So i'm getting made fun of by my friends...
 

because heres the deal. So i have the vortech kit in my car, and i make roughly 340-350 to the wheel. I have the Topspeed HKS-style exhaust on my car, which I love the way it looks, but i really wanna quiet the car down. The exhaust i could deal with when the car was stock, but now with the sound of the SC and the exhaust, i'm having a tough time dealing with it.

I love the sound of the exhaust, and i think it looks great, but I'm putting my stock exhaust back on till i figure out which one to get, which will, honestly, be in a few months. I'm in no rush.. so my friends are calling me pussies, but really, is the HP difference even significant enough to make the noise worthy? If i go down to 330 whp, will it really matter? I guess maybe to some it will, but not me.

I'm just looking for opinions. and thoughts...

Your friends are idiots. It's your car and if you want it quieter, then go for it. There's nothing wrong with wanting to preserve your hearing and sanity. Tell them to drive their Civics the other way if they don't like it.

haha they are not the ones driving it so tell the to STFU

Screw what your friends say. However, toning down the cop magnet exhaust isn't a bad idea!

I don't see why they should give you crap about wanting less sound, like all the above said, screw them. It's your car, your taste, and your decision if you want less sound.

Not everyone like the bee in a beer can civic exhaust that (atleast I) see everywhere (assuming that your exhaust sounds something like that)

I still crack a grin at the loud exhaust civics and (OMG cavaliers) buzzing around the DFW area. It cracks me up to see something that makes all that noise and still doesn't move. Sleeper style FTMFW.

I have the Apexi N1 exhaust and I like the noise levels on mine. Its quite when just cruising, and idle. You can hear it come alive when you really get on it though. I don't like real loud exhuast either.

I have an OEM Y-Pipe you can have for free.. and f*k ur friends...they should have some respect considering you have more HP than they do...I dont know, its whatever.

they sell silencers to go with that style of exhaust. So you can keep the same exhaust and make it quiteter.... Search on Ebay for "X02 silencer" or something similar, they are all the same and should fit perfectly.

^^^ really? is there anything i can do to keep the muffler part looking the same? cause i really like the look of it, and i wanna keep the look, just want it a little quiter.

it sounds mean as ****, i am just getting tired of the drone...

what i mean is can i replace the y-pipe with stock and keep the end part that shows? or is the pipe different?

are you talking about this? i dont really want these though.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/4-5-S...Q5fAccessories

no i think its this part. It goes inside your exhaust tip. Just measure the size and pick the appropriate one. I've seen pictures of people with that silencer in their exhaust, you dont modify anything else, just bolt it to the tip and good to go.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HKS-I...4506.m20.l1116

your a panzy if you care what your friends say. Did you go running to mom, I mean really how old are we. If you want to go stock go stock.

I didnt know topspeed made an HKS-style exhaust.

yea it sound dope as hell too. Here is my car with it & test pipes

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/3...ack_695492.htm

your friends are broken, get new ones.

I don't think its worth going back to the restricted stock exhaust. Do you have test pipes?

its your ride, do what you want, who cares what others think, i went to a more quite exhaust going from Apexi N1 to APS 2.5 TD with HF cats and my n1 was louder by far.

okay this thread wasnt supposed to be as much about my friends laughing at me.. that was not the focus, i was merely looking for opinions and maybe now some options. No i'm not running test pipes...
if i cared what my friends thought, i wouldnt have done half the stuff i have done.

i dont wanna go back to stock at all, but mostly cause of looks.. it looks pansy-ish. i love the look of mine. does anyone have experience with that silencer ICE put up?

Just get the silencer and call it a day.

I'm running test pipes and a single HKS exhaust. The silencer makes a huge difference.
Yeah it's still loud, not as loud as without it though. The difference is noticeable.

Power difference? Meh, not enough for me to care on a daily basis (if I take it to the track i'll take it off).

yeah i agree. now i gotta find out which size to get