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Old 04-09-24, 12:25 PM
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Oooh…that’s nasty. 🔥👍🏽
Old 04-09-24, 02:04 PM
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Originally Posted by SlowlaneAZ
I ordered one hopefully @RRRacing ships it soon.
Old 04-10-24, 12:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Meraki Autoworks
We'll have some Apexi midpipes coming in end of April.

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Is it better to order the Apexi midpipe from the site or directly through you? I'm in CA
Old 04-10-24, 05:51 AM
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Finally I have been patiently waiting over 2 years for this moment. Borla Axleback installed locally.




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Old 04-10-24, 05:54 AM
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I am looking forward to hearing your feedback - Congrats on your mod, it is so exciting to get new goodies for our cars
Old 04-10-24, 06:16 AM
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I'm about 300 miles into my Borla and it has indeed settled down a bit. Not quite as loud, boomy, and raspy as it was when new, so I'm happy with that.

My former Borlas were fully broken in around 600-700 miles, so I'm betting it'll continue to mellow out which is exactly what I wanted.

Cold start is still so loud, but it now settles down after 5-10 seconds. It's also noticeably less savage when driving thankfully.

(Reminder - I also have the Apexi resonated midpipe).
Old 04-10-24, 06:22 AM
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^^ 8th gear cruising it is super quiet I noticed that today.
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Old 04-10-24, 10:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Lentu12321
Is it better to order the Apexi midpipe from the site or directly through you? I'm in CA
Would be cheaper through us and quicker too. Feel free to contact us.

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Old 04-10-24, 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Meraki Autoworks
ETA for them to ship out is April 15th, so no one yet except the first prototype guy.

-Josh
Hey that's me! Turns out I am also waiting like the rest of you. ARK took my exhaust off to fix last year so I've been without it for the longest time. I was getting an exhaust leak near the downpipe so they needed to fine tune the fitment. Last I heard, they resolved this by doing a 3D scan of the bottom of the car, which I think is pretty cool. They seem to be perfectionists at ARK and I'm sure it's going to be great in the end.
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Old 04-11-24, 10:53 AM
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heres my before and after resonate apexi mid pipe. inside I don't hear much. Outside a lot more rumble and a bit louder.
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Old 04-11-24, 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by GoPDemon
heres my before and after resonate apexi mid pipe. inside I don't hear much. Outside a lot more rumble and a bit louder.
Did you have the active sound control turned up?

Did you order it recently? It seems most places are out of stock.
Old 04-11-24, 03:47 PM
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No active sound control. I got one of the March batch of orders.
Old 04-11-24, 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Daeyx
hi @Ay-nako

in this clip, is yours fitted with the axle back or axle back + mid pipe? If with the mid pipe, resonators too? No drone?

thanks for sharing.
Sorry for the delay, that will include mid pipe as well. (no resonators) absolutely no drone.
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Old 04-12-24, 08:31 AM
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Originally Posted by SlowlaneAZ

Sounds great. I just extended the code until the end of the month to save $150 Use code: IS500-RES1

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Old 04-12-24, 08:36 AM
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I've tried multiple setups now...

IS500 specific Toms Axleback (Drones like crazy)
IS500 specific Toms Axleback w/ Apexi Resonated Midpipe (Sounds great, but drones even worse)
Apexi Resonated Midpipe only (super quiet, can barely tell you changed anything)
PPE/RR Racing Midpipe only (a bit louder than the apexi, no drone)
PPE/RR Racing Midpipe w/ Borla Axleback (Super loud, a bit of drone, but tolerable)
RCF specific Toms Axleback w/ Apexi Resonated Midpipe (Perfect setup for me, no drone, quieter on freeway than the PPE/RR midpipe only, but can hear more exhaust note on acceleration and cold start isn't horrible)

Took a bit to get to the setup i'm keeping and extremely happy with. need to grab some videos

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