Just a tiny bit more exhaust tone wanted

[Chomorro]

Take a look at the Borla SwitchFire. It's a piece of art and sounds very good.

They do look pretty awesome. I'm curious if the sound is below a standard x pipe but above the resonated tru x.

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[Brian@BMVK]

The stock 2015 mufflers sound awful with a resonator delete - super tinny and raspy.

The FP Borla Touring axleback is about as quiet as you're going to get. It won't be too much and you'll definitely be able to stay under the radar.

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[Scooter MGee]

They do look pretty awesome. I'm curious if the sound is below a standard x pipe but above the resonated tru x.

It is. Zero rasp. I replaced a TruX with the SwitchFire. It offers a deep and mature tone to the exhaust.

 

[AZ18yote]

H-Pipe is going to wake it up, but the cold starts are going to be much louder. I installed the h-pipe but ordered magnaflow competition axlebacks to get a deeper tone. Haven't installed them yet.

Just be aware of the drone on the MF comps.

 

[DivineStrike]

I'm too old to have loud exhaust like my other cars but I like a good tone. To be honest the factory exhausts on my 15 gt isn't bad for staying under the radar.

I'm looking for a tiny bit more grumble but nothing crazy. So far I have found American thunder axle backs or a magnaflow tru x resonated mid pipe. I was thinking the x pipe first. It's hard to tell sounds from youtube and cold start is important to me, I already piss off the neighbors with my bike.

Anyone have experience with just one of these mods?

Honestly ARH Catback is very modest. Cold starts when its new can be kinda loud but it just sounds nice. It's not the quietest like some of the touring options of other manufacturers, but unless your on it, its barely more noticeable that stock. Also, no drone. I just did headers and had to swap the H to an X pipe and there is still no drone. Still tame unless getting on it. I really don't really hear it even at highway speeds unless i'm accelerating. And that is the loudest the full ARH system can be. WOT it sounds so angry and loud lol

 

[T123456]

Just be aware of the drone on the MF comps.

Ha and I already complain of the drone with the h pipe and stock.. but I have a convertible which makes it much worse inside with top up. But I have the valves and kept the valves with the MF so that should help, can just flip it down on the Highway. Guess we’ll see. The Borla just has too much rasp at high RPM which is what bothers me with the stock

 

[thelostotter]

Honestly ARH Catback is very modest. Cold starts when its new can be kinda loud but it just sounds nice. It's not the quietest like some of the touring options of other manufacturers, but unless your on it, its barely more noticeable that stock. Also, no drone. I just did headers and had to swap the H to an X pipe and there is still no drone. Still tame unless getting on it. I really don't really hear it even at highway speeds unless i'm accelerating. And that is the loudest the full ARH system can be. WOT it sounds so angry and loud lol

Yep, ARH catback is my suggestion as well. I started with a resonator delete H pipe on the stock exhaust at it sounded pretty good inside the car but had a lame, tinny tone on the outside. The ARH catback is great if you are looking for a sensible middle ground between stock and some of the louder catbacks. I had the H-pipe version but I think I'd go with their x-pipe if I did it again. I have their longtubes with x-pipe now and that tone "fits" this car better imo.

 

[DivineStrike]

Yep, ARH catback is my suggestion as well. I started with a resonator delete H pipe on the stock exhaust at it sounded pretty good inside the car but had a lame, tinny tone on the outside. The ARH catback is great if you are looking for a sensible middle ground between stock and some of the louder catbacks. I had the H-pipe version but I think I'd go with their x-pipe if I did it again. I have their longtubes with x-pipe now and that tone "fits" this car better imo.

I still prefer the H-Pipe sound, but unfortunately i'd have to have it custom fit to their headers.

That said I also like the xpipe sound, but it just doesn't have the same character as the H, I probably wouldn't like the X with another set of mufflers

 

[Cory S]

I went back to stock mufflers and resonator. Kook's LT's and no cats. It's about 10%-15% louder than stock, and I can hear everything again.

 

[T123456]

It is. Zero rasp. I replaced a TruX with the SwitchFire. It offers a deep and mature tone to the exhaust.

Would you say it’s comparable to a H-pipe or in between and X and H? What about loudness wise?

 

[Scooter MGee]

Would you say it’s comparable to a H-pipe or in between and X and H? What about loudness wise?

I had an h-pipe when I started all this. Sounded like dog crap to me. Just loud, raspy and cheap sounding. The SwitchFire sounds nothing like that. The design gives it a more mature finished tone. It is a bit quieter than the obnoxious h-pipe I first had.

 

[WildHorse]

H-Pipe with SLP Loudmouth II axle backs.

 

[Bluelightning]

Oh ok. I thought it gave it a little more tone with stock mufflers. That's what some of the youtube videos were saying. Is the mildest axle back the American thunder?

I wouldn't call the American Thunder a "mild" catback. I had it on my 18, and It was loud. If you want just a little more tone, just do an x or h pipe resonator delete.

 

[Chomorro]

I wouldn't call the American Thunder a "mild" catback. I had it on my 18, and It was loud. If you want just a little more tone, just do an x or h pipe resonator delete.

I was looking at just the axle back option. Seemed to be tamed with factory resonators

 

[Mike Pfeifer]

So I have a question: on an H pipe, does it matter where the connecting pipe is at? Like does it change the sound if you move that forward or rearward?

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