ark vs stillen?
 

looking at ark and stillen cbe any opinions on which one is better then the other?

I personally like the Ark myself. I like the way it looks, the quality of the build is really good and it sounds amazing. Its not loud and when you cruise you can just hear the tone in the background. When you gun on it it def comes alive with a sweet tone.

It also has no drone which is nice.

yea my friend who also lives down the road from me has the stillen i do like the way it sounds i can hear him go thru 1st up to 5th just cruising when he leaves. sounds nice but i do like the sound of the ark but dont hear 2 much bout it stillen is everywhere

The Ark exhaust sits a bit low, even if your car isn't lowered. A bit more aggressive sounding than the Stillen CBE. The Stillen has better gains performance wise I believe. Also maintains that un-modified look which I personally like. If an aggresive sound is what your after, I'd go with Fast Intentions. GTHaus Meisterschaft if you want to go really loud and don't mind parting ways with a few more federal reserve notes.

i wouldnt say the stillen has more gains. No one has properly done head to head testing on any of the exhausts. But comeon! the ark just sounds sooo goooood.

You can't go wrong with either one. The Ark CBE sounded great on Econ's ride before he sold it. It still surprises me how no one has yet to dyno the Ark exhaust by itself.

If you want your car to look more stock go with stillen. I would rather go with ark between the two. But then again F.I. exhaust > all imo:]

I went with ARK for a lot of the same reasons as daisuke149.

the clearance issue will be resolved with the new type 2 v2, and for the type 1 there will be no problem in clearance as well. I would go with the ark personally because i love their sound over the stillen, performance wise we have yet to know until their are dyno numbers strictly with the exhaust only.