I almost convinced myself to go non resonated because i did so much research and reading in 3 months and saw that some people said it wasn't loud enough. Good thing Tony talked me out of it.

Every person is different. If you can find someone with it in person, do it.

Congrats buddy! Now your car finally sound alive. Your stock exhaust was awfully quiet lol

When is your estimated shipment date? Just curious.

Yeah, it sounds the part now.

Just need to install the maf tubes and uprev tune it now.

Anyone live around area 626 with F.I. CBE !? need to hear one in person. thanks!

Just scraped the exhaust on a speed bump. Damn it! Need to go super slow.

Hmm aren't they supposed to be "no lower than the stock exhaust"?

I've had mine for almost a year and have 9k miles with them on and I've never hit on anything. I also live in western PA where the roads are awful and bumpy so idk how anyone of u hit anything.

Taller than normal speed bump at my apartment complex i guess. Was going relatively slow, bump is at a 90 degree turn. Lowered on Swifts also. Will be going slower tomorrow when i come back home. We will see.

Yea I could see on springs u may run into a problem here and there. But stock height I haven't come close. Only mark on my cans is a very small nick from a rock and it's not even noticeable.

Oh No Future370zzz! I know that has got to suck! I am on coilovers, so I know I a going to have to be super careful! I may have to raise mine a bit.

try out some NY roads, PA's a cake walk compared to the island or even the city lol

Makes sense now, lowered + bigger speed bump. I'm considering ordering one as we speak so it had me a bit worried! Good luck tomorrow!:tiphat:

ive been in NYC and upstate NY (not with my Z) and there is some bad roads but i live in Pittsburgh where there are only 2 seasons. winter and road construction. roads are always torn apart and fixed poorly lol. so they arent very exhaust friendly on low cars but the way tony has the FI CBE set up i havent hit yet as i said before. now i gotta go knock on wood lol

do a double knock for me too!

haha will do :tup:

#567 delivered! I'll be getting it installed tomorrow :)

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Got over my speed bump, just had to go slower than usual. It was worth it. :)

How low is your car? How about your clearance? I got the same exhaust and I am lowered on Eibach... However, mine dropped 1.2 in cuz mine is a roadster. Mine driver side can is slightly lower than my passenger side (about 3" off the ground at the lowest point)

Lowered on Swifts so i thinks its about an inch lower. Haven't measured the clearance at the cans. The muffler tips are pretty close to the bumper, about 3/16" gap.

#567 Installed!!!!!!!

So now I figured I'd give my .02 on it :) First off I have to tell you that all of the videos everyone posted DO NOT do the exhaust justice. I ordered the 18" resonator with SS. The only other modification I have on the car so far is Typhoon K&N CAI. By no means is the exhaust overbearingly loud, but that bitch got some noise lol. Even better it is no where near the sound of what people call "ricer exhaust." Once you start it, it literally "wakes up," then tones back down to idle. Once you start going you'll hear it as if it's a silent and yet still elegant killer. Or what I'd say it makes the car slightly and subtly arrogant. As you gain speed it'll have somewhat of a drone, but it'll quickly fade out again once you level out on speed. Then at that point it's quiet again. But if you hit it, oh yeah it'll get a few people excited lol. All in all I have to admit that I am impressed and I can already tell that I'm going to love it. Tony I must say you did a fine job on the system :D I'll be posting up pics of it soon enough :)

Here are a couple of pics with the exhaust. I'll be posting more up later. Gotta have a little photoshoot with the car :)

^This was my same exact experience. :) I feel like the car is less responsive though from a stop. I have to push on the gas harder to get going. Don't know if its psychological from the louder exhaust under load from a stop. Will be tuning it when i put on the maf tubes. We will see. Oh, its a 7AT.

I have'nt listened to the radio in 3 days. :)

#568 getting installed today. Still don't get home for three weeks, so my wait continues

I was just thinking.. I have mine on order and will still be like 2 months, how much weight does it save over a stock exhause? I have a new Nismo if that makes much of a difference.

Congrats on the install though! I cant wait.

I think around 20 lbs and more if you get carbon fiber mufflers

I'm getting excited again #599

:tup: for all the details...thats exactly what i'm looking for...FI is mine baby!! Well, soon it will be...:tup:

I believe the stock exhaust weights about 55/56 lbs

the nismo weights about 52/53 lbs

the stainless FI weights about 47 lbs

and the Carbon Fibger FI weights abotu 41 lbs



also check in here, i was too lazy to look myself:
http://www.the370z.com/exterior-inte...on-thread.html

The Nismo exhaust is heavier than the base Z. The FI w/ the CF mufflers is a 25 lb. weight savings over Nismo.

So the wait to order this exhaust is about 2 months? I'm still torn between getting this one and the AAM. Anyone have any suggestions? I really love the sound of the FI exhaust, however, I don't want to wait 2 months to put an exhaust on my car.

:confused: 2 month wait? better order mine asap...planning install for over winter season... :eek:

it's worth the wait. i've seen and heard other exhausts on other z's and i wouldnt trade mine for any others. plus i'm sure the winters in SC arent as bad as here in PA but i'm sure the wait wont be bad.

the only thing i'd try to do to mine is make it louder than it already is :stirthepot: lol

Yeah BC, I got the cf cans and the headers too, I waited right around 13 weeks for everything.


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i waited about 13.5 weeks, just about the same as you but just for the cf 12" resonated cbe.

agreed though, worth the wait

my wait was 11 weeks for my non-res CF CBE and TP.

I ordered mine the begining of August and it will arrive late Nov/Ealry Dec.

25 lbs isnt too bad. Now to figure out how to cut about 1000 more..:happydance:

:tup: guys-thats really good information. I guess i better step up the planning..i wont be satisfied w anything else atvthis point. :eek:

Haha don't worry, it's definitely worth the wait. And you have to keep in mind that some of us had our stuff being finished right when tony was moving to his new shop, so things got delayed a bit. But yes, you should get on that quick :)


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