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Old 06-01-2009, 11:33 AM
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So I am ready to buy a new exhaust soon and I have been shopping around and asking a lot of people for their opinions. So far I have heard a lot of good things from Bassani, but nobody I talked to has a Borla exhaust system. So I was wondering if anybody here has a Borla and if not, which one they would prefer. I have a 2008 touring model.
Old 06-01-2009, 11:40 AM
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Go Bassani the X pipe on it is much better than the stock H pipe on the Borla. I had the borla and my friend has the Bassani, the sound on the bassani is much better in my opinion.
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Get the Bassani over the Borla. Bassani sounds much better and is pretty good quality as well. It has a nice deep growl but not in an annoying way. The gains are nice as well. Check out the videos on youtube.
Old 06-01-2009, 01:48 PM
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I would go Bassani over Borla in a heartbeat, with performance, sound, and build quality in mind.
Old 06-01-2009, 02:02 PM
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The bassani can even be found for cheaper, shouldnt even be a discussion
Old 06-01-2009, 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by 0jiggy0
The bassani can even be found for cheaper, shouldnt even be a discussion
It should be a discussion. The HR section has been boring lately.
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Neither
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Borla TD - Love mine
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a 3rd neither too here
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Bassani if I had to chose between the two.

Edit: With HFC, not sure if you get rasp with test pipes.

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Originally Posted by 0jiggy0
The bassani can even be found for cheaper, shouldnt even be a discussion
Really? amazon has the Borla for about $947. Some days it's $929.
Old 06-02-2009, 06:08 AM
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I wouldn't get either.
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Bassani, but I got a Borla for $250 with a torn H-pipe, $10 to fix it (gave the guy $20), and it sounds great.

If you can find a deal used get the cheaper, if not, get the bassani. I'll probably be putting an X pipe and flex joints in the borla fairly soon.
Old 06-02-2009, 11:23 AM
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well i went with borla td over bassani because of the wight, the bassani weighs more..there both pretty similar though..
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lol it pretty dumb to make the decision over weight. You won't feel +/- 25lbs in a 3300lb car.

listen to them in person and then make a decision.
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wight reduction???
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^^^Go with Motordyne
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Old 06-03-2009, 12:40 PM
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Borla has the million mile warranty, not sure what kind of warranty Bassani has.


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