A cheap method to get dual exhaust on sedan?

[Thebigevilfoot]

Hey, what's the cheapest method to get a dual exhaust on the 2005 g35x? To be honest, and it's kind of embarresing, it's not so much performance that I'm looking for, but more so, I'm looking for a nice look, and maybe a nice sound.

[pfarmer]

Hey, what's the cheapest method to get a dual exhaust on the 2005 g35x? To be honest, and it's kind of embarresing, it's not so much performance that I'm looking for, but more so, I'm looking for a nice look, and maybe a nice sound.

Without looking at an 05 (I have an 08xs) I'll state one of the things I did on my other car (non-Infiniti).

First off the the other car had a single exhaust that exited via a formed area in the rear bumper and I wanted to duplicate that on the other side. To do so I used a two by 4 that I shaped like the exit.

I carefully measured out the new exit using several reference points on the bottom of the bumper, the wheel wells, all sorts of points to make sure it was exactly where it should be.

Now using a floor jack I positioned the two by four in the new exit and then carefully heated up the area using a heat gun. Keep in mind that a heat gun puts out a lot of heat and can burn the paint in this area easily so you want to do this in a very controlled fashion. Warm it up, jack up while warm, let cool, repeat over and over again. If all is good you now have the new exit looking like the original. This worked well but was tricky since it was an oval.

Now I cheated for the rest since I too was going after the look and funds were limited. I used a Camaro muffler in place of the stock which allowed two outlets from one inlet and fit the stock location. With the removal of the rear resonator the sound is pretty good without being too loud. The shop tested several mufflers with me in the car. My original pick ended up putting a weird harmonic at different rpm settings, so if you go this route you may want to consider doing something along these lines for testing.

Perry

[RED_DET]

the problem lies in the fact the purge canister will have to be relocated in order to run a muffler on the passenger side of the car.

[tollboothwilley]

+1

Fel lines/purge canister get in the way of the dual exhaust on the 1st gen sedans (03-06) which is why its single side.

[4drmadness]

IMO, the stillen gen 2 looks really good, even the hks is pretty decent. You dont really have to get the dual, way too much work. But if you really like the look, go for it.

[RED_DET]

The borla and stillen are both true dual exhausts, they just exit on the same side.

[Poyzinous]

You can also do what many people from H0nd@ nation do, just cut out a chunk from your bumper opposite the exhaust side, and weld or glue on some exhaust tips, to make it look like dual exhaust. throw in a scented candle during winter for a lovely smell, and to look like there is smoke coming from both sides. I saw one guy who just ran a 2" pipe inside the bumper where the absorber goes, and make it exit out the right side, but if you got up close you could see what was done and it looked a little tacky. Fine from a distance tho....

[tollboothwilley]

The borla and stillen are both true dual exhausts, they just exit on the same side.

TECHNICALLY...they aren't TRUE dual. They have the X pipe or H pipe that connect them and then they reconnect at the muffler. But close enough..