LastStraw

Greetings Lexus Lovers,

I am new to forums, so please be kind and patient.
My question deals with IS350 '07 stock exhaust and upgrading. I wanted the F Sport ($1400) but had seen on this forum a full exhaust system by JoeZ($1695)that replaces from manifold all the way back. Like anybody I want the most bang for the buck. Any constructive advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks

rookieIS

iTrader: (8)

Fsport is only offered in axle back not catback.

KillaIS250

iTrader: (1)

There's a few good exhaust's out there for our cars, depends on what you want.

Do you want a loud exhaust or quiet exhaust? Helps narrow it down.

Nelly

iTrader: (11)

Tanabe axle-back + Invidia mid pipe?

allst4r

iTrader: (7)

joez sounds very deep and throaty. i have the race version with out the cats. we have 2 sets of cats the primary and 2nd... the joez race version will replace your 2nd cats. and sounds very deep. you can youtube joez exhaust and will see some very nice clips... if i didnt get joez i would of gone with the borla. but fitament is an issue,,,,

edgeucated

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Sewell of Lexus is a vendor on this site and will be able to sell you the fsport exhaust for much cheaper. I believe its like $1200 with shipping, or you can wait for a use one to pop up in the classified.

The joez will be mucher harder to find cheaper, your only real discount is if you can find it used. But then again, it is a full axle-back so you do get what you pay for.

However, I would recommend going with the fsport; your not really going to get much bang for your money from the exhaust, so your really only buying the exhaust for noise. (you get like what 4-8 hp?) And IMO, the fsport sounds great while still being legal in CA.

crazybuggy

personally, i want the cat-less joeZ racing exhaust but i also wouldnt mind the fsport

calvin2376

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Like one of the posters above said, if you're going F-Sport, buy from Sewell online, price should be much cheaper, especially with the CL discount.

I'd recommend browsing the forums for videos of different exhausts. You mentioned you want the most bang for your buck, but a major consideration with exhaust is sound, so you'll want to know what kind of sound to expect.

Kurtz

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The most bang for the buck will be buying a used tanabe for $400... or buying one of the ebay tanabe copies for a few bucks under that.

~7 hp for about 300-400 dollars.


Any 'new' axle-back will be 2-4 times as much for that same 7 hp.


The Joe Z exhaust is the most total bang (3-5 hp more than the axle-back gives you, depending if you get the off-road version or not... both are illegal in all 50 states though, just the off-road version more visually obviously so), but it's a lot of bucks. It's beautiful and well made though if you want the most hp flat out regardless of cost and legality.


Now, if you're talking "sound" bang rather than hp, that's a totally different story, and very very very subjective.

LastStraw

Thank you guys for responding!!!! My buddy has the F-Sport axle back and the F-Sport intake. It sounds good,looks good,but is the F-sport really worth the price? I have the intake and kinda wanted to stay with Lexus parts. Does the Mods with non Lexus parts affect resale value or trade-in?

Kurtz

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is the difference in sound worth an extra $800 to you? Because sound is about the entire difference between that and the used tanabe (or fake tanabe)

You're better off just hanging on to the stock axle-back and putting it back on the car when you sell it, then reselling the aftermarket one by itself. It takes like 15 minutes to swap an axle-back with just a couple of ramps and a few hand tools.

Mostly nobody will care what brand of exhaust is on the car when you're selling it.

Kybball#1

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Go big, Go Joe Z, i have it with the PPE headers and LOVE the sound...