Coupe-R
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I currently have a custom shop made 3" exhaust on my EXT coupe; no mufflers or resonators, and am also running PRL catless DP and FP). The shop-made front pipe-back portion is really rusting through at every weld point (it's aluminized steel, and in the NE the road treatment just eats the metal), so I'm looking at replacement/repair options.
I am also finally at a point where I am just absolutely tired with how loud the car is. Everything that is plastic inside rattles between 2000-2600rpm in the most obnoxious possible way. The rear speaker deck literally sounds like someone has a turbocharged vibrator against the structure. The plastic pillars in the front and back vibrate and rattle like mad. The dome light structure on the ceiling rattles constantly. Forget talking with a passenger while driving aggressive in S or L unless you like nearly yelling, the entire cabin is almost mute from the volume. Highway driving isn't too bad with drone (mind you my definition of bad is probably a lot worse than most people could deal with), but my god dropping into neutral while going down a hill is just so peaceful.
All that said, I am considering the following options:
1.) Get the rusted welds repaired, and slap on 1 muffler (no idea what kind or brand) in the mid-pipe before the split rear. I am hesitant about getting 2 mufflers (1 for each side) since I am unsure if I will be able to retain my 4" burnt exhaust tips going that route. I do not want to lose these.
2.) Go get a whole new exhaust made at a shop that mandrel bends, tig welds, and uses 304 stainless steel, and add a muffler or 2. This will be the longer lasting solution but definitely over $1,000 job. I also would likely go with a 2.5" soluton instead of 3" here. I'm pretty low on Tein coils now, and I scrape the exhaust mostly daily because of how large the diameter of 3" pipe hangs.
3.) Get a pre-made exhaust kit from any one of the vendors that make exhausts for our cars. I am having trouble with this. I can't seem to find anything that will work with the EXT coupe because the coupe is split rear, AND has a shorter length than the sedan and hatchback. I've reached out and talked to some manufacturers for some I thought would work, but they confirmed it was sedan only due to length. If anybody knows any kits that are guaranteed to fit a non-si coupe with split rear, please post them below.
Really hoping to get a good amount of replies here. Thanks!
I am also finally at a point where I am just absolutely tired with how loud the car is. Everything that is plastic inside rattles between 2000-2600rpm in the most obnoxious possible way. The rear speaker deck literally sounds like someone has a turbocharged vibrator against the structure. The plastic pillars in the front and back vibrate and rattle like mad. The dome light structure on the ceiling rattles constantly. Forget talking with a passenger while driving aggressive in S or L unless you like nearly yelling, the entire cabin is almost mute from the volume. Highway driving isn't too bad with drone (mind you my definition of bad is probably a lot worse than most people could deal with), but my god dropping into neutral while going down a hill is just so peaceful.
All that said, I am considering the following options:
1.) Get the rusted welds repaired, and slap on 1 muffler (no idea what kind or brand) in the mid-pipe before the split rear. I am hesitant about getting 2 mufflers (1 for each side) since I am unsure if I will be able to retain my 4" burnt exhaust tips going that route. I do not want to lose these.
2.) Go get a whole new exhaust made at a shop that mandrel bends, tig welds, and uses 304 stainless steel, and add a muffler or 2. This will be the longer lasting solution but definitely over $1,000 job. I also would likely go with a 2.5" soluton instead of 3" here. I'm pretty low on Tein coils now, and I scrape the exhaust mostly daily because of how large the diameter of 3" pipe hangs.
3.) Get a pre-made exhaust kit from any one of the vendors that make exhausts for our cars. I am having trouble with this. I can't seem to find anything that will work with the EXT coupe because the coupe is split rear, AND has a shorter length than the sedan and hatchback. I've reached out and talked to some manufacturers for some I thought would work, but they confirmed it was sedan only due to length. If anybody knows any kits that are guaranteed to fit a non-si coupe with split rear, please post them below.
Really hoping to get a good amount of replies here. Thanks!
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