View Full Version : Tanabe exhaust???
jaserhunter
10-29-2008, 12:43 AM
My tanabe exhaust should be here before friday. Will i feel a differance when i put it on? How hard is it to put it on myself? thanks
it is easy to replace 2 14mm bolts then switch them.
jaserhunter
10-29-2008, 12:51 AM
hell yeah. will i tell a differance?
PaidTimeOff
10-29-2008, 05:51 PM
probably only in sound and possibly marginally better pull in the high end. Nothing epic. It's only an axle-back after all.
marcus
10-29-2008, 07:48 PM
buy axleback for sound not for hp gain....
PHXDEMON
10-29-2008, 08:56 PM
It will sound better, but you will only notice a slight performance gain if you have a good intake as well.
mastaofdisasta
10-29-2008, 10:07 PM
its a great part, sounds great decent price, and its from japan what more do u want
Yarice
10-29-2008, 11:18 PM
Do u lose any MPG from the exhaust?
Benggolf2
10-30-2008, 12:36 AM
Probably not, but definitely lose some low end torque IMHO.
Nice sounds though. Well, you win some and lose some. :iono:
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/7159/img1033fy3.th.jpg (http://img524.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img1033fy3.jpg)
jaserhunter
10-30-2008, 01:29 AM
i have a k&n intake i could tell a little differance with that. i hope with is on there too, it will have a :redfacelittle more pick up. it is only a 1.5 liter.:redface:
bikegerm
10-30-2008, 08:55 PM
Mine arrived today !! I'll be putting it on first thing saturday morning. I'm excited !! Thanks to MicroImage !!
Don't forget pictures :)
I am getting a Tanabe exhaust, hopefully, and I would love to see pics of them on the Yaris.
bikegerm
11-01-2008, 01:39 PM
Just installed my Tanabe Medalion Touring exhaust. It took me a total of 30 minutes to jack up my car, remove the factory exhaust, unbox the Tanabe, install the Tanabe, remove the jacks, and take pictures. Piece of cake install. It sounds awesome !! It's not much louder than the factory exhaust with a tip that I had been running. Just has a deeper tone. Here are pics of the new exhaust.
It looks vulnerable. Any pothole or bump would scratch it, wouldn't it? :s
Yarice
11-01-2008, 02:20 PM
Whats up with the way its mounted, it does look vulnerable especially at a steep drive way or something, tanabe shoud of mounted the other way like other exhaust.
largeorangefont
11-01-2008, 02:26 PM
Whats up with the way its mounted, it does look vulnerable especially at a step drive way or something, tanabe shoud of mounted the other way like other exhaust.
The canister style mufflers (and many aftermarket axlebacks like Megan) hang a lot lower than the Tanabe.
I was getting a tanabe exhaust but the there is noway it will last with the shitty roads here...you can't mount that muffler horizontally?
EDIT: How much did it cost you?
largeorangefont
11-01-2008, 03:32 PM
I was getting a tanabe exhaust but the there is noway it will last with the shitty roads here...you can't mount that muffler horizontally?
EDIT: How much did it cost you?
It would hang lower horizontally.
Yarice
11-01-2008, 05:14 PM
Don't get me wrong but im a big Tanabe fan, but the exhaust is not my cup of tea just by how it looks mounted, ppl who will see the exhaust on the yaris are gonna think that who ever installed you muffer did it wrong.
CASTREX
11-01-2008, 05:20 PM
It would hang lower horizontally.
That's right. The reason is mounted vertically is to be able to hang it higher.
This car has very little space back there to mount a muffler.
Other aftermarket mufflers hang way lower.
cali yaris
11-01-2008, 05:55 PM
I never had any trouble with it.
largeorangefont
11-01-2008, 06:39 PM
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largeorangefont
11-01-2008, 06:42 PM
I actually copied the Tanabe style on my custom axle back. I have more clearance than stock.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a386/largeorangefont/IMG_1359.jpg
bikegerm
11-01-2008, 07:27 PM
That looks pretty cool !! :thumbup:
cleong
11-01-2008, 07:47 PM
The way the muffler canister is so close to the wheel, you will never be able to compress the rear suspension enough for the muffler to scrape the road. You'd break something in your suspension first.
The only way you might hit it is if you backed up into something.
It would hang lower horizontally.
Would it? I don't know, it might be my lack of sleep, but I can't see how it would hang lower horizontally.
Well if noones having problems with it I might still stick to getting one. As far is looks is concerned, I like it.
Benggolf2
11-01-2008, 09:48 PM
The way the muffler canister is so close to the wheel, you will never be able to compress the rear suspension enough for the muffler to scrape the road. You'd break something in your suspension first.
The only way you might hit it is if you backed up into something.
Cleong is correct. The way the factory designed the canister and mounted it is correct. No issues noted. :thumbsup:
largeorangefont
11-01-2008, 10:43 PM
Would it? I don't know, it might be my lack of sleep, but I can't see how it would hang lower horizontally.
Well if noones having problems with it I might still stick to getting one. As far is looks is concerned, I like it.
It will.
Here is the Megan unit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1Y_MCE7_tE
largeorangefont
11-01-2008, 10:43 PM
Would it? I don't know, it might be my lack of sleep, but I can't see how it would hang lower horizontally.
Well if noones having problems with it I might still stick to getting one. As far is looks is concerned, I like it.
It will.
Here is the Megan unit for example.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1Y_MCE7_tE
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