G class Exhaust
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G class Exhaust
I saw many threads/posts briefly discuss exhaust systems. Since my G500 (ordered from Germany) is arriving in less than a month, I started looking for exhausts to replace the stock exhaust. My car doesn't even have the sport exhaust feature, not to mention it has the OPF filter. I've seen people/vendors recommending Akrapovic and Fi exhausts. Many people praise them for being extremely loud and aggressive. What if I don't want something extremely loud and aggressive. I want something louder than stock, but also "gentle" (if this is the right word). I like a deep rumble. Like an old 8 cylinder truck
What about the following manufacturers? Can you recommend any of them?
VALVETRONIC
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I saw many threads/posts briefly discuss exhaust systems. Since my G500 (ordered from Germany) is arriving in less than a month, I started looking for exhausts to replace the stock exhaust. My car doesn't even have the sport exhaust feature, not to mention it has the OPF filter. I've seen people/vendors recommending Akrapovic and Fi exhausts. Many people praise them for being extremely loud and aggressive. What if I don't want something extremely loud and aggressive. I want something louder than stock, but also "gentle" (if this is the right word). I like a deep rumble. Like an old 8 cylinder truck
What about the following manufacturers? Can you recommend any of them?
VALVETRONIC
Armytrix
IPE
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What about the following manufacturers? Can you recommend any of them?
VALVETRONIC
Armytrix
IPE
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I saw many threads/posts briefly discuss exhaust systems. Since my G500 (ordered from Germany) is arriving in less than a month, I started looking for exhausts to replace the stock exhaust. My car doesn't even have the sport exhaust feature, not to mention it has the OPF filter. I've seen people/vendors recommending Akrapovic and Fi exhausts. Many people praise them for being extremely loud and aggressive. What if I don't want something extremely loud and aggressive. I want something louder than stock, but also "gentle" (if this is the right word). I like a deep rumble. Like an old 8 cylinder truck
What about the following manufacturers? Can you recommend any of them?
VALVETRONIC
Armytrix
IPE
Quick Silver with Sound Architect
What about the following manufacturers? Can you recommend any of them?
VALVETRONIC
Armytrix
IPE
Quick Silver with Sound Architect
exhaust by loudness is
IPE > Akrapovic > Brabus.
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Hey man! Looking forward to the delivery of your G! We have the entire line of Fabspeed with valvetronic tech. We also carry the entire line of Akrapovic, FI Exhaust and Eisenmanns
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I saw many threads/posts briefly discuss exhaust systems. Since my G500 (ordered from Germany) is arriving in less than a month, I started looking for exhausts to replace the stock exhaust. My car doesn't even have the sport exhaust feature, not to mention it has the OPF filter. I've seen people/vendors recommending Akrapovic and Fi exhausts. Many people praise them for being extremely loud and aggressive. What if I don't want something extremely loud and aggressive. I want something louder than stock, but also "gentle" (if this is the right word). I like a deep rumble. Like an old 8 cylinder truck
What about the following manufacturers? Can you recommend any of them?
VALVETRONIC
Armytrix
IPE
Quick Silver with Sound Architect
What about the following manufacturers? Can you recommend any of them?
VALVETRONIC
Armytrix
IPE
Quick Silver with Sound Architect
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I just remembered Cargraphic. They are popular in the Porsche world and even Mercedes C class. They now have an exhaust system for the G class. Chek the below. It sounds reasonable https://youtu.be/mV6J0bIzDtw...be/mV6J0bIzDtw
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Agree - I did this to my G550 and loved the sound. I am not sure how I will survive with the EQG due to no noise at all but at least it will be my wife driving it most of the time!
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I was referring to this one
https://valvetronic.com/products/mer...valved-exhaust
Clearly it's not very popular
https://valvetronic.com/products/mer...valved-exhaust
Clearly it's not very popular
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I'm still searching.. for no reason, I'm leaning toward CARGRAPHIC
CARGRAPHIC (price around $5000)
Pros
- Reputable manufacturer with good sounding exhausts (at least in the Porsche world)
- Specific exhausts. They have exhausts that are specific for cars WITH factory sport exhaust system, and they have exhausts that are specific for cars WITHOUT factory sport exhaust system. The same thing applies to their valve control unit.
Con
- Couldn't find a single review on it for the G class. So anything could go wrong.
https://www.cargraphic.de/en/your-ve...00-w463a-2018/
CARGRAPHIC (price around $5000)
Pros
- Reputable manufacturer with good sounding exhausts (at least in the Porsche world)
- Specific exhausts. They have exhausts that are specific for cars WITH factory sport exhaust system, and they have exhausts that are specific for cars WITHOUT factory sport exhaust system. The same thing applies to their valve control unit.
