dblrr900

I spoke to Steve at FrankenCar last Friday and he said he had exhaust units in stock. And Poof! It is here.







The packaging is the best I have ever seen for an exhaust. Good Job Frankencar.

The exhaust is nice, I think I am going to be happy with this one and wish I would not have gone through so many other options to find the right one.....

Once again, I am not let down by Frankencar. The intake has been the #1 thing I did and still to this day love it, and now this. I know they have a bad wrap at times, but I think it comes down to this not being their full time jobs...

If you want a good setup and are willing to wait the week, I def recommend it. The best thing is the price, you honestly cant beat it. It seems high, but it isnt.

Now on to waiting for the D2s.... still havent seen them in a month now.

97WhtSE

Looks good and yeah franken car can take their time to ship things out some times. IS the chrome peeling off the tips? It just looks like that in the pics. Let us know how it sounds.

Lontar1

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if you have a stock car and you add this muffler, how loud will the Maxima be. I like it as quiet as possible...

dblrr900

No, that is the reflection from the ceiling above.

THese are polished also, not chrome. The unit is real nice. Made well. Even better than the Magnaflow system I have now.

dblrr900

I dont know yet. I hear this is the best one for no drone.

This is NOT a straight through design so it wont be that loud. If you do a header or Y pip, then you get some real nice growl without that sorry drone.

VMaximus02

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They are stock quiet except when you're going WOT. The combination of aftermarket intake & y-pipe/header will create a very nice exhaust sound, indeed. No drone whatsoever.

The muffler is kinda heavy so good luck w/the installation using stock rubber hangers. If you have fitment issue or the banging noise when hit a pothole or something. Let me know...I have a solution for that.

Puppetmaster

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Very nice... I wanna check it out sometime... let us know when ya have it installed...

Ryans Maxima

That exhaust looks very similar to the Cattman one that I have, slightly different tips. If the sound is similar between the two, then you will LOVE the sound, not loud at all. WAYYYYY better than Greddy EVO

Progress

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If you like it as quiet as possible then you most likely can't beat the stock muffler.

Puppetmaster

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I love my Greddy EVO and the warm, throaty sound... ... but sadly, when my y-pipe gets here, it'll probably have to go if its too loud... I'm gonna give it a shot, but I already know its gonna be too much...

Sly

I just installed mine. It sounds nice, no drone as others have also said. Looks nice too except for the couple dents FedEx added, but not bad enough to return.

I do have a banging sound coming from the trunk when going over bumps. I tried adjusting the hose clamps that were provided but to no avail. How do I get rid of the banging?

dblrr900

Well, don't hold out on me my Maxima/VA brotha.... Give up the tid-bits....

Or is this an "in person" thing?

I know it will bang, my current setup did, so I know this one will.

Grey00lustre

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dblrr900,
u just got the mufler and not the full cat-back right? also if u don't mind me asking how much u pay for?

dblrr900

$225 shipped.

I already have a 2.5 B-Pipe so I didnt need the full kit. The full Kit is $400.

maseo77

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not a bad price at all

VMaximus02

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LOL. Good one! FYI: I had posted this before a few months ago.

Anyway, the easy and cheapest solution that works for me (after spend lots of time figuring out how to adjust the hangers w/the clamps) was: I got an extra rubber hanger and just sandwiched it between the rear top edge of the muffler and the body frame (that is where the noise came from). Then, slightly tighten the clamps up on the (2) rear rubber hangers so that the muffer is securely position from vertical movement. The extra rubber hanger will cushions the muffler from banging against the metal frame when go over bumps.

irish44j

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I am now officially jealous!

BTW, Ihave heard you can use Nismo hangars which are stronger than our OEM ones, and that will eliminate the banging due to the extra weight of the FC muffler.

I'll have to come by and see it one of these days!

VMaximus02

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Initially I bought (2) "Nismo" hangers from ebay. They did helped but couldn't eliminated the banging noises when go over larger road bumps. So I took one of the stock rubber hanger (hint: "extra" rubber hanger ^^) and sandwiched between the muffler and frame. Eversince, no more banging noises!!!

dblrr900

Josh - I am going to have it put on tomorrow. You want to see the before and after??? (better yet, HEAR the before and after) If so, try to catch me in the AM. <Check PM>


How bout a NOVA GTG tomorrow??? We can all just get together and see what FFX PD cruiser decides to come pokin in on us.

young1976

Cool, Hey dblrr900. Good talking to you last time at the Reston Dog Park. I like to hear what that muffler will sound like some day... maybe sound clips.

Qmax03

I want that exhasut soooo bad just dont have that kind of money to spend on a exhaust right now.

dblrr900

OH, hey man! Nice meeting you the other day. Another Org member spotting the other guy checking out his car... ha ha.

Hey, when I left. Could you hear my exhaust? How did it sound? At WOT, it is ok, but normal driving, it is just ugly sounding, especially in the car.

irish44j

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I'm helping a buddy move to his new condo in Reston town center (another maxima owner, not on the org though...) so I probably will be busy all day....maybe we can meet up Sunday before football (Go Skins!)...definitely want to see/hear the FC up close (only seen it once at a meet...)

Gooey

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wow $225 shipped is real cheap i bought a used HKS for almost the same amount except i picked it up.....man im jealous...the frankencar wa smy first choice but i did not know it was that cheap i thought it was gonna be too expensive new so i never took up that option

Puppetmaster

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Yo Rob, I'd like to check it out sometime if possible too... you've gotten me very interested in Frankencar now... and I need a quieter muffler...

Btw, Josh, I love the fogs... that yellow was what I was looking for... I just need to angle the lights up a little more... I'll post pics when everything is done. Thanks.

dblrr900

Well.... the B-PIPE and the Franken Rear are NOT a match. It is OK. I didnt know for sure and thought that OBX and Franken might take different angles. Soooo, I had to order the B-pipe from franken too.... Sigh. Now to wait till it comes in.

Puppetmaster

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That sucks man... what kinda b-pipe do ya have? Is it a custom? And how did they not match? Well, I hope you end up getting the b-pipe from them FC guys soon....