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Old 10-21-2005, 08:13 AM
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Just installed INVIDIA catback

It is a beautiful system; I love the titanium tips. All mounting hardwear included, and boy does it look and sound great on the car. I will post some pictures and maybe a video? a little later.
 
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Old 10-21-2005, 09:28 AM
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Invidia exhaust

That would be great if you could post pictures and a video. I will be shopping for an exhaust and I would really like to hear this system.
 
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Old 10-21-2005, 09:38 AM
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Graphics card for exhaust??
 
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Old 10-21-2005, 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by AggieMCS
It is a beautiful system; I love the titanium tips. All mounting hardwear included, and boy does it look and sound great on the car. I will post some pictures and maybe a video? a little later.

WERD!
 
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Old 10-21-2005, 02:09 PM
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Good choice!! - I have one too, and love it. I often wonder why more folks don't get one. They're really well made, look and sound great and are very competitively priced....Love those blue tips too. A little different from what everybody else has to boot.

Enjoy!! - - m
 
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Old 10-21-2005, 02:31 PM
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I got the Invidia exhaust from WorldOnePerformance from JOnathan, great guy and surely knows his stuff, and had it installed yesterday. I absolutely love this thing. Ever since i had it on i've never turned on the radio.

So far so good.



I love the blue tips, and how it looks with HB.

 
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Old 10-21-2005, 02:32 PM
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Sorry not to hijack your thread. But it was about the same exhaust.
 
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Wow!! Sound clips???
 
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I have clips myself but dont know how to post it. Plus i rather hear AggieMCS' clip first.
 
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those are great lookin exhausts!!!
 
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Old 10-21-2005, 07:47 PM
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haha, well I guess I don't have to post pictures now. My car is the same color and everything. Sorry about not getting the vids on here,... busy week with school and all. I will record a couple and post them tomorrow, I promise.
 
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NiCE !! matches the colour of the car
 
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sorry for the wait.

Too many good football games on to get out and record some clips too early, but I got 'em.

http://media.putfile.com/DSCF042759 -Idling and Revving

Here is one behind the car and then in front of the car during acceleration. Not much room to wind it out, but you get the idea. Definitely a beefy, growly sound.
http://media.putfile.com/DSCF042982 -Accelerating (outside)

This next one is inside the car during acceleration. I saw a cop cruiser waiting at the light ahead, so I had to cut it short.
http://media.putfile.com/DSCF043066 -Accelerating (inside1)

I got another interior acceleration video to make up for the truncated one above.
http://media.putfile.com/DSCF04313388 -Accelerating (inside2)

Let me know if you want some other shots. I can easily get some more exterior vids, if someone wants more.
 
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do you get highway drone with this system
 
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Old 10-23-2005, 06:42 AM
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Too many good football games on to get out and record some clips too early, but I got 'em.

http://media.putfile.com/DSCF042759 -Idling and Revving

Here is one behind the car and then in front of the car during acceleration. Not much room to wind it out, but you get the idea. Definitely a beefy, growly sound.
http://media.putfile.com/DSCF042982 -Accelerating (outside)

This next one is inside the car during acceleration. I saw a cop cruiser waiting at the light ahead, so I had to cut it short.
http://media.putfile.com/DSCF043066 -Accelerating (inside1)

I got another interior acceleration video to make up for the truncated one above.
http://media.putfile.com/DSCF04313388 -Accelerating (inside2)

Let me know if you want some other shots. I can easily get some more exterior vids, if someone wants more.
 
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AWESOME noise ! I love the tone. It seems a bit loud, though...? Is it 2.5"? Resonator? Could you compare it to the level of sound of any other exhausts? Lastly, were your seats down or up when you were driving in those clips? Cheers! :smile:
 
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There is some drone at speed when you are on the accelerator. I think that you would get that with any exhaust system, though as that is how it is designed. It is 2.5". There is a resonator on the part bolted to the cat, then two straight-through-looking mufflers after the y-pipe leading to the tips. I took a picture of the unbolted system laid out on the floor. Its in my gallery.

As compared to the other systems, I have not heard any other systems first-hand(only online vids), but I can say that this system is not obnoxiously loud. It is loud when you want it to be, i.e. 3-5k rpms in any gear. Any revs above that, the supercharger and engine noise actually washes out the exhaust drone inside the car. It is not raspy or cheap-sounding. It has a very nice, powerful exhaust tone without being too too loud. I easily recommend the system for anyone looking for a catback.

I think I had one of my rear seats down in the videos. I was carrying two more people that day and the day before, and I had all my school junk in the cargo area.

Glad ya'll enjoyed the videos. Let me know if you want any other shots.
 
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Old 10-23-2005, 06:36 PM
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any recommendations on where to pick one up for a good price?
 
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you can scour ebay. That is what I did and found it for $549.99 plus $55 shipping (48ish pound package) from www.raceinspired.com .

If you go to their website, they have it listed for $599.99 down from a MSRP of $879.99 and a list price of $642.39. Seems priced fairly well, to me.

There are a couple on ebay right now that I wish were there two weeks ago when I ordered mine, including one with a 'Buy It Now' price of $489.99 and one up for bidding priced currently under 200 bucks.
 
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cool thanks for responding so quickly!
 
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no prob
 
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Those video clips don't work on Mac Computer. What is the format of your videos?
 
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Originally Posted by MyPocketRocket
Those video clips don't work on Mac Computer. What is the format of your videos?

Yeah - I noticed that too... I also noticed the URL doesn't include the actual video file name and extension... so it's probably an applet of some type that's serving up the file.

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Old 10-24-2005, 07:13 AM
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sounds great man....very nice
 
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Yeah - I noticed that too... I also noticed the URL doesn't include the actual video file name and extension... so it's probably an applet of some type that's serving up the file.

- - m
Ya mon!

I guess you and me can just go out listen to our cars...eh?
 


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