only ~looks~ like a performance mod...

[tooter]

Since a quiet car is a priority with the little lady, I installed a twin tip on the pumpkin muffler to make the car ~look~ like it has a performance exhaust... :wink:


http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b90/compost_bin/car/IMG_5945.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b90/compost_bin/car/IMG_5946.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b90/compost_bin/car/IMG_5948.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b90/compost_bin/car/IMG_5950.jpg

Got a cheap twin tip off of ebay and some pipe reducers from Pep Boys to slip fit over the stock pipe, and flux welded it on. I was even able to use the stock side bracket which helped to support the original pipe. It's on nice and solid.

Total cost: only $20 :thumbsup:

[cali yaris]

Nice! Did it change the sound at all?

[kimona]

I like it ...and I love the wheels!

[tooter]

I like it ...and I love the wheels!

Thanks, Kim, so do I. Those wheels are right out of the 1960's. :wink:

Hey Garm. :smile:

No... the sound is just a tad deeper but basically stock, nice and quiet. :thumbsup:

[skootdog]

I just installed my Tanabe muffler from micro. Its a deeper rumble and not at all a nuisance.It sounds nothing like a tin can or too loud or brash. My girlfriend even likes it :thumbup: Around highway speeds it almost sounds just like stock.

[Thirty-Nine]

I want to add dual tips to my muffler, too. I just don't want to hack off my nice stainless tailpipe!

Looks great, though.

[403RS]

Which ebay vendor was this?

My black tail pipe didn't stand up to the Canadian winter, and is all rusted to shit.

[tooter]

I want to add dual tips to my muffler, too. I just don't want to hack off my nice stainless tailpipe!

Looks great, though.

I thought that too, until I discovered that the stock tailpipe isn't stainless steel. It's carbon steel with a thin aluminized coating on it to minimize rust.

[WeeYari]

I thought that too, until I discovered that the stock tailpipe isn't stainless steel. It's carbon steel with a thin aluminized coating on it to minimize rust.

Thirty-Nine is not currently running OEM exhaust.

Nice looking tip.

[tooter]

Which ebay vendor was this?

My black tail pipe didn't stand up to the Canadian winter, and is all rusted to shit.

It wasn't a regular commercial dealer. Just a private party seller who happened to be selling one old unused tip from around the 1980's. It was $15 with free shipping and I'm a real cheapskate.:wink: Just checked ebay, and there aren't any others for sale like that one. If you keep a lookout, some other old ones might show up, but they won't be from regular dealers.

It's very cheaply made as the pipes are riveted onto the splitter. I just sprayed the whole thing high temp BBQ black inside and out because the chrome tubes are rust prone.

[auxmike]

I have the OEM Toyota chrome exhaust tip. It is double walled and puts out a nice tone.
That looks real good. Just watch out for rust. Is flux welding like sweating pipes together. Did you use a MAP torch?

[tooter]

It's electric arc welding where the flux is contained within the welding wire, and where the wire is automatically fed into the hot arc and immediately turns molten...

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b90/compost_bin/Train/IMG_5748.jpg

It's like a hot glue gun for metal. :smile:

[tooter]

I just installed my Tanabe muffler from micro. Its a deeper rumble and not at all a nuisance.It sounds nothing like a tin can or too loud or brash. My girlfriend even likes it :thumbup: Around highway speeds it almost sounds just like stock.

Tanabe's are really cool... :thumbsup:

Did you get the Touring, or the G?

[skootdog]

I bought the touring. I dont like it real loud myself. I need to take some pictures tomorrow when Im adding the HIDs and the pulley. Those arc machine can make some pretty joints too!

[skootdog]

Here is mine installed!

[tooter]

Looks super, scoot. :thumbsup:

The clean smooth lines of the 2nd generations look soo much nicer than the 3rds.