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Old 07-13-2018, 04:37 AM
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Ok, I am looking to buy a new exhaust and I'm debating between a Borla true dual vs. a Invidia Gemini. I do have Berk HFCs' already, and a stillen gen 3 CAI. This is a daily driver as well. I'm not a huge fan of drone, but I dont mind it getting loud when I put the gas pedal down haha. I have been looking and I can't find any accurate decibel level information on the gemini exhaust, does anyone know what its db is? Any thoughts on either set up is appreciated! I have found these stats already.

OEM: 81db / 89db
Borla: 88db / 92db
NISMO: 84db / 95db
Stillen: 84db / 93db
Injen: 83 db/ 99db
5Zigen: 87db / 105db

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here is my old car with art pipes and gemini.... was too tame for me, but sounded good

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I live in Northern Virginia, and my car being a dd a little tame until I step on it isn't necessarily a bad thing haha. Cops around here can be difficult to deal with.
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Here's mine with Berk HFC + Gemini, no drone, quiet on idle.


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That will be my exact setup, thanks. It’s good to know HFCs don’t cause a drone. I went out to a meet earlier and heard a z that was straight piped with the Gemini exhaust. It sounds very nice in person. I am going to pull the trigger on the Gemini instead of the Borla.
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Borla to me is more for muscle cars, i have it on my vette
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that makes sense, i feel like you lose some of the VQ exhaust note with it. I do love the way the VQ sounds
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paired with a big v8 and long tube headers.....hhhhnnnngggg


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Nice! It does sound better on a V8. I ordered the invidia gemini exhaust this morning, next step is a tune. Then a couple FATT up at summit.
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just saw this

https://my350z.com/forum/exhaust/619...a-exhaust.html
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Nice, I appreciate that. I actually ordered the exhaust this morning.Got a pretty good price from one of the vendors on here too.
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