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Old 03-22-17 | 10:08 AM
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Default Tanabe Medalion Touring axle-back or an Invidia Q300

I own a 2014 GS350 F Sport RWD and I am considering installing a Tanabe Medalion Touring axle-back or an Invidia Q300 axle-back. This is the only modification I will make to the car.

Any drone issues with these axle-back’s?

Thanks in advance for your comments
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No drone with Tanabe.
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I really like the Invidia. Boy does it sound good!
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I really like the Tanabe's deep mellow sound. I had them installed for $100 about 6 months ago and never regretted it. Now the car sounds as good as it looks !
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I opted out for the midpipes... kept stock mufflers.
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Invidia works for me... just saying

https://youtu.be/UlBg5-pjpd0
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Thanks for the comments.

Any comments regarding drone when using the Invidia axle-back with the stock midpipes?

From what I read on Internet, I prefer the Tanabe axle-back, but there are very expensive in Canada, like 50% more.
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Originally Posted by dbcolli
I really like the Tanabe's deep mellow sound. I had them installed for $100 about 6 months ago and never regretted it. Now the car sounds as good as it looks !
Can you post a clip of your car's sound?
Would like to hear!
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Originally Posted by lebav
Thanks for the comments.

Any comments regarding drone when using the Invidia axle-back with the stock midpipes?

From what I read on Internet, I prefer the Tanabe axle-back, but there are very expensive in Canada, like 50% more.
I am running the invidia mid pipe with stock mufflers... this gives it a slightly aggressive growl... tomorrow should be upgrading to entire invidia system so we shall see... currently you can hear the difference in the cabin and it sounds great, but it's not noticeable difference... to anyone else but if you have accelerated hard with stock mufflers and accelerated hard with this setup you can tell
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Here us a sound clip on the Tanabe exhaust

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I say Invidia full catback. Thought about Tanabe and Invidia Axle back but couldn't really hear any real noticeable difference from these forums and reviews on amazon. So I didn't want to spend a few hundred buck on something that was going to slightly increase noise by a few decibels. So I spent a couple more hundred bucks for something substantial...lol
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From my understanding, OP only wants an axle-back and no midpipes. With that being said, I don't think there will any significant difference between the two without midpipes. Correct me if I'm wrong.
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Tanabe all day long. I get compliments often and it's not "raspy" like several other popular choices on this forum.
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Originally Posted by dman3626
Tanabe all day long. I get compliments often and it's not "raspy" like several other popular choices on this forum.
Do you have aftermarket midpipes or just strictly an axle-back?


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