Ohhhhhhh! :tup:

SSSSSSSSSooouuuunnnddddddd Bite :happydance::happydance::happydance::happydance:

:pics: or it didn't happen!

... a sound clip would be nice as well. ;)

Well here is the pic read below pic for the rest of the story....never fails :shakes head:

http://i850.photobucket.com/albums/a...psc1c44c26.jpg

So what should have been a 1.5 hour job turned into me wasting my entire day at the shop. First I get called out and told that no matter what the installer tried the flanges would not line up....I said what if you flip that part over (mid pipe).....oh ya that will work he says :shakes head: That took about 2 hours because they took alignments in before I got there (15 minutes after they opened) even though I had an appointment. That is the only lift my car can get lifted by.

Then I got called out for a clearance issue on the passenger side. Im not sure if the JDM cars have it or not, but it is a fuel evap box behind the right rear tire. It will not allow the exhaust to go up as high as it needs to go. That is why it looks a little bit uneven in the pic. I ripped of a plastic shroud to give it a 1/4 more clearance but it is still resting on the box. I know it is just for emissions and I found a DIY to remove it but it throws codes/lights. So im going to try something else first.

Once he finally got everything in fired it up BAM exhaust leak. It was small but sounded awful. My 3" down pipes didnt mate well with the 2.5" Zele flex pipes. The passenger side was good though so what it boiled down to was Zele making the bolt holes to big on the driver side. Mating up to a 2.5" down pipe, long tubes, or test pipes would have been fine though.

Overall even though that seems like alot of bitching im pretty happy. It looks sick, sounds nasty at low rpms, and finishes off what im able to purchase of the Zele parts. I mentioned it sounding good at low RPMS because it may be my head messing with me, but it seems like it gets more quiet the faster I went with it.......Sounds clips will help me with that though because im not behind the car.

I think it has a pretty constant hiss at idle or a rattle from hitting the emission box. I will be investigating it further. Sound Clip/Video coming soon!

Edit: Ya all my pictures came out horrible too. I used our cheap camera and the sun washed out all the shots. Oh and I really have to paint the whole section black now it looks worse with this setup.

Throw out the evap box! Everyone has to with the HKS Hi-Power exhaust and it does not cause any problems.

Do you know if they are getting lights? The DIY I found is also pretty in depth. Is there an easier way to do it?

I dont care if I get hidden codes but I do not want a CEL

There were 3 (10mm?) bolts I had to remove that held the evap box in place when I installed my exhaust. No CEL or anything.

What did you do with all the hoses?

that **** looks sooooo damn sexy.... once again bro congrats and DONT sell that exhaust.... :tup:

Looks great!

That looks great.

If I'm not mistaken you can disable any CEL in Uprev.

Well I was all excited to show everyone this.....

http://i850.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps068bebbf.jpg
http://i850.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps1a72ee1d.jpg

BUT as with most anything I start digging through all the goodies and realize my F'ING BATTERY is missing!!! Now instead of getting the Z out on some back roads for you guys tomorrow with the lowest rain chance for like a week. I will be taking it back to the store, and it was the last one. So who knows when I will get videos up.

:shakes head::shakes head::shakes head::shakes head::shakes head::shakes head:

Will it work with a gen 1 battery? I'll let you borrow my battery tomorrow if need be.

Exhaust is killerrr!! Dam that looks nasty.

The way I would look at it, all these hiccups just mean the return will be that much better when you get everything all buttoned up and working properly!

Coming from a glass half full kind of doooodddeee!

Did you buy that GOPRO new w.o a battery?

Im not sure I called before they closed they have more. Im going to pick it up as soon as I can. I have to wait around for my pool table to get delivered though, I just remembered....so hopefully that doesnt mess me up either.

Thanks man! Yes I got it new from Best Buy. I know to look at the bright side, not many people get to complain their 400 dollar camera was missing its battery. :tup: