wanting to buy either the y pipe or a cat-back from custommaxima.com

the catback is $180 shipped..are these cat backs from custommaxima.com even good??

which would give more power? theyre around tthe same price so im going back and forth on which one to buy. unfortunetly i cannot afford both right now

comments appreciated!!

 

ypipe gives you more hp. exhaust gains you almost no hp. Intake makes you lose hp unless you get the PR (place racing) where you drill to your fender. And where are you finding it for $180 shipped? it also says center pipe not included in which you need cause you're a 95-96. You will need one made.

 

95Max,

Read Kevlo911's FAQ page. He got explanations, sound clips, and comparison info on jus about every exhaust setup for the max. I read it yesterday, and its pretty good man.

Y-pipe is ALWAYS the way to go first, if u looking for performance.

 

y-pipe without a doubt. this is well known.

forget the rest of the exhaust, it's not restrictive until you really start making some power

 

precisely

 

haha yea ill prob just go with a ypipe...bc honestly i just want my car to be somewhat loud (not farty) so i can just get an aftermarket muffler thats a hell of a lot cheaper than a full cat back...yet still have a little rumble.

 

uhhh i cant find this faq page... link?

 

Aww man, the newbie-ness is astounding lol

Its one of the stickes.

http://forums.maxima.org/4th-generat...hread-yet.html

 

is the custom maxima catback SS? like the ebay ones.

 

I just went with WS y pipe and custom cat. It gave me a new meaning to "LOUD" its not raspy nor farty tho. I like it, its ricey to some people tho, but idling sounds....orgasmic....

 

i'm gettin the y-pipe from them and then the catback.. i can only afford their parts unfortunately. once i get a stable income i'll do brand name parts lol

 

Ypipe is the way to go man. That is what I did as well..BTW IMO before you do that, get your bumper repainted.

 

eventually i will...i want to do performance parts first...

 

+1. Dont worry about getting it repainted, its a waste of lots of $$$^100.
I have a fender that has no clearcoat or something, and I look at it everyday and think of it all the time, but hey, I have better things to worry about, IE. $$, upgrades, more upgrades, food, gas, upgrades, and finally school. =)

 

I have a missing foglight and black bumper on a green car and what did I do ? I said &^%$ IT and bought the warpspeed y pipe.

But if you order it right now it will take a while to get it from UPS because they are SOOO backed up its not even funny. I wont be getting mine till monday...

 

i like how you put ur car before school hahaha im in the same boat.

 

But yeah ypipe comes before exhaust and that applys to almost all Maximas regardless of year

 

hah took the car out tonight....smoke is coming outta the tailpipe..looked white, like how it is when its cold outside. it is cold outside, but i dont think its cold enough to make that happen...craaaaaaaaaap

 

how many miles on it

 

195,000

 

Thats nothin ! I have 206,000 on my 96 and it still starts and runs... pretty well too
when i get my ypipe in it wont sound like a truck anymore :]

Stock Y is rusted to hell

As for you just make sure theres oil in the car !

 

im definately celebrating when i hit 200k!

 

I'll celebrate when I hit a real milestone in a max. You know a mil. Nothin like a brand new 96 maxima with 0 miles.

Also as everyone else said go get the ws y-pipe. Should be the first performance mod anyone does.

 

yo man u guys are funny. Ballers on a budget lol

Jus get a can of spray paint and touch up the car. Thats what if did for my pearly white. Dont gotta be perfect jus clean ...my .02

 

your cats messed up maybe? iuno

 

Hah, don't let them get you down about your bumper, I avoid taking pictures at certain angles to hide my car's Defects... Hail Damage, Faded spoiler, rear bumper, the list goes on and on... You have a goal, performance, then get that Y-Pipe!!

 

I have a grille thats waiting to go on that I bought for 20 off ebay.
It will look great,,,when I get it painted,,, ah but I cant afford paint !
so im just gonna have to prime and paint it myself !

 

How loud is it? Is it pretty dam loud in the cab? How about at highway speeds?

 

cab its loud at about 1500-2000rpm at about 45 mph. Other than that it is manageable.

 

ricers.......

 

 

get a y pipe and call it a day...

 

+1

 

i have a short ram intake on mine and i seriously felt the power loss over the stock. it does however give it a throaty sound when i stomp the skinny pedal

 

 

Just talked to Dallas today at Warpspeed, he said if a few of us get together he would take of 25 per order on y pipes or high flow cat/y combos
If interested let me know

 

damn I wish we could have had that deal when I was buying my ypipe !!

 

If only i read this 2 days ago before i ordered my y-pipe i could have saved some money. I still have to order the cat. Is it too late to "get together"?

 

No, just say you read about it on maxima.org and you want to add to your order. they probably wont take it off the y but maybe off the cat as a combo, but he said we needed around 8-10 to get it so we will see. What's up Cary, NC. Beautiful area, havent been there in two years has apex spread all the way up 54 yet? Lots of developement between cary and apex when I left.

 

Thats Ok I’ll try them tomorrow. Cary is growing pretty fast man. I just bought a house and moved to Raleigh 2 months ago after 6.5 yrs in Cary b/c houses there are too damn expensive. They relocating all the kids around school due to much increase in population and even having Cary kids going to school in Apex. And Apex is one of the most rapidly growing cities around here too. I think u meant 55; b/c 54 barely goes through apex. But anyway, it must be spreading through 55 pretty fast b/c it seems as though that’s where the state troopers and the sheriffs live…lol....they all over the place on 55. But like you said they are still building things around here. U probably left unfinished US 1 but they finished that a while ago too. Now they are working on I 40; trying to add more lanes which makes morning traffic a PITA.