Got the thing installed this morning in my friend's garage. It was pretty simple, only part that gave us some hard time were the two bolts at the cat. Those suckers were rusted in fairly well. We finally got it off with some elbow grease and cursing . I love how it sounds. Sound increase is very subtle, and it's not obnoxiously loud in any way...the sound is just a deep pleasing tone. There's also very little droning at cruising speeds.














Look that huge resonator on the stock exhaust!

 

Couldn't help but to start the car with all the piping unbolted. Sounded pretty mean.



And normal startup:

 

I have the SP2 also. Loooove it. Especially when it's clean. lol

Where in Texas are you? The neighborhood kinda looks like South Austin.

 

Houston

 

I have had them installed on my car for a long time and still love them. Safe the tips from the OEM set-up. Someone might be interested in buying them.

 

My favorite exhaust.

 

Do we know what kind of performance gains the SP2 yields?

 

i would assume around 10-12 hp i have not seen a dyno though so ...

 

Does the greddy piping have a resonator on it?

 

Picture #4 top right.

 

Awesome pics and show dude. Thanks! Let's get some rev sounds!!

 

yeah i'll try to get more vids up soon. the battery died as i was recording the 2nd video

 

Her you go

http://www.motionbox.com/video/playe...7c9badcd7df0e2

 

Excellent, I'm a 2/3 GReddy setup man myself, still have the whole catback with the exception of the mufflers. Changed to Remus...

I loved my greddy setup, cars behind me use to comment they could comb their hair in the mufflers reflection...

 

yep, your videos on youtube helped me make the decision.

 

I can't believe how restrictive the OEM setup is.

 

With the Greddy being less restrictive, do you feel the loss of back pressure?
Under normal acceleration from a stop does the car feel slow on lower RPMs?

 

yeah it's silly...there's a huge crimp right before the pipe splits into two.

i did notice some low end loss actually, but nothing too bad. the car still accelerate fine from a stop under normal acceleration.

 

Ah.... too humid there for me...

Enjoy the SP2 though!

 

hmm, those of you with the SP2, does your driver side hang a little lower than the passenger side? on mine, it's about 1/4" to 1/2" lower. the rubber hangers still look fine to me. maybe i can unbolt that muffler and try to bend the metal bracket on the muffler down a bit so it'll sit higher up when inserted into the rubber hanger.

 

i want them... buy me too. plzzz

 

And Heavy!!!

 

My drivers side sits a little lower as well. I noticed it on another max too.

 

What are the 3 threaded studs in the rear of each muffler? Is that a mounting point or something?

 

is it loud? I'm interested in getting them but I don't want it to be loud at all, just a nice mellow tone

 

nope not loud by any means. it's like you said it is...a nice mellow tone. imagine a g35/350z...but a wee bit more throatier.

tim, those studs were used to attach these brackets with a metal prong...and that prong is inserted into the hangers near the bumper. they're basically there to hold the stock mufflers up.

 

Nice mellow tone but when she has to be loud, she will!!! Listen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh7Q2GWOGtI


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAXvlY6ObiM

 

$650 ? Does that sound about right for the SP2?
I was doing some search and it keeps coming back to about that total, with shipping ends up being 750 bones. Does anyone know where I can get it the cheapest?

 

Check the group deals section.

 

yeah, cheapest i found was actually here on the forums. i got it from importcarparts...a local sponser.

 

Thats about how much I paid for mine however should be closer to $700 with shipping, $100 seems a little high IMO...

$716 from this website including shipping:

http://www.sportcompactonly.com/Niss...FReQGgodKmXZwA

 

705 shipped via the org

 

Wrong link bro....

http://www.motionbox.com/video/player/a797d1ba1b1822

 

.....................Yeah that's the one!!!

 

Hey, if you still have the stock resonator can I buy it from you? or if anyone on here still has one or knows where I could get one can you also let mw know. Thank you

 

There's enough slop in the flanges right in front of each muffler that you can realign the tips if they're not sitting right.
just loosen the bolts on the flange and rearrange the tips, then retighten them.

I did an install on a customer's '04 a while back and it took me 10-15 min to get the things to hang right. one side always wanted hang a bit lower than the other.. (forgive the innuendo).

 

nice mines coming shortly

 

i messed with it the other day. now the tips are same height...BUT now the angle is a bit off

one side is aimed up a bit, and the other is aimed straight out.

more tweaking is in order....

 

How are the eBay knock offs to the SP2 in comparison the real deal? Just curious since they're about $400 cheaper and look identical.

 

"You get what you pay for"