HKS Hi Power Exhaust and Joe Z intake installed!!
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Finally took the day off and got the goods installed. Install went without a glitch, drove the car around a bit, and I'm loving that 600+horsepower increase!! (Just kiddin..
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Car is running well and I'm sure needs some miles driven to get everything up to snuff with the ECU. The HKS is made nicely and is LOUD... HAHAHA But I like it so far. Silencers will be here for that soon to reduce the in car noise. It does sound a bit different then all the videos I've checked out
Not quite that raspy "Z" kinda sound I was looking for. Maybe I gotta delete the stock resonator.
Other than that My first real mods are complete.. Now onto the whole wheel and tire dilemma!!
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Car is running well and I'm sure needs some miles driven to get everything up to snuff with the ECU. The HKS is made nicely and is LOUD... HAHAHA But I like it so far. Silencers will be here for that soon to reduce the in car noise. It does sound a bit different then all the videos I've checked out
![Uhh...](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/1387914497.gif)
Other than that My first real mods are complete.. Now onto the whole wheel and tire dilemma!!
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Finally took the day off and got the goods installed. Install went without a glitch, drove the car around a bit, and I'm loving that 600+horsepower increase!! (Just kiddin..
)
Car is running well and I'm sure needs some miles driven to get everything up to snuff with the ECU. The HKS made nicely and is LOUD... HAHAHA But I like it so far. Silencers will be here for that soon to reduce the in car noise. It does sound a bit different then all the videos I've checked out
Not quite that raspy "Z" kinda sound I was looking for. Maybe I gotta delete the stock resonator.
Other than that My first real mods are complete.. Now onto the whole wheel and tire dilemma!!
![Big Grin](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
Car is running well and I'm sure needs some miles driven to get everything up to snuff with the ECU. The HKS made nicely and is LOUD... HAHAHA But I like it so far. Silencers will be here for that soon to reduce the in car noise. It does sound a bit different then all the videos I've checked out
![Uhh...](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/1387914497.gif)
Other than that My first real mods are complete.. Now onto the whole wheel and tire dilemma!!
combined w/ the hks hi-power, it'll be really loud...
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lol oops... yea i like to keep up on tech n stuff. i just get used to typing nvidia all the time. althought i do hate "nvidia" i'm a radeon/ati guy
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Thanks guys, LOL yea the HKS will take some getting used to.
However, I planned well and have a F-Sport Exhaust new in the box just in case. I understand your points about the IS not sounding like a Z, I think what I was trying to say was I didn't realize the HKS would have such low end rumble. I thought it would have more of a midrange type of tone like a Z exhaust. It's cool though. I do want to try the silencers, to help with the in-cabin drone. Do these exhausts have any break-in period where the sound might change?
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it took me 6 months to "break-in" my Wald exhaust LOL
it sounds week the moment I put it on
and then I drove for 25 miles, and I noticed it was getting LOUDER and DEEPER![Smilie](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
and I thought that was it...
and 6 months later..it's EVEN SEXIER![Wink](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/wink.gif)
so to answer to your question,,it might take some time for your exhaust to break in
it sounds week the moment I put it on
and then I drove for 25 miles, and I noticed it was getting LOUDER and DEEPER
![Smilie](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
and I thought that was it...
and 6 months later..it's EVEN SEXIER
![Wink](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/wink.gif)
so to answer to your question,,it might take some time for your exhaust to break in
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Thanks man!! Got about 60 miles on the stuff now. Car seems to feel a tad more crisper in the throttle. I think the silencers will be my friend though, inside the car drone is a bit loud for me at 2-3000rpm. Now I just need some real Wheels and Tires so I can lose the stock 17" cause they just look goofy on this car, compared to the sexy aggressive wheels I've seen up here!
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