Anyone have any recommendations after having the exhaust for a while? I'm definitely looking for something not ricey. I haven'd had a ton of success finding quality videos of sound clips with new exhausts installed. I have seen the ARK and Tanabe exhaust videos, but they only show the car while it's stationary. I am mostly curious to see how they sound while moving.

the exhaust i've had my eye on the most though is the Apexi N1 Evolution.


This is the sort of tone I am looking for I think, but i'm curious to see what others have to say! Thanks!

 

I found stock to be great. No sense in adding a bunch of racket that will just attract cops and teens. Plus you can trade/return easier.

I find stock to be nice for this premium brand car. my 2 cents since you're curious what others have to say =)

 

I concur. I bought a Tanabe Touring Axlback for my IS200t had for about a week did not like it preferred the stock exhaust at the end. No I got to sell it ts piratically new lol

 

Yeah save money and save hassle. The engineers did the hard work for us!

Exhausts are a thing of the 90s. Today, it's played out and only really seen in dangerous neighborhoods.

Exhausts (aftermarket) used to provide a benefit in that cars weren't optimized. Today, entire powertrains are computer optimized and bolting on an exhaust usually doesn't yield any power benefits. And if it does, it's at an unacceptable noise penalty, as noted above.

 

I went with the Tanabe Medalion quad tip axleback exhaust from the RC, it's not too loud (under 93 dB) and it changed my IS from being electric car quiet to a nice deep exhaust note under acceleration. It's nice and quiet when just cruising and lastly it has almost no drone (after the breakin period). It looks really good too. Meraki Autoworks on here has pictures of my car on their ads for the Tanabe Quad Tip Exhaust in the vendor section. No video is really going to do an exhaust note justice tbh. You somewhat have to either find someone in person who has one installed or just take a leap of faith with the videos being somewhat close haha. I thought this exhaust was going to make my IS sound ricey because its the 4 banger turbo, but it actually made it sound exactly how I wanted.

 

You can do F Sport, considered one of the quietest with a nice purr

 

my 2019 has ASC (active sound control) which makes the exhaust sound louder through your speakers LOL. Some people hate it and find it stupid, I just like to leave it on.

 

I have the Invidia Q300 axle back. Nice , deep tone but not very loud. It's hard to avoid the ricer sound with these cars. Would love if they sounded like an F30 or GTI but oh well.

There was a video on YouTube I stumbled across a few weeks ago of an RC200t with the non resonator Ark exhaust. Sounded very good and is the same motor as the IS. They are quite expensive though. I want to switch but can't justify spending that kind of money on an exhaust for a car that would be all bark and no bite.

 

I had it on when I had the stock exhaust, with the Tanabe exhaust on I haven’t had ASC turned on since.

 

To me, a car should not draw attention to itself with exhaust noise unless it's actually capable of performance. This means Corvette, 911, Ferrari.

You're basically saying: "COME N GET SOME BOYZZZZ" then you meow and crawl back into your cave. what's the point? lol just my 2 cents

 

You can start with an axle back then progress onto a full exhaust.

We have all the brands in stock ready to ship and can assist in the buying process.

Feel free to text us at 213 394 2886 and we can answer any questions!

-Josh

 

We hear you. Some people prefer the factory sound. Some prefer a louder aggressive sound. It's all good here. Myself prefer a middle ground like the f-sport exhaust. At the end of the day, the owners gotta deal with it.
LOL for the "COME N GET SOME BOYZZZZ" then you meow and crawl back into your cave. I agree with that. lol