anyone know which shop in the bayarea that can help me get the x-pipe? lmk thanks! give me name of the shop or address please.

 

not from NorCal, sorry. LOL ...SoCal FTW!

all muffler shop should do if they carry Magnaflow products.

 

Emmanuel's Mufflers in Alameda
http://www.emmanuelsmufflers.com/
http://www.yelp.com/biz/emmanuels-mu...uels%20muffler

 

^great you know the shop or been there before? They do a good job right?

 

Yeah, I've been there before for some tweaking. Clean work. I know of another shop in Marin and another in Burlingame if those are closer.

 

Yeah the one in burlingame is closer. They do it good to right? So I'm just gong to say install x pipe to my car?

 

Actually, now that I think about it, the one in Burlingame might not do exhaust work...only body work. You can call to find out (http://www.garageincusa.com/). One of the forum members here is the owners cousin. I've heard good things about them, but haven't had any personal work done with them.

The one in Marin is Johnny Franklin's Muffler (415) 457-5112. They worked on a couple of my friends (CLK500 and SLK55) exhaust setup and turned out great.

Out of all of them, I'd still recommend the one in Alameda, although it's a bit more of a drive for you.

And yeah, all you basically have to say is you want an X-pipe to replace your stock resonator. They'll either do a custom pipe for you if they have some on hand or sell you a magnaflow or flowmaster x-pipe. You'll want 2.25 sized pipes. If you wanted to save some scratch, buy an x-pipe online yourself and take it to them so it'll only be labor, but you'll probably only end up saving $20 maybe.

 

Yeah asloing as they do a good job ;D! You know where I can find that black plastic piece on the bumper incase I want to make it 4 exhaust?

 

They have the carbon fiber ones on ebay. If you wanted to keep it black, you can buy one through the dealership (expensive), or wait for a c63 owner to part out his if he's switching to carbon. I'll be parting out my quad diffuser fairly soon as soon as I get my carbon fiber one if you're willing to wait.

 

okay great, how much you selling it for? easy to install right? what shop you got your exhaust done from?

 

You can goto Golden Auto Muffler here in S.F
They've done a lot of fab/weld work for some of my customers along with myself.

 

if i get an x pipe what are the side effects ? i heard it can lower your HP and the sound will start to change after awhile.

 

Mm I wouldn't say it lowers your hp and if it did it would be to minimal to notice, but I can say the sound will change. There's a couple of sound clips somewhere on the forum with those that have 350's with the X-pipes installed.

Some sound real similar to the g35 sounds but I could be wrong.

 

your cutting out about an 18" length of baffled resonator and replacing it with hollow stainless pipe...THATS IT. it doesn't reduce back pressure, your losing ZERO hp or low end torque. it is strictly for sound and if you add a more free flowing exhaust or headers down the road this is probably a mod you'd do anyway to help with air flow.

the primary function of the resonator is to absorb/reduce vibrations that would otherwise transfer into sound. that sound 99% of MB buyers wouldn't want...we do. its almost like a cosmetic mod but for sound rather than looks. it is NOT a performance mod. nothing will change, your warranty won't be voided (every dealership is different, some make break *****) but make sure if your having it fabricated you use stainless steel. otherwise, it will eventually rust at the welds and fall off. the OEM resonator can always be reconnected if need be.

 

The X-pipe increases the exhaust velocity which increases the flow slightly improving high end power. you loose a very slight low end tq in return, but hardly noticed.

 

+1... back pressure/low-end loss is more noticeable than the top-end gain, but they are both marginal at best.

 

Loss in low end torque is more noticeable in beginning till your ECU adapts. I wasn't too pleased with it as well, but it got better over time.

 

very true. the ecu is smart enough to adapt. which i'm loving the extra power on top which when on the freeway it pulls without sweat.