Exhaust tips, 2nd go-round

whitej47 · 01-11-2012, 01:18 AM

Thanks for all of the votes on the previous thread. I decided to keep things fairly "simple" and go with quad tips. I bought some PVC and panted them silver. They only had 3" and 2" so I went with the 2". The final design will include some 2.5" pipes that are chrome. Really traditional and I will prolly add something custom down the road... Let me know what you guys think:

Type 1-center, flat

Type 2-center, angled

Type 3-side, flat, poked

Type 4-side, flat, tucked

Type 5- side, even, up

Type 6- side, staggered, flat

Type 6- side, staggered, up

Type 7- Leave it shaved

Played with the side idea a bit:

I don't really like the side of the kit idea. I just wanted to see what it would looked like. Some of the pics are crappy, sorry but the tripod was in the house and I was covered with dust, etc. Anyway, the final result will sit up in the bumper and I will be making a mold for the tips once they are welded together. They will sit up in the bumper, but I didn't want to cut my bumper out just yet. Please vote even if you don't have support or criticism so I can get an idea.

Also, I am pretty set on these ideas or something similar. If you have any different design, send it to me via PM and I might post it up if I like it. But I am pretty set with these cause they are relatively easy and provide the look for which I am striving.

PCH · 01-11-2012, 01:33 AM

I like your approach to such serious issue.
I personally pick #4 tucked. Don't know how it's gonna look all mounted but for now that's my choice.
If you make the real tips out of pvc, soon you'll have totally original melted look

LowOctane · 01-11-2012, 02:07 AM

type #4.

SAKURA · 01-11-2012, 02:08 AM

i like type 4

Nrm3 · 01-11-2012, 09:12 AM

#4, would go well with the whole car

ScottyTuned · 01-11-2012, 09:24 AM

#4 modified. At first I thought the poke was just you mocking it up, I didnt know you envisioned that to stay. I've done a little poke when I had the Scudetto rear, and it's not a good look for VIP unless the whole car is wild. It's a trend, not a styling effect for VIP. Keep it tucked and classy. If you had rims that poked and the rest of the car was nuts, I'd say go for the poke. Your car is more subdued than that. As for my vote, I say tucked with a VERY slight stagger on the tips. This is what I am thinking:

Sets it apart, but still looks even and not awkwardly done. Just my .02

ToyBox_02 · 01-11-2012, 09:32 AM

Number 4 for sure

Padanky · 01-11-2012, 12:02 PM

4 or none

BoxLife · 01-11-2012, 12:06 PM

Damn well I like 7 lol. But I think ive been outvoted. Lol.

Padanky · 01-11-2012, 04:41 PM

I voted 7 if that makes you feel better, unless you are notching the bumper. If you are planning on not notching it, I vote keep them shaved.

DTRAIN619 · 01-11-2012, 04:47 PM

If you must do the tips, Joe, #4 gets my vote. But my gut feeling says leave it shaved.

BTW, great visuals!!!

i_ride_naked · 01-11-2012, 05:01 PM

Im gonna be the odd ball out of the bunch and vote for style 6

whitej47 · 01-12-2012, 08:24 PM

Aww, you guys are making it easy on me. I wanted to take all of this in before I responded. Here it goes:

Quote:

Originally Posted by ScottyTuned

#4 modified. At first I thought the poke was just you mocking it up, I didnt know you envisioned that to stay. I've done a little poke when I had the Scudetto rear, and it's not a good look for VIP unless the whole car is wild. It's a trend, not a styling effect for VIP. Keep it tucked and classy. If you had rims that poked and the rest of the car was nuts, I'd say go for the poke. Your car is more subdued than that.

Dude the Scudetto is a hard bumper to pull off with anything, but I don't think you can use it as a basis for comparison between the 2 kits as they are worlds apart. The ChargeSpeed kit is much more agressive and can handle most anything wild you throw at it. You could Boso this kit if you wanted, or you can keep it VIP-style. You could even add a sport feel to it, if done right. The Scudetto has one trend and is very limited. This is of course MHO only.

I hope you don't take this as speaking out of turn. You know I appreciate your opinions and owe you credit for most of the visionary sense I have developed.

My car itself is not wild VIP or anything of the like. No boso, not that I don't appreciate the style, but it doesn't work for my car which is a daily driver. So I can see what you guys are saying. I see only one problem with running a #4 style. Maybe the reason I can see it is because I have held the kit and I know it's curves like the back of my hand. But if you look at the profile of the lower lip from the side, the kit angles inward towards the car (dirver's side view \ is like that). So if I had 2 small tucked tips, the tips would be jutting out from the kit farther on the top. I don't know if this is the look for which I am striving. I plan on cutting the kit this weekend since I have comitted to an exhaust...

Quote:

Originally Posted by i_ride_naked

Im gonna be the odd ball out of the bunch and vote for style 6

This is actually my favorite style. When I posted this pic in my build thread ppl liked it. I like it and the flat version of it. I made the mistake of providing multiple options haha. I will have to put some more thought into this I guess. I want my car to be different from other cars I have seen at shows...but in a good way. Not like an "eye-sore" kinda way.

Zman · 01-12-2012, 10:11 PM

I like five, traditional yet crazy.

whitej47 · 01-12-2012, 10:38 PM

I think it is a little hard to visualize without them being recessed into the bumper. I am going to stick them back in there once the holes are cut.

willix231 · 01-12-2012, 11:22 PM

4 or none.the rest just looks so tachy and is going to throw the overall wow factor of the car away.Most of the other setups are most likely to just draw too much uneccesary attention

xseveredveganx · 01-12-2012, 11:36 PM

Keep it shaved, less is more.

Maybe something flat through the center openning?
Like these guys from Jegs: http://www.jegs.com/p/JEGS-Performan...53766/10002/-1

whitej47 · 01-12-2012, 11:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by willix231

4 or none.the rest just looks so tachy and is going to throw the overall wow factor of the car away.Most of the other setups are most likely to just draw too much uneccesary attention

Haha I guess you believe that the JP kits sold with after market pipes are tacky as well...I think you really have to see the kit painted and on the car with the set up to think it detracts from the overall build. Once the kit is layed out an dth epipes are almost floored, it won't really matter what they look like. #4 is going to be a little too subtle for my liking. No reason to go this far with a build and then do a typical exhaust set up now is there?

Quote:

Originally Posted by xseveredveganx

Keep it shaved, less is more.

Maybe something flat through the center openning?
Like these guys from Jegs: http://www.jegs.com/p/JEGS-Performan...53766/10002/-1

I have a plan for the center opening. But the shaved look has died for me. It was more of a "let's see how many vote for it again" idea to include it. Seems like people are feeling the idea of the mock up even if they don't like my favorite.

xseveredveganx · 01-13-2012, 12:00 AM

That's the thing, it's your rig! Do what you want!
One of my favorite xBs was the JDM Palace xB. The 6th is something similar to that exhaust setup, which I'm feeling.

willix231 · 01-13-2012, 12:34 AM

Ovberall the very agressive exhuast setup will not flow with the car because the car despite being agressive as far as body kit size doesnt match the style created by the tips.many of the styles above would look alot better for that kit with less length on the tips