Just An Old Retired "Build Thread"..
04-01-2012, 01:15 AM
#201
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04-01-2012, 05:25 AM
#203
Haha I drove to and from work today but thats it. I'm actually kinda waiting for my cars ecu to learn its new conditions before judging it. I disconnected the battery during the install so the ecu has a clean slate. A few more days man! 
04-01-2012, 01:39 PM
#205
Haha true. Like I said earlier, it's definitely not nearly as bad as a catback. Unbearable definitely won't come to mind when you hear it.
The difference is that catbacks (at least for this car) make the exhaust pitch deeper, which causes it to really get inside your head on the inside of the car.
This header doesn't make it deeper...it just makes it a bit louder (maybe even a bit higher). And since that is the case, I just notice a moderate increase in noise at the rear of the car that doesn't "take over" the entire cabin.
That's my noise review after two drives. Today, I'll actually purposely put the car through that slow climb to 3k rpm just to confirm what I've said.
The difference is that catbacks (at least for this car) make the exhaust pitch deeper, which causes it to really get inside your head on the inside of the car.
This header doesn't make it deeper...it just makes it a bit louder (maybe even a bit higher). And since that is the case, I just notice a moderate increase in noise at the rear of the car that doesn't "take over" the entire cabin.
That's my noise review after two drives. Today, I'll actually purposely put the car through that slow climb to 3k rpm just to confirm what I've said.
04-03-2012, 12:27 AM
#208
@ Chicago
I took the before clip with the TRD exhaust and Takeda intake at 7pm before doing the install, but it was past 1am before we got done! I just didn't wanna be obnoxious in my friends neighborhood doing revs at that hour haha. We are going to get back together this Friday and do the after clip.
@Druidiron
I paid just under 500 shipped. They currently have the pice reduced to 479 plus shipping for the promotion. Regular price is going to be 529 plus shipping after the promotion is over.
I took the before clip with the TRD exhaust and Takeda intake at 7pm before doing the install, but it was past 1am before we got done! I just didn't wanna be obnoxious in my friends neighborhood doing revs at that hour haha. We are going to get back together this Friday and do the after clip.
@Druidiron
I paid just under 500 shipped. They currently have the pice reduced to 479 plus shipping for the promotion. Regular price is going to be 529 plus shipping after the promotion is over.
04-03-2012, 05:10 AM
#213
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after maybe in a month or 2 rear rotors
after that in a while:
sway bars
coils maybe
some front lip
04-04-2012, 10:47 PM
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Cool! It looks better than it does in high voltage. I've been spending a lot of time playing the game (to compensate for not being able to drive my car). So far I've built mine, the shutterlit owner's car (teal rpf1's), and a version of blackmamba (with nt03's). I bought 10 tc2's yesterday.
04-04-2012, 11:14 PM
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04-04-2012, 11:15 PM
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haha thanks man...the wheels are a brand that I'm not entirely familiar with. I just picked them because I'm a big fan of simple 5-spoke wheels and they look kinda (but not really) like the FiveAD R5:F. And they are 20s with 265 tires all around lol.