MB Marko

So i got this X-pipe today for 144$tax included Canadian they run from 135-200$ plus tax here

just wondering about the look of it there was weld splatter all over one side i had to grind off i should of took a picture but wondering if anyone else's look awful when they received it i just snapped quick pictures so ppl can see see.... i know its under the car but still it looked like **** hahaha was expecting a little more but once I personally cleaned it it looked better just disappointing it didn't come cleaned up.

also the welds don't look the best its like its done in 4 parts then they missed and blobbed on some more weld to cover it its not smooth like other ones I've seen online

maybe I'm over thinking it but from another post back in 2009 it looked like the person ended up with a fake one looked exactly like mine.

black lavender

That's how mine looked. Like you said, it's under the car, you won't notice it.

MB Marko

Thanks just wanted to make sure I don't want it to be a fake rust and go through headache of getting another one. I think it was the splatter that threw me off the most I should of snapped a picture of it.

black lavender

Mine was brand new and came with some surface rust. That's why most people just get the Lawson Industries X-Pipe. Cheaper and no one will notice.

sagar526

Been using the Lawson X-pipe for a year now. Its SS 409 which will last the life of the car in my area and seems to be the same stamp piece as the magnaflow.

MB Marko

ya probably should of but god knows where i would find a lawson x-pipe in Canada it was hard enough getting magna flow x pipe apparently they cut a lot of stock out of Ontario but what ever just wanted to make sure it wasn't a knock off hahaha thanks for all your help guys

Funkwagen

This is the one given to me by a friend, looks very clean and well made but from what I understand it's one of the cheaper generic X-pipes. I don't think appearance is much of a concern, I'll be curious to see if this one holds up to rust when I get it installed this spring

Adi-Benz

so i dont know which lawson one to buy on amazon....help?

tommiett

So what result are expected when adding the "X" pipe and making no other changes?

MB Marko

I'd pass on this mod unless you get a custom high quality one made. I lifted my car everything is rust free except for the damn xpipe it looks out of place. It just adds sound don't get me wrong I like hearing the sound more but I'm OCD about the rust on it lol.

Demvang

. I had it installed last month

Adi-Benz

How does it look/quality/sound?

arkim989

Lawson xpipe. Quality is good, sounds just like any other xpipe. But if you just want to replace resonator with this xpipe, you will barely hear any difference. I think with the magnaflow is the same thing. Thats why i had to cut 2nd cats after xpipe installation.

Adi-Benz

Looks cleaner than marko's magnaflow...he says he doesn't like it much but he seems to have the best sound from x-pipe I've heard lol.

what does the 2nd cats do to the sound? I dont want it raspy, unrefined.

edgalang

^THIS...and I just can't get over replacing a perfectly engineered part for something that adds no benefit. In my younger years, I would have jumped all over it though, but over time I've come to appreciate that it's harder to make something quiet than loud.

arkim989

actually xpipe is what makes it raspy i believe. 2nd cats delete will make it a bit louder and deeper sound but what i like about 2nd cat delete is it gets louder and louder as rpm increases. Its not abnoxiusly loud like muffler delete and its not too quite. No drone also. And yea lawson looks better then magnaflow. Magnaflow is just a popular brand name that they charge for more. Ill post a viseo on youtube and post a link here