Best place to buy a Tanabe exhaust?

[RicerX]

I've decided on this sucker. Where is a good place to snag one of these? I found a website (advance speed shop I think is the name?) selling it for around $625 shipped. Anyone heard of any other place that's a bit more reputable and/or has it cheaper? Many thanks, ladies and gents.

[mcheddadi]

I want one too, why can't tanabe sponsor me

[RicerX]

lol if we could all only get sponsored by Tanabe or Greddy...

[rich2342]

Check ebay..

I just searched. there was one for five hundred and change..

im looking into one for the winter months..

EDIT...LINK

http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_n...cat=0

I want to hear the Tanabe with Y-pipe. Post up clips

[RicerX]

I think Advance Speed Shop will be the best place to get it. eBay auction wants $72 to ship... which makes it much more expensive.

[RicerX]

PURCHASED.

Awaiting ship confirmation now. I'll review the vendor and post up pictures once I get it rockin.

[Viper5000]

SWEET. I look forward to seeing some good clips..... there are a shortage of them for this piece.

[rich2342]

QUOTE=XenonSE-R]PURCHASED.

Awaiting ship confirmation now. I'll review the vendor and post up pictures once I get it rockin. [/QUOTE]

cool,

How much?

Post up clips asap please. Y-pipe should be your next one. I want to hear this combo very bad.

I just neutered my Borla by installing a resonator...

[mcheddadi]

QUOTE=XenonSE-R]PURCHASED.

Awaiting ship confirmation now. I'll review the vendor and post up pictures once I get it rockin.

cool,

How much?

Post up clips asap please. Y-pipe should be your next one. I want to hear this combo very bad.

I just neutered my Borla by installing a resonator... [/QUOTE]

clip of neutered of borla !

[RicerX]

PURCHASED.

Awaiting ship confirmation now. I'll review the vendor and post up pictures once I get it rockin.

cool,

How much?

Post up clips asap please. Y-pipe should be your next one. I want to hear this combo very bad.

I just neutered my Borla by installing a resonator...

Total came to $625 shipped to the North AL area. Although I ordered it Friday morning, I still have heard nothing from them about it being shipped out. Unsure whether or not the date given when choosing ground shipping of 10/09/09 was the estimated delivery date or the ship date for the exhaust. I'm going to wait until around noon pacific and call them if they don't give me some kind of idea. The payment has already cleared my account.

[rich2342]

cool,

How much?

Post up clips asap please. Y-pipe should be your next one. I want to hear this combo very bad.

I just neutered my Borla by installing a resonator...

clip of neutered of borla ![/QUOTE]

It's not worth a clip... very depressing and mellow. Increased low-end but total loss up top where it would be needed. Im very upset about that.

I can still post one later albeit not a great quality vid.

Virtually no one has the Tanabe which is weird. If they do they don't have the Y-pipe which no exhaust is complete without IMO..

[rich2342]

Here's a quick clip not good quality

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slTNkcBJwaY

[RicerX]

Update - they shipped it last night. I'm not sure what the delay was, but it's shipped and I should have it on around next week sometime.

I will go ahead and let you guys down early on this one - I have no and will have no intentions of doing a Y-Pipe on my car. I'm not getting that in depth with tuning on this car... just a couple things here and there.

I will, however, make a slew of videos and put them in one long YouTube compilation. I currently have the AEM intake, so I'm going to do a standing rev (no load), acceleration outside the car, acceleration inside (windows down and windows up) and a couple aggressive fly-bys. None of these are done with the Tanabe, so I hope my videos prove informative.

I have a really good camera for taking videos with - I've been recording me and a buddy jamming (drums and guitar) and it captures the sound really well with a good frequency range, so it'll catch a lot of the depth of the sound of the exhaust as well as the high end stuff.

[rich2342]

Good deal man... I can respect that.

The clips will serve useful. fly-bys are nice at moderate load too.

Thanks in advance.

[rich2342]

Installed yet?

[RicerX]

FedEx dropped off this lovely item this morning...



Soon we will have pics!!! Will be installed once I return home from work. w00t!

[Viper5000]

Make sure to make some not-suckish videos

[Desire1314]

the only problem with this exhaust is that its only a Axle Back. I've had a Tanabe cat before and loved it. Maybe just have to wait a little longer.......

[mcheddadi]

no additional gains from catback instead of axelback ...its wasted money. ypipe is still as restrictive, catback doesn't remove it.

[rich2342]

no additional gains from catback instead of axelback ...its wasted money. ypipe is still as restrictive, catback doesn't remove it.

This would be False..

The stock muffler is restrictive opening up the exhaust will free up some hp.

When I added my resonator I severly lost high end pull where I would otherwise be free flowing.

The stock piping is 2.5" which is about what you will find with an aftermarket, the only difference would be material used for piping which could affect airflow.

[RicerX]

the only problem with this exhaust is that its only a Axle Back. I've had a Tanabe cat before and loved it. Maybe just have to wait a little longer.......

Tanabe has expressed themselves that they will not produce a catback exhaust for this car. After their R&D, they found that there is not a substantial enough gain to justify producing one, and that the factory piping was sufficient. So if you truly want a catback, you're better off looking at other brands.

Once the rains quits here in good ol Bammer, I'll start making the videos.

[Viper5000]

SOOOO, any updates, please tell me you have it on the car.....

[Viper5000]

[RicerX]

Sorry about the delay, guys. I got sent on temporary deployment on a days notice, and I just got back... and it's been raining ever since!

I'll get some vids up this weekend when the weather clears up. Sorry bout the wait! At least the exhaust will be good and broken in by then =D

[Viper5000]

Just checking in to see how lazy you were.... just kidding

[RicerX]

Whaddup guys?

I will have to say I'm very impressed with this exhaust. I have a half day Friday, and I now have a lovely little camera that takes video with pretty much AMAZING sound quality for a little point-n-shoot.

I'll have an extensive review video of the exhaust up by Saturday.

For future reference, the video will be my Tanabe coupled with the AEM intake I also just installed. I'll be honest, in the car past 4500 RPMs, you can't hear the Tanabe over the AEM intake. At all. The VQ growls somethin wicked with an aftermarket intake.

The video will be good because I've put about 2000 miles on the car since the exhaust has been installed. I've been a busy government boy, apparently.

Actually, as I pulled into work this morning, my car had 22,222 miles on it. I bought the thing brand new (141 miles on it) on January 21st of 2009. I'm screwed. LOL

[Bretahn J.]

I will post a vid too, I am running the Injen Intake with the Tanabe Exhaust.

[Viper5000]

yeah guys common, we need to hear this thing.....

[nismofool]

since you guys are waiting so long, i'll link you to my old videos on youtube from when i had the tanabe way back when.

start up and revhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iGzfMFtzqo

take offhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v...annel

[rich2342]

I've been wanting to hear this with the Y-pipe and nobody has one yet?

Why anyone would not want a Y-pipe if they are doing an axle back is beyond me.