yacoub

For someone who likes the stock G exhaust sound but wants it a little louder and deeper, what do you recommend?
I've been listening to exhaust sound clips posted around the forums here and so far:

HKS and Tanabe both seem much louder and too different from the stock exhaust sound.
I'm guessing you'd want to skip doing HFCs since they'd be rather loud?

How about the Stillen cat-back? I could only find a clip of it with HFCs. Curious how it sounds by itself.

Any other options that retain the stock sound or close to it?

xyz

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Sounds like either the Stillen or fujitsubo is what you are looking for. Or you can just go HFC w/ stock cat-back.

vinnys coupe

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fujitsubo sounds the closest to stock, and looks fukcan sexy!. Stillen is a bit deeper but also resembles the stock tone.

HFC with stock exhaust sounds great, but contains some rasp.

Black Betty

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Invidia cat back us like stock but a little louder. Not crazy expensive either.

xlack

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Invidia
Tanabe
Fujisubo

do a search on these.. you'll find a lot of infos. Good luck in your search

amoney805

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Hks is not much louder than stocker except for WOT.

aliiin

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hfcs....

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oOmikeyboy

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The tanabe medallion is pretty stock-ish sounding, no?

G37Sam

Go for resonated HFC's

TimsG37s

I was looking for the same sound and loudness as you are and I ended up going with the Tanabe. I just installed it 4 days ago and I love it. It still has that stock tone to it but it is deeper and louder but not too loud. It was a hard decision because there is so many to choose from but I am very happy with the Tanabe. Perfect sound and tone for what I wanted.

whiddles

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I was looking for the same thing and i just gave in and went with the MXP.

yacoub

Okay a lot of them sound pretty good, I guess my biggest concern would be avoiding whatever causes the backpressure "fart" sound to be noticeable on the down-rev after revving the car at a stand still. I really dislike that and hear it pretty clearly on some vids of Tanabe and HKS especially when either has HFCs. Perhaps the HFCs are what allow that raspy sound to be heard more. It's just so nasty sounding I couldn't take that on a G. Maybe a sportscar like a Z, but the G i just kind of expect a little more elegance from, hahah
though i do like the weight savings with the tanabe over stock!

Black Betty

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IMO the Tanabe is louder than a lot of people think it is. I had it and got rid of it because it was just a little bit too loud under throttle, especially WOT. It had a throaty rumble which transformed into a powerful roar under heavy acceleration that was glorious. Now I kind of miss it.

Intakes, larger diameter piping on cat back systems, and HFC are the main cause of the "hiss" you hear on deceleration in the videos you've seen. I have the Invidia which is 2.5" cat back and HFCs and my hiss is quite prominent.

kkokko

im thinking about the megans axle back, the vid comparison sounds stock. 37drift says it's about 30% increase in sound

Weiboy718

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why don't you just add a few hundred and get the invidia or greddy catback.