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First I want to give a big thanks to Evolve Automotive. Namely Imran who I've communicated completely by email/pm. He always responded quickly (if it's during normal waking hours). I was nervous at first as I wired the money directly to their bank. They are legit, and it has paid off. The exhaust took 2 days to get from UK to my house!
 The exhaust was inspected by them to ensure no surprises then shipped via air. I believe they still have some in stock and they have very competitive prices.I washed the car in the morning and to my surprise the UPS truck arrived at 9:30 am. I installed the exhaust in my garage and it took about 6 hours because I was pretty anal about wiping down the parts with WD-40 repeatedly and careful with applying the different grease/pastes. Here are the photos and a video at the end with the car in the garage. It was drizzling outside so I havn't even driven the car yet. The exhaust is extremely nice and I knew it was the one I wanted when I first saw it on that Essen Motor Show thread long ago.    That's Calvin Klein bedding, couldn't find anything else   Color installation manual, a cd, all the greases/pastes, nothing but quality and detail from Akrapovic  At first I wished the tips were welded in, but it's nice to position it exactly how I want it            Only one hydraulic jack which doesn't fit under the front central jacking point = pain in the ass to get 4 jackstands under the car  As everyone has said...the stock exhaust is freaking heavy         [u2b]<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OBjGHNPOHos&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OBjGHNPOHos&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>[/u2b] If that youtube thing doesn't work, here's the link Last edited by sard; 05-31-2009 at 12:38 AM.. |
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LOOKS HOT John!!
Looking forward to listening it in person! Ed Lin
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Nice~ looks like the pax side is slightly crooked though
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nice Exhaust............
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they are beautiful
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Nice pictures from under the car and SICK EXHAUST..
Sounds really good.
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more reasons to hate you jon. sounds sick. i might be in irvine tomorrow, u think i can check it out?
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Nice John,
Just installed mine today at Auto Talent and I'm just at WOW at all the attention in detail this exhaust has. Did you notice Akra also numbered the tips with the pipe so you will have a perfect fit on the tips? AMAZING I end up driving about 25 miles after the install and got a CEL, what to do now? Brian |
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... but no CEL from just revving the engine...
