True.

I think 023 was lowest or something like that, so probably about the same thing.

ray should go in the 026

^ yes!


If anyone knows of some 205s I could borrow, my wheels should be here tomorrow :lol:

Which is pretty extreme and crazy if you think about it.

Got a ticket leaving Carson yesterday. Cop said he gunned me at 41 in a 25. I know that when he hit me (momentarily mind you) that I was going 34. And I'm on stock sized tires on OE wheels, so I'm hoping I'm displaying correctly.

Anyway, he didn't bother to hit the Carolla that was behind us going faster, so pretty sure the sound of the exhaust made him think we'd be an easy hit.

In everyone's experience, what is a pretty quiet, while still deep and pleasant sounding exhaust, that's currently available (for sale)? I've been checking YouTube videos all day, and honestly, unfortunately, the best I've come up with the Gimmick MotorSports/SureWin Products cheapo systems. Perrin was too loud, Cobb too raspy, MadDad just didn't do it for me, Stromung too loud, Invidia G200 tip size is too big. Whatever I get will be mated to my Invidia bellmouth downpipe, although I may look into catting it.

I will likely be heading towards an '08+ STI turbo swap or 20g eventually, but for now sticking to stock. SO, sticking to 3" as well (and therefore Bosal/SPT is out).

I like my Blitz RX. It looks just like the R but is pretty quite around town, when you open it up it gets a little aggressive.

I had a Blitz Nur Spec Touring on the wagon. I think tip was too big for what I'm after, and honestly still too loud.

I've had two thoughts on exhaust for a while - stock look but 3", or straight pipe look but with a muffler and resonator. Seeing Andys straight pipe made me want one so much more. But I can't see a suitable locationfor a hidden muffler. I also searched for a few hours for a ProDrive oval or round tip, but found nothing.

Saw a STI winged WRX tonight with one of the SureWin systems, and don't think it's gonna work either. Now thinking Borla or back to MadDad.

I welded a magnaflow muffler on the back of mine and it made it really quite. Its not really the look I was going for and I will probably end up changing it. It does the job real nice though. I drove up next to Austin and I was revving trying to get his attention and I don't think I could even hear my own car over his 30mph speed. :lol:

Given the choice, I think a cop will always pull over a STI over a Corolla unless it's going stupid fast. Even a stock STI draws more attention then most modified cars, so changing the exhaust might not get you completely out of trouble.

I've never had a problem with Northern NV police and exhaust noise and I drove around for 2 years with a catless Blitz Nur Spec R! I doubt your exhaust had anything to do with you getting tagged. Like Khail said, the STi draws too much attention anyway. I would chalk it up to an unlucky event and let it go, rather than change anything on my car.

My guess is that it was the speeding that got the most attention from the officer. Stop speeding. :p

:lol::shocked:

:mog:

When he gunned me I was shifting into third, driving mellow, wasn't even at 35. Didn't have the gun on for a full second. I would have called him on his bullshit if he didn't come up as a complete bastard right off the bat.

And at night, with no wing and a basic silver car with silver wheels, it's not at all obvious my car is an sti.

That's why I'm pretty sure the only reason he went after me was that I was droning along. I dealt with enough small town cops when I was younger to know the car and the sound is an open invitation for harassment.

Anyway, it's motivation to do what I already wanted to do, remove more noise. And not go to frickin Carson anymore than necessary.

I definitely didnt even hear you. I saw a hood scoop out of the corner of my eye and that's what caught my attention. :lol:

I've also never had a problem with sound and police. Even when I have gotten pulled over it was because I was doing something against the law, and they never said anything about exhaust. I mean I've had Blitz Nur Spec R, Invidia Q300, Gymkhana, and Invidia N1 Race.. My cars have been heard. lol

Anyway, good ol boy picked one of two cars. I was the chosen one. Has me inspired to quiet my shit. Thinking a 250 cell race cat added into my downpipe is the best place to start. Looking for someone to cut and weld the stainless as all I have is a mig.

Also about to order up some Federal 595RS-Rs, in 235/40. That should put me at the same and wheel fitment as most 245s. 9.6" wide rubber is enough I think. At least for this set. Still not 100% sold on the RS-Rs, but read mileage in the 15-22k range with some light track or autocross, so thinking that'd be good enough as a street set with trips to VC and Tahoe. And much more fun than most other tires.

I've driven my caged, stickered rally car through carson easily 200+ times . never got pulled over. I have been pulled over in my STI around carson though ... even driving more miles in my rally car, i get pulled over more frequently in my STI.

my STI is louder than my rally car.. but i think its the big scoop + wing that does it for them.

Can't you just buy some stainless wire for your setup?

You need a different gas mix too usually. It's just a PITA if you've got a MIG setup for mild steel to do anything else. Plug, getting it TIG welded will look a lot nicer.

once you tig you never go back! looks so much better. hell i even tig mild steel jut to make it look better.

I have a mig set up for stainless here at work and it blows. i have the right gas/wire and its usless for anything but tack welds before i tig something

Yeah, I have been using fluxcore for so long I totally forgot about the gas. Obviously TIG is the way to do most any automotive welding.

