This was my first time installing these and I must say, it was far easier than I expected. I had a buddy of mine help me out but we removed the stock cats and installed the test pipes in about 2-2.5 hours. I have been reading a lot of tp reviews and opinions and the rasp was my main concern. Running stock exhaust by the way. I could care less about the smell but the sound was the most crucial to me. Honestly, the only time it would somewhat rasp is from a cold start, under load, roughly around the 3-4k rpm range. After it warms up, it goes a away a bit but honestly, I think this whole rasp thing is overrated. From the inside, it kinda does sound like it rasp under load. It produces a subtle hiss/rasp sound but when I heard it from the outside, couldn't tell at all. Now this may vary for different exhaust setups but w/ test pipes (non-res) and stock catback, sounds pretty decent. Oh and the butt dyno seems to conclude it pulls harder in the top end. All in all, I'm pretty satisfied.

heres a clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4RK8Zjkm9c

 

nice

 

dude rasp isn't overrated, they suck when test pipes are mated with the right exhaust. I had longtube headers with my stock exhaust and i personally did not notice any rasp. But with my Bassani i couldnt stand it (reason i sold that and the HKS knockoff). Im glad you like your setup tho, it did sound great when i had it.

 

Nice sound. Did the cel light ever come on?

 

same here OP. i went with berk.

 

I got Berk tp's...and Borla td...and rasp. I hate it and kinda wanna take the pipes off. I konda wondered if heat wrapping them would help with the rasp?? Btw, yours has alot of rasp as well, but still sounds fairly cool.

 

Cool man. I have strup test pipes also. Definatly a worth while mod.

 

so far, no, and i hope it stays that way. I'm not really worried since its an 03 and have non-foulers added.


heat wrap what? the TPs or the Y-pipe? heat wrapping tps doesn't make sense to me. if your thinking about wrapping the flex part of the y-pipe, it'll prob help a little but i wouldn't advise it. It'll probably be more prone to rusting.


sweet. looking to get a HR y-pipe next to get some more flow going.