Tanabe Medalion Touring installed, with pics and clips
09-11-2007, 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Wired 24/7
As many of you know... I've been a fan of this exhaust for a long time now.
Great choice... and your vids and pics are some of the best quality I've seen around here.
Tanabe may not be cheap, but it is probably the best when it comes to quality.
Great choice... and your vids and pics are some of the best quality I've seen around here.
Tanabe may not be cheap, but it is probably the best when it comes to quality.
09-14-2007, 12:25 PM
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Just purchased my Tanabe Y-pipe from PTuning today and had it installed within a hour at FunctionTuned. I guess you could say I'm not very patient. Anyways, the Y-pipe is very high quality. I still have a stock end exhaust, but the Touring looks very tempting.
09-14-2007, 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by dutchboy350Z
Just purchased my Tanabe Y-pipe from PTuning today and had it installed within a hour at FunctionTuned. I guess you could say I'm not very patient. Anyways, the Y-pipe is very high quality. I still have a stock end exhaust, but the Touring looks very tempting.
Agreed, the Tanabe Y-pipe was so nice looking and well built I wish there was some way I could show it off.
09-14-2007, 01:07 PM
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Agreed, the Tanabe Y-pipe was so nice looking and well built I wish there was some way I could show it off.
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09-18-2007, 04:48 PM
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Well the Medalion Touring is rated at 93db and the Hyper Medalion is rated at 95db, which I guess is a big difference. An increase of 3db is double the volume.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decibel
Also, like the previous poster said, the Touring has the double walled resonated tips, while the Hyper has single wall tips.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decibel
Also, like the previous poster said, the Touring has the double walled resonated tips, while the Hyper has single wall tips.
09-19-2007, 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by usmanasif
So did you install the y-pipe yet?
Been pretty busy and it sounds sweet as is. I am sure it will be better power wise with the y-pipe but the motivation just isn't there at the moment...lol
10-13-2007, 02:48 PM
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Originally Posted by nramsey
Recently I finally got around to choosing an exhaust system. I decided to go with the Tanabe Medalion Touring exhaust due to it's reported 93 decibel sound level. I was looking for something fairly quiet and tastefull, but with more sound and character than the stock exhaust. I am closing in on 30 so my ricer days are over I think. I think this one fits the bill nicely! I purchased both the y-pipe back exhaust, and the Tanabe y-pipe. I haven't yet installed the y-pipe though as the ramps I used to install the exhaust didn't give me enough room up front to access the y-pipe. I'll probably get to it in the next few weeks.
Install was straight forward and fitment is perfect. Quality appears to be top notch. One common problem with the stock exhaust is that the tips aren't level. The right tip usually sits higher than the left. I've also heard some other non-true dual exhaust have the same issue. No problem here with the Tanabe. Both tips are equal height and they both stick out the same amount. Sound is very satisfying. During cruise the exhaust isn't really any louder than stock, with the exception being around 2000 RPM when dipping into the gas a bit in the higher gears...there's a bit of deep resonance that is noticeable, but not objectionable. When getting on the gas the sound is just what I was looking for. Deep, smooth, and exotic sounding. Somewhat similar to the stock exhaust tone, but more aggressive. I really couldn't be happier.
So here's some pics and vids for you to decide for yourself!
Vids:
Start and rev: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KkRgduN2jA
Launch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWQzIQ9LqT0
Drive by: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihmaZiV_Whs
Install was straight forward and fitment is perfect. Quality appears to be top notch. One common problem with the stock exhaust is that the tips aren't level. The right tip usually sits higher than the left. I've also heard some other non-true dual exhaust have the same issue. No problem here with the Tanabe. Both tips are equal height and they both stick out the same amount. Sound is very satisfying. During cruise the exhaust isn't really any louder than stock, with the exception being around 2000 RPM when dipping into the gas a bit in the higher gears...there's a bit of deep resonance that is noticeable, but not objectionable. When getting on the gas the sound is just what I was looking for. Deep, smooth, and exotic sounding. Somewhat similar to the stock exhaust tone, but more aggressive. I really couldn't be happier.
So here's some pics and vids for you to decide for yourself!
Vids:
Start and rev: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KkRgduN2jA
Launch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWQzIQ9LqT0
Drive by: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihmaZiV_Whs
You inspired on me .
Finally I decided to buy Tanabe Medalion Touring Exhaust and Y pipe.
I was going to buy nismo exhaust. After I saw his write-up,
I decided to go with Tanabe !
All of my friends recommended Tanabe Touring exhaust.
I wil intall this on next friday !