He didn't chop it off, he didn't drill holes in it, he put some washers between bolts. completely reversible in a matter of minutes. Yes all it does is make the car louder, but so does running open headers and this is much less labor intensive. It's not like he rusted his whole hood or is slammed to the ground on cut springs running 215's on stock rims with -10* camber.

Vroom vrooom!
Hey does anybody know if this "might" get any HP gains? Seeing as aftermarket exhaust usually free up the flow more.. I'm most likely wrong, but I was just wondering. :)

Who are you directing that remark to? Me? Or these guys? I think my reaction has been pretty measured compared to . . .

:rofl2:

Nobody has dyno'd this. Why don't you be the first to do that? I mean, who knows? It's possible that you might gain a few HP.

^Well.. maybe :p
I did notice, however, when I shift from 1st to 2nd during aggressive acceleration with the VDC on.. the tire chirps. It didn't do that when it was stock. :o

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Jks....LoL!!

That's just you changing your driving pattern, the tires could still be chirped from 1st to 2nd when stock.

Did you by chance also do a 'tire-tread delete' mod and just not tell us about it? (I'm just kidding with you. ;))

Duh! :shakes head:

Have you tried it with VDC on?

Yup, my VDC stays on.

Oh I see and yours chirps? nice :p

I'll post a video >;p

I must say I'm amused. Gunzero, great way to find out how loud you want your exhaust to be. I will probably still buy an CBE, but for now I am enjoying the new exhaust note. In the end, the average car buff would not GAF about whether you spent 6 bucks or 1200. It sounds better than stock.