Yesterday off = Some new pics
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Had a day off Monday and took the SC in for a minor cosmetic update. New exhaust tips! Woohoo
Well the car looks a lot brighter now with the bigger stainless tips. I think they're 3.5" round slant cut. Kinda like the Tanabe style.
The muffler shop did a great job. The new tips are welded on to the stock muffler and are about flush with the bumper. There is a 1/2" space between the top of the tips and the bottom of the exhaust cutout. I wanted the tips to be close for that tight/tucked look.
This completes the exhaust work for my SC. It's not a whole lot, but I'm running 2.25" mendrel pipes (no resonators) from front cats all the way to the mufflers. The sound is great with a more pronounced burble. My car is a 2000 SC400.
Other mods are SC400 Eibachs (on stock shocks for now), Daizen sway bars, and 25mm spacers on back.
I think the car looks and handles just right now. I've included a small photoshop pic of the hood/engine and side shot taken from my cellphone.
Well the car looks a lot brighter now with the bigger stainless tips. I think they're 3.5" round slant cut. Kinda like the Tanabe style.
The muffler shop did a great job. The new tips are welded on to the stock muffler and are about flush with the bumper. There is a 1/2" space between the top of the tips and the bottom of the exhaust cutout. I wanted the tips to be close for that tight/tucked look.
This completes the exhaust work for my SC. It's not a whole lot, but I'm running 2.25" mendrel pipes (no resonators) from front cats all the way to the mufflers. The sound is great with a more pronounced burble. My car is a 2000 SC400.
Other mods are SC400 Eibachs (on stock shocks for now), Daizen sway bars, and 25mm spacers on back.
I think the car looks and handles just right now. I've included a small photoshop pic of the hood/engine and side shot taken from my cellphone.
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Originally Posted by nnnickkk
very nice! i noticed you are in CA. if you are running straight pipes with the resonators do you pass smog? are the cats still there?
Funny thing is. When I took the car in for the exhaust work, I pointed out the third cat to the muffler guy. To my surprise the dude said it wasn't a cat but a resonator. It looked just like this https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...t=true+dual%3B
With that...I told him to proceed with the work. Since the car never had a third cat but was able to pass smog before (previous owner); I assume it would pass just the same with the new pipes. I think it's fine as long as you don't touch the two main cats.
I guess the car I picked up wasn't originally from Cali. That's the only explaination I can think of.
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Originally Posted by Cloud9
dayum love the tips! and the photoshop effect
can you post a pic of fender gap? are those 17" GS rims? TIA!
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can you post a pic of fender gap? are those 17" GS rims? TIA!
Yes the rims are 17x8" from the GS400. I'll try to get better pics up soon.
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Originally Posted by workaholic
the car looks sick
.. what kind of mufflers are those? or is it all custom/no name?
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