I know most of you guys who own supras don't, but I live in california, and I got a ticket for my thermal r&d exhaust the other day, I wish to sell it and get a street legal system, what do you recommend?
I heard the tanabe ehxuast is the best street legal exhaust on the market, it that true? Thanx guys.
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Posts: 101 | Location: San Diego, CA USA | Registered: May 28, 2003
You might just want to add another CAT onto your existing exhuast. That should bring down the sound a bit...if you into fabricating the installation of the cat.
The Tanabe are also 50-state leagal cat-back systems. I don't know if the others are...
You may want to look into the TRD system...since its TRD, its stock. Unless the cop is really anal, which most of them are, they might just let it pass since its TRD. But you really need to have all components ( cat, muffler, etc. ) installed.
Do you have a NA or TT ?? NA with aftermarket exhausts are going to be louder than TT.
Posts: 393 | Location: Alexandria, VA | Registered: September 18, 2003
I live in Ca also and I have a z28 with Long tubes headers,3" X pipe with 2 racing bullets no cats and I haven't had any tickets yet. I'm waiting for my exhaust system for my mk3.
Posts: 114 | Location: Orange | Registered: January 05, 2005
i have the HKS super drager(origional) and a catless down pipe on my 93TT and its pretty quiet till the second turbo spools then it sounds really good IMO
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if you got pulled over with a thermal (quieter than the RM) then you can fight that ticket. then again this thread is almost a year old. an NA can be louder than a TT because the turbo in a way acts like a muffler. i have been considering getting a new exhaust to replace my busted up tanabe (which could probably be repaired) but i dont care for the looks of the RM, however the piping size, straightness, and sound are perfect for what i want.
Posts: 3712 | Location: So Cal 909 | Registered: August 19, 2003
tanabe is not good. It might sound good but it is something u put on a civic. You own a supra so dont use tanabe. A great exhaust is apexi gt spec good deep sounding not to loud just driving around
Posts: 2 | Location: florida | Registered: July 21, 2005
Originally posted by tsuprahks272: tanabe is not good. It might sound good but it is something u put on a civic. You own a supra so dont use tanabe. A great exhaust is apexi gt spec good deep sounding not to loud just driving around
please explain. i had the tanabe for about 8 months and it was a great exhaust, top quality, good sound, straight piping, and cost about half what other exhaust of the same level.
Posts: 3712 | Location: So Cal 909 | Registered: August 19, 2003
i think a tanabe is the best it doesnt sound loud only when you push on the gas it sounds mean mean mean but yeah i would recommend a tanabe! hey had a other question do you work in insurance im wondering if you can help me out i need insurance bad please contact me as soon as possible i live in merced california contact me as soon as possible thanks.
Posts: 86 | Location: merced | Registered: July 23, 2005
Originally posted by tsuprahks272: tanabe is not good. It might sound good but it is something u put on a civic. You own a supra so dont use tanabe. A great exhaust is apexi gt spec good deep sounding not to loud just driving around
I guess he thinks that since we own a supra everythign we put on our cars has to be HKS, GREDDY, or APEXI....guess he thinks the tanabe exhaust is ricey...I kinda like it its different.