Con
- Couldn't find a single review on it for the G class. So anything could go wrong.
https://www.cargraphic.de/en/your-ve...00-w463a-2018/
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I found this exhaust by Wheelsandmore. Their exhausts are "powered by Capristo" (whatever that means)
https://tuning-wheels-exhaust.com/ex...st-w463a-2018/
https://tuning-wheels-exhaust.com/ex...st-w463a-2018/
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Yup, feel 1000% better. Lag is completely gone. With the more free flowing exhaust, the sound was deeper and louder. Low end power was still present but 3rd gear and up became completely laggy. With stock exhaust, Renntech DPs and tune, truck pulls hard in all gears. With the addition of the Fabspeed exhaust, 3rd gear on is flat when I hammer down the accelerator. Truck felt like it was struggling so accelerator wasn't at all responsive. I also tried resetting the drive cycle to just make sure it wasn't that but after 2 days of lagginess, I just went back to stock and everything is good again. On the plus side, it only took about 15-20 mins to swap back.
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OK, I'm still looking for the "right" exhaust. It turns out the Wheelsandmore exhaust I mentioned above is actually a Capristo, and Wheelsandmore are resellers.
Anyone familiar with Capristo exhausts on G wagon? They are known for their quality, technology and craftsmanship, and usually priced similar to Akrapovic.Very popular in the super sport segment (Ferrari, Lamborghini.. etc), but couldnt find a single video/review for the g wagon.
What cought my attention is their technology. At least they are doing something different here
"Most damper controlled exhaust systems open the valves either rpm or speed dependent. However, since the engine power does not depend on speed or rpm, but on the back pressure. We achieve the maximum performance with our control unit in combination with perfectly constructed pipe diameters and ducts for all our exhaust systems, which are measured on a state-of-the-art dyno test. Another major advantage of the controller is that it recognizes the driving style of the driver and opens the flaps even earlier at aggressive full throttle."
What do you guys think?
Anyone familiar with Capristo exhausts on G wagon? They are known for their quality, technology and craftsmanship, and usually priced similar to Akrapovic.Very popular in the super sport segment (Ferrari, Lamborghini.. etc), but couldnt find a single video/review for the g wagon.
What cought my attention is their technology. At least they are doing something different here
"Most damper controlled exhaust systems open the valves either rpm or speed dependent. However, since the engine power does not depend on speed or rpm, but on the back pressure. We achieve the maximum performance with our control unit in combination with perfectly constructed pipe diameters and ducts for all our exhaust systems, which are measured on a state-of-the-art dyno test. Another major advantage of the controller is that it recognizes the driving style of the driver and opens the flaps even earlier at aggressive full throttle."
What do you guys think?
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I've not heard the Capristo in person, so I can't comment on that. However, I've done several Fi Exhausts on different vehicles, and they are great. With valves closed, the Fi Exhaust is not loud. It has a slightly deeper tone than the factory G63 exhaust, but it is not noisy at all in the cabin. There is zero drone at highway speeds. With the valves open it has a nice increase in volume, but once again it isn't overly loud. Since you won't have the factory valve controllers, you can use a key fob activation, or an app on your phone. They are either open or closed, but honestly the sound difference with active valving will be pretty minor. Capristo makes good stuff, as does Akrapovic, and Brabus, but for the money I don't think you would be unhappy with the Fi Exhaust.
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OK, I'm still looking for the "right" exhaust. It turns out the Wheelsandmore exhaust I mentioned above is actually a Capristo, and Wheelsandmore are resellers.
Anyone familiar with Capristo exhausts on G wagon? They are known for their quality, technology and craftsmanship, and usually priced similar to Akrapovic.Very popular in the super sport segment (Ferrari, Lamborghini.. etc), but couldnt find a single video/review for the g wagon.
What cought my attention is their technology. At least they are doing something different here
"Most damper controlled exhaust systems open the valves either rpm or speed dependent. However, since the engine power does not depend on speed or rpm, but on the back pressure. We achieve the maximum performance with our control unit in combination with perfectly constructed pipe diameters and ducts for all our exhaust systems, which are measured on a state-of-the-art dyno test. Another major advantage of the controller is that it recognizes the driving style of the driver and opens the flaps even earlier at aggressive full throttle."
What do you guys think?
Anyone familiar with Capristo exhausts on G wagon? They are known for their quality, technology and craftsmanship, and usually priced similar to Akrapovic.Very popular in the super sport segment (Ferrari, Lamborghini.. etc), but couldnt find a single video/review for the g wagon.
What cought my attention is their technology. At least they are doing something different here
"Most damper controlled exhaust systems open the valves either rpm or speed dependent. However, since the engine power does not depend on speed or rpm, but on the back pressure. We achieve the maximum performance with our control unit in combination with perfectly constructed pipe diameters and ducts for all our exhaust systems, which are measured on a state-of-the-art dyno test. Another major advantage of the controller is that it recognizes the driving style of the driver and opens the flaps even earlier at aggressive full throttle."
What do you guys think?
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I have a Capristo exhaust on my R8 and in that world, its one of the best sounding exhaust systems out there. I assume it uses the same CES-3 controller to manage the flaps and it is pretty cool to set when the exhaust opens based on back pressure...so if you slowly accelerate the flaps will stay closed (regardless of rpm)...if you stomp on it, it opens up. Thats a better setup than just rpms or preset by the car itself. I miss having that on my G wagon!! I guess the only downside (maybe less for you because you don't have pre-wired electronic flap controller so in all your options with controlling the open/close of the exhaust flaps, you will need to bring a vacuum line from your engine to the mufflers....
