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Old Nov 29, 2011 | 11:40 PM
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^yup pretty much haha, just personal preference tho if you're okay with it then go for it! but i know most girls get reallllly annoyed by it hahaha

i never had any personal experience with magnaflow so i wouldnt be able to tell you, maybe someone can chime in!
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Old Nov 29, 2011 | 11:43 PM
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Nice c class, have you Also considered the kleeman pulley kit? Give yourself a few extra horses!
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Old Nov 30, 2011 | 12:31 AM
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Originally Posted by I_C_Class
^yup pretty much haha, just personal preference tho if you're okay with it then go for it! but i know most girls get reallllly annoyed by it hahaha

i never had any personal experience with magnaflow so i wouldnt be able to tell you, maybe someone can chime in!
haha yeah I dont mind too much,
I just want to get to know as much as possible before actually getting it installed next week

Originally Posted by C230Kompressed
Nice c class, have you Also considered the kleeman pulley kit? Give yourself a few extra horses!
Never really thought about it, how many horses are we talkin??
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Old Nov 30, 2011 | 01:03 AM
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Do you have a magnaflow muffler?






How funny I was just watching that video before you posted it haha

it sounds good! you have a magnaflow muffler and resonator? whats the setup like id love to know more

One muffler with two pipes from it, leading to the quad tips?
Magnaflow muffler with stock resonator. Yup, one muffler with two pipes. Here's some pics:




Came out a little big.. but you get the idea. More pics in my thead you can just click the picture below.
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Old Nov 30, 2011 | 01:32 AM
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Magnaflow muffler with stock resonator. Yup, one muffler with two pipes. Here's some pics:

Came out a little big.. but you get the idea. More pics in my thead you can just click the picture below.
I was just looking through your thread, man your car is so clean! Nice job with everything

So the way you piped it and the way rollnnn piped it is the way to not lose back pressure?

the way Arekux's c32 is set up, with the pipe fitted on the right of the spare, loses pressure?
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because to my knowledge my exhaust guy is doing Arekux's type of setup, no muffler + res, fitted in between the passenger side of the tire

I'll see forsure in a week!
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Old Nov 30, 2011 | 01:37 AM
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Originally Posted by MbzShah
I was just looking through your thread, man your car is so clean! Nice job with everything

So the way you piped it and the way rollnnn piped it is the way to not lose back pressure?

the way Arekux's c32 is set up, with the pipe fitted on the right of the spare, loses pressure?
Example

because to my knowledge my exhaust guy is doing Arekux's type of setup, no muffler + res, fitted in between the passenger side of the tire

I'll see forsure in a week!
Aha thanks man. Me and rollnnn have the same set up just minus the tips.

The C32 set up is perfectly fine also, no loss of pressure. A loss of pressure would only happen if the muffler on the left ran an outlet pipe all the way back around the wheel well instead of going between it and the bumper.

Yours should have no problems at all.
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Old Nov 30, 2011 | 01:42 AM
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Originally Posted by MbzShah
Do you have a magnaflow muffler?
Yeah, just a dual though. 14815, and didnt delete the resonator. Here's what mine sounds like, m112 engine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_LxOULxLqc
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Old Nov 30, 2011 | 01:48 AM
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Yeah, just a dual though. 14815, and didnt delete the resonator. Here's what mine sounds like, m112 engine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_LxOULxLqc

I love the sound it makes at 0:37, nice

But yeah mines going to be a widepipe magnaflow+a res, no muff, and quad tips

Would that even pass a california smog test?
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Old Nov 30, 2011 | 01:49 AM
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Originally Posted by sb.legacy
Aha thanks man. Me and rollnnn have the same set up just minus the tips.

The C32 set up is perfectly fine also, no loss of pressure. A loss of pressure would only happen if the muffler on the left ran an outlet pipe all the way back around the wheel well instead of going between it and the bumper.

Yours should have no problems at all.
Oh I see what you mean haha why would anyone do that

Thanks for your help! I'll keep you guys up to date
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Old Nov 30, 2011 | 02:21 AM
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Drove up to Anaheim and back and managed to get 31.4 mpg... thats the most i've ever gotten

Whats the highest all you guys have got to
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Old Nov 30, 2011 | 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted by MbzShah

Never really thought about it, how many horses are we talkin??

About 30whp, I believe ASP makes a kit thats more attainable and a little cheaper for same power.
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Old Dec 1, 2011 | 12:11 AM
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Originally Posted by C230Kompressed
About 30whp, I believe ASP makes a kit thats more attainable and a little cheaper for same power.
That sounds good! I'll look into it after my other mods thanks for the suggestion
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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 01:43 AM
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Picked up my CF Front Lip and CF Trunk Lip today!
Installing it tomorrow morning
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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 03:28 AM
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Nice. It'll look great. Btw, if you opt for different wheels, let me know so I can buy the sport wheels off you
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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 03:30 AM
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Nice. It'll look great. Btw, if you opt for different wheels, let me know so I can buy the sport wheels off you
Thanks

And interesting.. I was literally right now looking at my options for new rims hahah I will let you know for sure soon!
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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 03:33 AM
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Haha nice. Any wheels in particular looking good for you right now?
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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 03:35 AM
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Yeah I was just looking around I really like these ones:

18' Amg Style Flat Black

Still lookin though
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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 11:25 AM
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Congrats on the CF trunk and front lips!!! Cant wait to see it on ur car
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Old Dec 3, 2011 | 02:21 AM
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Got the Trunk Lip installed!



The back of the car looked a little clustered




So I went ahead and debadged it

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Old Dec 3, 2011 | 02:23 AM
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Congrats on the CF trunk and front lips!!! Cant wait to see it on ur car
Thanks
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Old Dec 3, 2011 | 02:34 AM
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I actually kinda like the badges haha, but hey looks clean!
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Old Dec 3, 2011 | 03:26 AM
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I actually kinda like the badges haha, but hey looks clean!
I used to think it looked ugly with out the badges but after putting all that stuff on the back of my car, in person it really looks a lot cleaner when you take them off

Planning on making the hood emblem black now
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Old Dec 3, 2011 | 03:54 AM
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Black emblem will definitely go perfectly well with your theme
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Old Dec 3, 2011 | 07:15 PM
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Black emblem will definitely go perfectly well with your theme
Gonna do it some time this week
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Old Dec 3, 2011 | 07:17 PM
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These 18 inch rims
I'm looking at, say I may require 5mm spacers so it doesn't touch my breaks..

Is that for front and back? or just front 5mm spacers
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