Borla Exhaust for Civic Type R

[Lisa@Borla]

Lisa, thanks for the feedback. After I was linked to Borla’s YT channel I realized that your official videos are considerably better. If you’re truly seeking criticism then I’ll start by saying that I think the deeper tone that it provides is decent, but I didn’t notice anything that set it apart from the stock exhaust other than perhaps volume, but again that could have been the audio quality. As others mentioned, the tips do not look great. 2.75-3” seems to be the ideal diameter so far with clean tips. Lastly, my opinion, for the pennies it’s worth, I think the three tips should be flush or the outer two should stick out a hair farther than the center.

Also, when you do an official video can you record interior or at least comment on any drone?

Thanks

Thanks for taking a look at our YouTube channel and for the in depth feedback! I will definitely share what you've said with our R&D team and provide information on this forum throughout our development process.

So far our testing shows that the 2.75" diameter performs better than 3", but I'll get you more info on this as our testing continues.

I'll see if I can get a close up photo of the tips to post here so you can see them better... That way you can let us know what it is you do and don't like specifically.

Yes, we will for sure have some sort of comment in our video addressing drone and I'll let our video team know that you want to see/hear interior footage/sounds. It's very important to us to make systems that do not drone.

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[Adaman]

I think the demographic of folks that purchased a Type R will also be re-tuning their cars. 2.75" might perform better now as a simple bolt on, but a 3" exhaust will give a bigger runway for tuners.

 

[RODSCIVIC]

I think the demographic of folks that purchased a Type R will also be re-tuning their cars. 2.75" might perform better now as a simple bolt on, but a 3" exhaust will give a bigger runway for tuners.

There are also a large percentage of owners who have bought this car as a daily driver and wouldn't buy this exhaust system if it had drone at speed or was too loud. Then you have to tune to make sure you are running safely. Most Type R's will probably end up in California, and you know what that means. It's really lose lose for Borla to make a 3". But it would be great if they offered both options.

 

[tuxmonkey]

There are also a large percentage of owners who have bought this car as a daily driver and wouldn't buy this exhaust system if it had drone at speed or was too loud. Then you have to tune to make sure you are running safely. Most Type R's will probably end up in California, and you know what that means. It's really lose lose for Borla to make a 3". But it would be great if they offered both options.

Am daily driver.

 

[JLOracing]

There are also a large percentage of owners who have bought this car as a daily driver and wouldn't buy this exhaust system if it had drone at speed or was too loud. Then you have to tune to make sure you are running safely. Most Type R's will probably end up in California, and you know what that means. It's really lose lose for Borla to make a 3". But it would be great if they offered both options.

Most Type-R's will end up in California? that statement makes no sense, lol, and how would that be a lose lose for Borla? Also the exhaust is just that, on the exhaust side, it frees up restriction of air exiting the engine, it doesnt change air or fuel entering it and will not cause a safety issue requiring a tune.

 

[Adaman]

Lol *face palm. Arguing on forums is like discussing politics. I'll vote with my wallet.

 

[c0sm0s]

Think info will be pretty sparse until after SEMA but I got a look at it a few days ago and I think everything is coming together nicely with the tips and bracket.

I should have everything in my position around 11/10...

 

[c0sm0s]

Now that you can see pictures of the tip designs at SEMA (some below) I can share this old development video of the tips (at the bottom).
This was before the switch to the black finlets between the carbon fiber tip covers and the tips themself so these are still stainless steel (or whatever they used, I didn't ask).

 

[Travis]

what is the OE exhaust pipe diameter?

 

[JJAY8175]

Looks hideous imo...

 

[Wabby]

A big NO from me...

 

[JLOracing]

in the video it is hard to tell for sure but it looks like the center tip is not functional......

 

[Ian@Borla]

in the video it is hard to tell for sure but it looks like the center tip is not functional......

Hi! What you saw in the video was a prototype. That was just a mock up to see how the tips would look. The center tip is functional!

 

[the8rotor]

With all due respect that looks awful. Not sure why you guys' are going with a cheap look? Tips make the car look cheap. Plain and simple.

My take on the type r is the car is already bold, strong, over-the-top, and boy racerish... So you guys need to be making something that above anything functions and sounds great all without adding more extreme designs to the car. Just make a simple 3 piece tip setup or a symmetrically sound 1 piece!

 

[Lisa@Borla]

With all due respect that looks awful. Not sure why you guys' are going with a cheap look? Tips make the car look cheap. Plain and simple.

My take on the type r is the car is already bold, strong, over-the-top, and boy racerish... So you guys need to be making something that above anything functions and sounds great all without adding more extreme designs to the car. Just make a simple 3 piece tip setup or a symmetrically sound 1 piece!

Thanks for the feedback! We know that everyone's style is different so we are actually going to offer 3 different tip options for the Civic Type R:

• Carbon Fiber (shown on this forum)
• Polished
• Black

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