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another invidia catback review
I missed UPS on Mon and received my invidia on Tue. Today i finally had the chance to open it up and bring it to the shop to install. Since BB has done an excellent review, so i am gonna do a short one here. To bad there is one unsatisfaction on this exhaust....
Each piece was wrapped in a heavy duty plastic bag. The exhaust is a polished stainless finish...u can use it as a mirror! I have to agree with BB that this exhaust is just too beautiful to hide under the car. Also those fish scale welds on this exhaust are just soooo beautiful too. Great job!
The only one unsatisfaction is that there are 2 dents on the muffler when i took the muffler out of plastic bag. How in the earth the muffler got the dents...I was so exciting all the time and all the sudden there are dents on my new system!!?? I paid $80 to install but they wanted another $70 if i take it off and reinstall the stock back again....so i can only decide to keep installing the muffler. kinda sucks but Andy can u help me? do u think invidia will send me the new muffler to replace since it's already damaged? or I have to just live with it?
Overall the sound is nice and deep. It is a bit louder than stock when driving but idle is just as quiet as stock. I havent really had a chance to fire it up since i was driving on a local street with lots of traffic and cops around the corner. Car is in the garage ritenow. I am gonna wait to see how to work out this muffler thing first and then try the "depress/release" ECU reset and then do some videos later.
Everything is in the plastic bags.
Look at the quality! They are just sooooo beautiful!
See these welds! They really did a awesome jobs!
Under the car..
The muffler aligned perfectly.
Now here are dents on the muffler
Each piece was wrapped in a heavy duty plastic bag. The exhaust is a polished stainless finish...u can use it as a mirror! I have to agree with BB that this exhaust is just too beautiful to hide under the car. Also those fish scale welds on this exhaust are just soooo beautiful too. Great job!
The only one unsatisfaction is that there are 2 dents on the muffler when i took the muffler out of plastic bag. How in the earth the muffler got the dents...I was so exciting all the time and all the sudden there are dents on my new system!!?? I paid $80 to install but they wanted another $70 if i take it off and reinstall the stock back again....so i can only decide to keep installing the muffler. kinda sucks but Andy can u help me? do u think invidia will send me the new muffler to replace since it's already damaged? or I have to just live with it?
Overall the sound is nice and deep. It is a bit louder than stock when driving but idle is just as quiet as stock. I havent really had a chance to fire it up since i was driving on a local street with lots of traffic and cops around the corner. Car is in the garage ritenow. I am gonna wait to see how to work out this muffler thing first and then try the "depress/release" ECU reset and then do some videos later.
Everything is in the plastic bags.
Look at the quality! They are just sooooo beautiful!
See these welds! They really did a awesome jobs!
Under the car..
The muffler aligned perfectly.
Now here are dents on the muffler
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LOL...alex...I know u will like it!! hahaha..but too bad it's not real. I was only fooling around and see how it looks. My wife will never let me do that! So where is ur special order from invidia ah? what's sooo different b/t yours and ours? tell me tell me...
Yea man, hopefully andy has the solution for it...
Yo BB, the dents are on the short pipe where it connected to the mid pipe on the passenger side...visible? yes if u r under the car; otherwise i can be just careless. Muffler was the last one to put it on. That's the reason why i decided to continue the installation and not pay to put the stock back.
I like this exhaust a lot for the price, sound, quality and performance compared to other pricy systems. It's only a bit disappointed that when u buy something new, u will be expecting it's in the excellent condition. And how many ppl will believe the UPS will actually stand there waiting for u to open the box and check the package?
I like this exhaust a lot for the price, sound, quality and performance compared to other pricy systems. It's only a bit disappointed that when u buy something new, u will be expecting it's in the excellent condition. And how many ppl will believe the UPS will actually stand there waiting for u to open the box and check the package?
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LOL...alex...I know u will like it!! hahaha..but too bad it's not real. I was only fooling around and see how it looks. My wife will never let me do that!
Yea man, hopefully andy has the solution for it...
Yo BB, the dents are on the short pipe where it connected to the mid pipe on the passenger side...visible? yes if u r under the car; otherwise i can be just careless. Muffler was the last one to put it on. That's the reason why i decided to continue the installation and not pay to put the stock back.
I like this exhaust a lot for the price, sound, quality and performance compared to other pricy systems. It's only a bit disappointed that when u buy something new, u will be expecting it's in the excellent condition. And how many ppl will believe the UPS will actually stand there waiting for u to open the box and check the package?
Yea man, hopefully andy has the solution for it...
Yo BB, the dents are on the short pipe where it connected to the mid pipe on the passenger side...visible? yes if u r under the car; otherwise i can be just careless. Muffler was the last one to put it on. That's the reason why i decided to continue the installation and not pay to put the stock back.
I like this exhaust a lot for the price, sound, quality and performance compared to other pricy systems. It's only a bit disappointed that when u buy something new, u will be expecting it's in the excellent condition. And how many ppl will believe the UPS will actually stand there waiting for u to open the box and check the package?
I know what you mean about paying for a new item and getting it significantly damaged or not in fit condition. Bummer.
By short pipe, are you talking about the short section of curved piping where the piping comes out of the mid pipe and into the muffler itself?
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dang that just sucks... i'd be pretty angry if i bought something brand new and it comes with unexpected damage... the damage isn't bad but it's the principle yanno? it's a brand new system and shouldn't have any major defects... i'm sure andy will chime in soon. gl to ya
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dang that just sucks... i'd be pretty angry if i bought something brand new and it comes with unexpected damage... the damage isn't bad but it's the principle yanno? it's a brand new system and shouldn't have any major defects... i'm sure andy will chime in soon. gl to ya