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Not true. Bought mine from jnaut. He had it for more than a year and never scraped, I haven't scraped in the 3 months I've had it either. Im lowered

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Old 12-22-2011, 12:40 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Not true. Bought mine from jnaut. He had it for more than a year and never scraped, I haven't scraped in the 3 months I've had it either. Im lowered more than an inch.

I'd like to hear your setup with the long tubes. I would have bought them but my ultimate plan is to go turbo so I skipped the long tubes for now. If the turbo doesn't happen then I'll buy long tube headers.
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Fast intention Long tubes + HKS exhaust = Amazing trust me I know



If you plan on lowering your car at all even just an inch you will scrape your FI exhaust...HKS sits higher. that was the deciding factor for me....






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Not true. Bought mine from jnaut. He had it for more than a year and never scraped, I haven't scraped in the 3 months I've had it either. Im lowered more than an inch.

I'd like to hear your setup with the long tubes. I would have bought them but my ultimate plan is to go turbo so I skipped the long tubes for now. If the turbo doesn't happen then I'll buy long tube headers.

Also, just an FYI: All the FI exhausts made in the last few months have been revised and they have version 2 which looks nearly identical but they have higher ground clearances now. Mine is an original though.
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I wouldnt go so far as to say that HKS look sthat much better.. Especially if you go for the CF mufflers. I got many compliments on that setup on my G37
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What I consider loud may not be loud to you.
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revised FI exhaust may have higher clearance but all the people that I know of in Chicago area that have or have had this exhaust had some serious scraping issues.... that is why I went with HKS, and as far as gains go with just Test pipes and the HKS exhaust I gained 22whp..... Now with the LTH's and the HKS exhaust I will have to get back to the same dyno on a similar day to see the difference also get back to the track....




If you are worried about the sound I wouldnt look into exhaust almost all of them come with some sort of rasp and can be loud at times its just the nature of the beast....





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Eh, I definitely want exhaust. The stock is terrible. I have had exhaust on all my cars, but I am trying to avoid doing what I did with my M3, which was going through about 3 full setups before I got it right. My STi was pretty loud too. I think the FI sounds awesome on the video and I like the sound and look of the HKS a lot. Gonna just have to track some people down in SoCal to see and hear them in person so I can make an educated decision rather than an educated guess.
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Eh, I definitely want exhaust. The stock is terrible. I have had exhaust on all my cars, but I am trying to avoid doing what I did with my M3, which was going through about 3 full setups before I got it right. My STi was pretty loud too. I think the FI sounds awesome on the video and I like the sound and look of the HKS a lot. Gonna just have to track some people down in SoCal to see and hear them in person so I can make an educated decision rather than an educated guess.
You can track down socal z's with HKS and FI here;

2nd Annual SoCal NYE Dim Sum Meet - Diamond Jamboree, Irvine 12/31/11

You can compare and make the right decision.
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You can track down socal z's with HKS and FI here;

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You can compare and make the right decision.
Nice! I may try to make that. Have a bowl game to watch that afternoon though so I may have to leave early if I do make it. Thanks for the heads up.
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