EBay exhaust, anyone else? 2Gen.

Padanky · 01-07-2009, 10:22 PM

I just got and installed this eBay Cat-back exhaust, Cost $173.50 to my front door. Very nice, pretty close to polished, the tip sits perfect, easy install and they even give you extra bolts and gaskets.
The sound can get pretty loud if you step into it, but putting around town tonight my wife didn't even notice it till I said something. I feel more power to go with the looks.
I do have the Strup header too though, no intake yet, NST lite crank pulley on the way.

Well worth $174 bucks if you can handle a little to a lot of noise, you can control it

eBay Motors: 08-09 TOYOTA SCION XB EXHAUST PIPES & 5" OVAL MUFFLER (item 300273461281 end time Jan-13-09 00:56:57 PST)

pelly3s · 01-07-2009, 10:55 PM

you may have just solved a major problem for me. i cant keep the cops off my a** lately with my exhaust... i may have to give this a shot

DTRAIN619 · 01-07-2009, 10:58 PM

I was just wondering about a "Padanky update", glad to see the mod bug is still biting, Chris.

Pics of the exhaust on the car?

Padanky · 01-07-2009, 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by DTRAIN619

I was just wondering about a "Padanky update", glad to see the mod bug is still biting, Chris.

Pics of the exhaust on the car?

No pics yet Dion, sorry. the mod bug almost died, i actually wanted to buy an old VW bug but decided against it and bought a PS3 and some parts for the Gen2.

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Originally Posted by pelly3s

you may have just solved a major problem for me. i cant keep the cops off my a** lately with my exhaust... i may have to give this a shot

it can be loud, but you can keep it quiet. it looks almost stock too. Might help your problem, for the money you can't go wrong.

pelly3s · 01-07-2009, 11:16 PM

well the last time i got pulled over the cop heard me from almost a half mile in rush hour traffic. i have to check out a few more options but that might be the one, its the perfect price

pelly3s · 01-13-2009, 09:26 PM

Well I ordered one of these systems and it should be in in a couple of days.

Padanky · 01-13-2009, 10:50 PM

I put on the NST crank pulley and it helped quiet it down a little, less pedal needed, less noise.

I think driving and breaking it in made it not so loud also, but I know it's not as loud as when I first installed it.

pelly3s · 01-13-2009, 11:00 PM

Well pretty much anything will be quieter than my flowmaster 10 series, which I might be willing to donate to anyone looking for a really loud muffler. A pulley is on the list for after tax returns

Padanky · 01-13-2009, 11:09 PM

Pulley cost me $120 and took about 30min to install.

pelly3s · 01-13-2009, 11:36 PM

well thats good to know its not a terrible job to do on these things. i am just happy my friend still has the lift in her garage its gonna make my life easy this weekend with the exhaust. i dont have to lay in the snow which will be nice

Padanky · 01-13-2009, 11:48 PM

Lift is nice, We had a car on the one at my work so I just jacked mine up and did it on my lunch break.

Do you have a header?

Chrio · 01-14-2009, 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by pelly3s

Well pretty much anything will be quieter than my flowmaster 10 series, which I might be willing to donate to anyone looking for a really loud muffler. A pulley is on the list for after tax returns

first dibs

pelly3s · 01-14-2009, 12:44 AM

chrio, i'll send you a message when i change everything over.

Chrio · 01-14-2009, 01:12 AM

Sweet!!!!!

Chrio · 01-18-2009, 01:44 AM

any pics from either of you?

pelly3s · 01-18-2009, 02:56 AM

mine is hopefully going in sometime sunday afternoon, i have been swamped with work. I will have pictures posted as soon as it in and looking pretty as long as no one makes fun of my filthy car lol. gotta love new england you cant keep a car clean for more than 4 hours in the winter.

Padanky · 01-18-2009, 10:23 AM

I'll try and get some pics.

pelly3s · 01-18-2009, 06:08 PM

There may be a little delay today depending on how much snow we really get

Update:
Murphy's law is an adage in Western culture that broadly states, "Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong." It is also cited as: "If there's more than one possible outcome of a job or task, and one of those outcomes will result in disaster or an undesirable consequence, then somebody will do it that way"

So anyways I went to work on the exhaust today, and everything went wrong lol. The mid pipe wouldn't fit through the lift (its a center point lift), the electrical panel went bad in my garage, and my floor jack broke.

Needless to say it will be dropped off at a shop tomorrow to have someone do it while I am at work, I think someone is trying to tell me I should have just left well enough alone lol. On the bright side they pipes are built fairly well considering the money.

aslader13 · 01-18-2009, 09:16 PM

im seriously thinking about purchasing this exhaust system. any idea on an affect on fuel efficency? also about how long did it take to install? thanks for the help

Chrio · 01-19-2009, 01:49 AM

thats sucks pelly