How do you like the catback? Fittament and looks wise? Also I heard it sounds great. I had the greddy sp and it was hella loud. Please let me hear your opinions...

 

I love mine. I've had it since last fall and it is awesome. Before the y-pipe it was ver, very quiet, barely louder than stock at any rpm range. Then I got the y-pipe and it got louder, good kind of louder. The rumble is very mean sounding. I thought it sounded good but I began to set off AFTERMARKET alarms on cars. Tonight was actually the first time I heard my car while someone else drove and I was standing on the sidewalk. Let me tell you I LOOVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEE IT so much more now. The low speed, low rpm exhaust note is so sweet, very deep and very powerfull. Also something weird happens when I hit about 40 or so going WOT. You see the exhaust sound dies when the rpms climb and you can hear the intake more, also awesome, but after the y-pipe the exhaust comes back into play. First time I heard it I got scared and slowed down I thought someything was wrong. This loud "whoosh" sound came on and my car just took off. Man I love it. Fitment is great but looks like you got the '97 conversion done so it might be a bit short and you'll have to put on like an inch of extra pipe so that it's even with the bumper...

 

Any pics?

 

Nah but others have pics. What can I tell you, it looks good. The bumper hole is filled out perfectly, the tip might look better if it was rolled but I like it. I'll find some pics for you...

 

http://www.cardomain.com/id/briguymax

Our old bud BriGuyMax has a pic on his max. I'll get some more...

 

The WS is great, you won't regret it. Even with an aftermarket ypipe, I don't think it's too loud. Sounds just right IMO.

 

yeah i love mine too...there should be a few pix on my home page, at first i didnt have y pipe and it was really quiet, barely noticable but when i got the y pipe and high flow cat it started to sound pretty nice, not to loud not to soft and when the cat was gutted it was even louder, but now that i've got the warpspeed cat on there it def. sounds good, i get complements from mechanics that work on my car and friends that say it sounds diferent then any other car they've heard...but i would def. recomend having a y pipe to go with it

 

I'm going to get Apexi WS sometime soon but I also wanted to do the 97 rear bumper conversion so i could put the 97 stillen rear on there..so the apexi ws wont fit if i get the 97+ rear bumper?

 

It was too loud for me though. It sounded good, but for everday driving or even just the "tone" all_the_time just got on my nerves somewhat. Im back to a B-pipe and a OEM muffler replaced, no resonator <--that I like. mean sounding yet no tone or drone. apexi has no drone, just a diffent tone.

 

So is it loud or no? I had the greddy and on a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being greddy) where would you put the apexi?

 

Its just different TONE of sound other than stock.
I have a y pipe from budget /stockcat/ that b-pipe and oem muffler and it sounds like a Modded Maxima, Not stock , not overboard on exhaust_ Just modded. $200.00 total is what mine costs.

on that 1 to 10 scale
greedy - 10
apex-7
my setup- 3
stock- 1

thats just my opinion

 

I got to get something else and want it to be quiet. I called warpspeed and he told me to come down there and we will try a few things out. Its 5 hours from my house though..

 

so whats better the apexi or the greddy? or it just preference?

 

I want a quiet setup thats all. To much to ask??

 

Try this.
get the budget b pipe with no resonator.
get a oem replacement.
Install it yourself bc their both bolt on. U B Happy

 

?? help anyone ??

 

you might be like, an inch short but it will fit

 

If you really want quiet, get a resonated bpipe and a 5th muffler. That's what I got now. A resonated bpipe with a 2k3 SE muffler. It's very quiet. Yet, no sign of power loss.

 

so how did you hook up the muffler to the b-pipe? weld?
thanks

 

Yup, only way.


Btw, it's not completely silent. When you step on the gas, you can still hear a bit of an exhaust note. Not sure if that's due to the WS bpipe or the 2k3 SE muffler.

 

So is the main fitment issue with the Apexi on 97-99s the fact that the piping or something is too short and the b-pipe doesn't fit right or something?

Because if the only thing that will affect me is the fact that my bumper sticks out an inch more, I will still get the WS and do the 97-99 rear bumper swap.

Any input?

 

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