HKS knock off installed
03-11-2007, 04:31 PM
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XO2 videos
reving up short clip - 20 secs long
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsK7w4oMYKk
driving around long clip - 5 mins long
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0rTDE5-vHg
fried rice at the mall - 22 secs long
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EMMKLlB0O8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsK7w4oMYKk
driving around long clip - 5 mins long
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0rTDE5-vHg
fried rice at the mall - 22 secs long
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EMMKLlB0O8
03-11-2007, 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by LouiZ
^ lolll...can anybody tell me if this exhaust sounds like the hks?
The HKS is more high pitched compared to the knock off which is more low and deep.
This is an old vid of my HKS exhaust (click on pic to see vid):
Although on this vid, my car has other bolt ons (thats why its raspy), I know for sure the HKS is more high pitched when it is just the exhaust alone.
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03-11-2007, 05:38 PM
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i agree, listening to that clip it sounds like its different. But i just put mine on, and i've heard that its tone changes over time, lets c what happens in a week or two
03-11-2007, 06:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Paulie35th350z
from the videos I have seen and heard the clips of the imitation HKS, no it does not sound like it at all.
The HKS is more high pitched compared to the knock off which is more low and deep.
This is an old vid of my HKS exhaust (click on pic to see vid):
Although on this vid, my car has other bolt ons (thats why its raspy), I know for sure the HKS is more high pitched when it is just the exhaust alone.
The HKS is more high pitched compared to the knock off which is more low and deep.
This is an old vid of my HKS exhaust (click on pic to see vid):
Although on this vid, my car has other bolt ons (thats why its raspy), I know for sure the HKS is more high pitched when it is just the exhaust alone.
03-11-2007, 08:46 PM
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not only those guys with hks replica exhaust want the exhaust to look like HKS. They want it to sound like HKS exhaust too. LOL.
Now the question is: Do they want it to smell like HKS also?
Now the question is: Do they want it to smell like HKS also?
03-11-2007, 11:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Reyes5937
^^^^^ Someone is bitter for paying 3X more for a sticker to go with there HKS exhaust.
I paid $600 buks for a used HKS. LOL
https://my350z.com/forum/showthread....&highlight=hks
03-12-2007, 06:50 AM
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Originally Posted by rkd350z
Ti tip doesn't look good as real HKS and the weldings are poor compare to HKS.. Though I thinks for it's money, it does its job but I dunno about the hp gain and I just don't like it because it's copy of HKS@!! 
I am curious about the inside of the knock off - it would be quite interesting if some would have a beat up HKS and saw thru it to make some pictures, so we could compare the real thing with the k.o.
Anyways I've just ordered one, will see how it looks when I get it
03-12-2007, 12:49 PM
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Originally Posted by farobaba
reving up short clip - 20 secs long
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsK7w4oMYKk
driving around long clip - 5 mins long
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0rTDE5-vHg
fried rice at the mall - 22 secs long
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EMMKLlB0O8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsK7w4oMYKk
driving around long clip - 5 mins long
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0rTDE5-vHg
fried rice at the mall - 22 secs long
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EMMKLlB0O8
03-12-2007, 01:45 PM
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Originally Posted by farobaba
reving up short clip - 20 secs long
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsK7w4oMYKk
driving around long clip - 5 mins long
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0rTDE5-vHg
fried rice at the mall - 22 secs long
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EMMKLlB0O8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsK7w4oMYKk
driving around long clip - 5 mins long
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0rTDE5-vHg
fried rice at the mall - 22 secs long
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EMMKLlB0O8
03-12-2007, 04:23 PM
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yea my videos are normally f'ed up, i'll try n get some up over the weekend with the new sony HDD cam. But i must say i do like the deeper tone, i don't like the sharp ricey tone
03-13-2007, 06:59 AM
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Im more concerned with the piping itself. If it mirrors the HKS it, in theory, should flow the same. Thats why I bought it. I could care less if it sounds like the HKS or not. Its not the HKS, it doesnt have HKS canisters. Im sure the XO2 doesnt sound the exactly the same as the above video. But videos dont give true representation of the sound anyway. Plus, he has headers and test pipes.
BTW, Paulie, that thing sonds like a beast
BTW, Paulie, that thing sonds like a beast
03-13-2007, 08:27 AM
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Originally Posted by 350Z_LEE
I think the original sounds way better.
There is an obvious difference in the inside of the canisters, if we could get both cut thru we could judge if it differs so much.
Keep in mind how Chinese knock offs are made - they get the real thing from someone and the cut it to piecies to exactly learn how it is made, and then they imitate it as good as they can. I even wouldn't be much suprised if the actual HKS is made in Taiwan (they are somewhere between China and Japan with the products, bit higher prices than in China, but much better overall quality)
I guess if somebody would order enough catbacks they could even make it full titanium which would be obviously better than the HKS