Well I took the Plunge!! (HKS knock off)
Originally Posted by Nismo 350z
Buying a knockoff is like buying a replica bodykit. Everytime you do it u just hurt the aftermarket industry. To the OP who bought the exhaust... congrats on doing just that. I would love to be there in 2-3 months when the exhaust starts to break down its steel wool and burn out its sound absorption and your car will sound just like the weed wacker civics. Dont be surprised when you are left with 200dB and lost whp after u dyno this POS. Besides buying knockoff's and replicas are considered RICE in every sense of the word. But hey its your car. Good job. 
wow...what a f4g...
Originally Posted by Escobar
why the hell did you bump this old thread back to life!!! Thats all we need is more x02 debate.
Originally Posted by Nismo 350z
Buying a knockoff is like buying a replica bodykit. Everytime you do it u just hurt the aftermarket industry. To the OP who bought the exhaust... congrats on doing just that. I would love to be there in 2-3 months when the exhaust starts to break down its steel wool and burn out its sound absorption and your car will sound just like the weed wacker civics. Dont be surprised when you are left with 200dB and lost whp after u dyno this POS. Besides buying knockoff's and replicas are considered RICE in every sense of the word. But hey its your car. Good job.
You sir are a dumb ***. My exhaust is looking perfectly fine and is has been handling all the "heat" generated by my twin turbos
. Jesus H Christ, ignorance kills!BTW i could give a flying $hit what happens to any of these companies. Its their job to stay afloat, not mine. As long as i am happy and save money i could give two ***** what happens to them
Last edited by chris'smax; Apr 17, 2008 at 08:33 AM.
Ok here is a update for some of you dumbasses.
THE EXHAUST IS FINE. IT IS IN AS GREAT OF SHAPE AS THE DAY I BOUGHT IT. I have had it for a year and a half and 6 months of this time was w/ a SFR twin turbo kit. THE car sounds bad *** w/ it even before the dumps open up. Sharif did my install and tune and he even commented on how deep my car sounded. His exact words where "i love how this cars sounds, it almost sounds like a V8". Now granted this was not all the exhaust doing, some of it has to do with how the turbo pipes are laied out, but the exhaust sure wasn't hindering anything.
Also my car made 405 whp @7.5psi which is the highest power at this low of a boost setting ever recorded on Sharif's dyno. Once again this is in large part due to the turbo kit, but the exhaust obviously flows good enough!
Now i don't want to give off the impression that i am some kind of anti brand name person because by looking at my car you can certainly tell i am not. I do have HKS products on my car, but i don't see the point in buying a exhaust that is 2x as expensive as a identical product that is of the same quality. Here is a pic to prove it isn't dragging on the ground behind my car from rust like some of you have suggested.
THE EXHAUST IS FINE. IT IS IN AS GREAT OF SHAPE AS THE DAY I BOUGHT IT. I have had it for a year and a half and 6 months of this time was w/ a SFR twin turbo kit. THE car sounds bad *** w/ it even before the dumps open up. Sharif did my install and tune and he even commented on how deep my car sounded. His exact words where "i love how this cars sounds, it almost sounds like a V8". Now granted this was not all the exhaust doing, some of it has to do with how the turbo pipes are laied out, but the exhaust sure wasn't hindering anything.
Also my car made 405 whp @7.5psi which is the highest power at this low of a boost setting ever recorded on Sharif's dyno. Once again this is in large part due to the turbo kit, but the exhaust obviously flows good enough!
Now i don't want to give off the impression that i am some kind of anti brand name person because by looking at my car you can certainly tell i am not. I do have HKS products on my car, but i don't see the point in buying a exhaust that is 2x as expensive as a identical product that is of the same quality. Here is a pic to prove it isn't dragging on the ground behind my car from rust like some of you have suggested.
Last edited by chris'smax; Apr 17, 2008 at 08:25 AM.
Originally Posted by Escobar
thanks for the update. I think that most of the problems were the knock off version of the x02, and they kinda for mixed together.
yea i think i was one of the first to purchase this exhaust. Luckily i can say i got a good deal.
I can testify that this car sounds very nice and makes very very good power. His exhaust is flawless. As for people not wanting to buy knock offs, to each his own. If it works and you don't mind it being a knock off, then go to it.
Originally Posted by Road Warrior
damn...if you can afford to go tt you can afford a decent exhaust...good luck with it though. i wouldn't personally buy knock off anything...but to each his own.
If it works, what's the problem? I'd really like someone to say that the HKS has never had issues
^^^does it matter what came first...i mean really?
just seems odd to me...i just hate knock off shiat...but whatever makes you happy is what counts.
never had a problem with my fuji ti...perfect fit, perfect look, perfect sound...i believe in you get what you pay for.
just seems odd to me...i just hate knock off shiat...but whatever makes you happy is what counts.
never had a problem with my fuji ti...perfect fit, perfect look, perfect sound...i believe in you get what you pay for.