I wouldn't bother to mig it even if I had a stainless mig setup. Tig or nothing :)

I have a full gas setup that just needs to be plumbed and whatnot, still fluxcore :(

It is simpler (and possibly cheaper) to order a catted Invidia downpipe and sell your catless one than to buy a cat and pay to have the modification done.

I might do just that ^ Still pretty $$$ though. $150 for the cat, $50ish for welding (???), or $500 for new catted dp, and sell what I have for, what, $100?

So I have wheels, need to order tires, new valve stems should be here soon (couldn't rock the blue ones the wheels came with), and need to track down front and rear camber plates, and make some fender rolling happen. Also need to do a front stud swap.

Need to open up the fenders a bit. At my current alignment (~2*f, 1.5r I think?) the wheels are approx. 1/2" outside the fenders. That's really not a whole lot considering the front are untouched, and the rears are very minorly rolled.

Not sure if this pic will work, was too lazy to upload to Photobucket:

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So, where to get some extended studs from? Need 8mm spacers as well, or 10mm...

I have some extended studs that Sperry gave me. You can have them if you want them. I think a couple of the threads need to be cleaned up. They aren't ARP. I think they came with some spacers he bought or something.

If they'll fit I'll take 'em!

Cool, you can swing by and pick them up some evening. Just let me know.

Will do. Did you get a new number when you changed your phone/plan?

Nope. Still the same.

Cool. I'll see what's best with the lady for heading over this week.

So I'm getting closer... Need to talk to Scott about some rear plates, working with GC on the fronts, tires will be in this week, valve stems were delayed but will be here this week...


Not sure if I shared these yet:

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Check your PMs, I replied to you last week!

I know, but I'm a frickin slacker and been putting this thing off way too much trying to ge my house ready vacated and ready to rent again... Unsuspected lease termination and all that.

This coming week though, getting tires installed :banana:

So uh... still waiting on camber plates to lower it I see? :lol:

I don't think you recognized my little black Sentra when I buzzed up by you on the freeway near Plumb last night Rory. Your car looks SUPER low cruising along on those wheels! I will admit though, they look good!

Scott - I got a little impatient lol... But, the front camber plates are sitting here, and need to get the rears so I can go to town. Planning on going another 1/2" lower all around - which will mean I will effectively be another 1/2" higher as far as the front coils are concerned :)

Rear end does need to come in a bit though, will be moving the struts in about 1/4" to accommodate the 5mm spacers. so, definitely still need the rear plates...


Cory - I did recognize you - but only by the time that you were starting to pass, I saw you and then that green sway bar and said "shit that's Cory!". I honked. you were exiting already though.

So, I was installing my camber plates and ran into some issues. Waiting on more bushings from Ground Control, and a rebuilt strut from KW. Will also have the springs powder coated while everything's apart as they were used, and rusty.


Car's been layed up for over a week. I'm dying... At least the Jeep's hanging in there.

So are you gonna enter top scoob or what?

Lol no way I can get it done in time. I would have had I been able to get the camber plates installed. But bb ever got any real pics taken before I started the swap, and no way it'll be done before the weekend.

And no way to change the thread title.

So I've been a bit busy, had some complications with camber plate swap and whatnot, but now fully aligned and where it's gonna stay. Wish I had gone with 255s now, but the 235s will work...

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Still need to sways, throw on some bushings, etc.*


* Cory was right, it really didn't want to get up his alignment rack :(

Love the carwash pics!

Car looks dope, but I'd rather see fender flares and those wheels properly wrapped with 285's. :cool:

Enough room for 255s when these are shot. It'll be a while though :(

And I'll be tracking down some 255s for the 17" RPFs soon... :)

I think the car doesn't seem that low because of the way the light hits those stretched tires.

Lol pretty much. And the tires still have a bunch of the mold release on them. I need to dress them. I really hate putting anything on tires though. Hoping to get to hand wash it next week or so, hoping simple green will clean them up.

Those tires are just too small. :(

The stretch is just way too much. 255s would even be a little narrow IMO. Those wheels are huge! As it sits, it looks unnecessarily low while still having a lot of fender gap.

What's the size of that tire? 235/35/18? It looks smaller than the stock overall diameter. I'd run something like a 255/40/18 if you can get it to fit. You can still run big, low offset wheels and have some sidewall... it just likely means a bit more fender attention.

They are 235/35. I was going to get 255/35 but these were half the price, figured it d be better to go smaller if I didn't know theyd fit. Will be going for 255/35 next. The 255/35 is the same overall diameter as stock, 255/40 would be huge in 18 - the 255/40/17 is the same diameter as stock 17s.

Basically, I'm not low enough to pull off as much stretch as I have. But can't reason replacing new tires.

Unless, of course, someone needs a set of 235/35.


And, the car has no wheel gap. The fenders are flush sigh the tops of the tires. On all four. He poor pic angles are just playing tricks on your eyes. :)