Exhaust

[VTEC1600]

Which exhaust do you guys have underneath your cars? Do you have an American one (Greddy, A'pexi, HKS, ...) or a European one (Sebring, Remus, Supersprint, ...) and which one do you guys think is best to get? Maybe post some pics of exhausts.

[Goosse]

I still have my stock one. If I'm going to buy one, I think I would use a European brand. Don't know which one yet. Does anyone know something about Skytune? They are very cheap...

[VTEC1600]

I wouldn't go for skytune, just because they are all show, no go, thye aren't calaculated for your car. They make a lot of noise, too much imo.

If you go for an exhaust take one that was especially designed for your car.

I went for some prices yesterday, this is what i found out untill now (all prices are do-it-yourself mounting)

Remus: 2x102 mm Future Design (14700 BEF or 365 EUR)
Supersprint: single tip 100 mm, new design 2002 (14300 or 355 EUR)
Laser: Single tip 100 mm (11700 BEF or 290 EUR)

AVB-sports: single tip (18000 BEF or 446 EUR)
Sheepdog: single tip (25000 BEF or 620 EUR)

All are just the last part, not cat-back systems

[Goosse]

You might want to check out Ralley Shop Diest. They offer custum made exhausts at low prices (6000-8000 BEF). I've heard a lot off good things about them. They also produce a nice sound, not to loud, but very deep.

[AccordCE8]

I like the american/japanese style exhaust, because they're very rare over here. They are only very expensive to import imo.
I personally like the one with a special silencer tip, so you can lower the sound when you have had enough of it. like the one in the link I put in below.

http://www.apexi-usa.com/exhausts_dunk.asp

I think no exhaust will realy give you more power... it's more likely to give you less power, or you must have a lot of other modifications so it really needs more diameter or so.
I've still got the standard exhaust, I want to replace it once, but no hurry.

[VTEC1600]

Oh yes an A'PEXi, one of the best, but unfortunately only available as a catback system and as so very expensive (count between 745 and 990 EURO). The same goes for Greddy.
Probably i will get the Remus future design


Only it will be in full-inox

[bracer]

Remus is OK I guess, I have a single 90mm Remus, not too loud, just a nice deep sound. Don't expect any hp gains with it though.
If you want something different maybe you can consider a muffler from EPS (www.uitlaten.com) hand made SS, they aren't cheap especially if you want your own design but they are real good quality.

[00'Civic SR]

I still have a stock exhaust. If I was to change I'd probably go with a Thermal R&D. A lot of the 'knowledgeable' people on AF have them and seems to come very highly recommended.

[Veetec]

I had a Remus exhaust on my old Civic and a Sebring on my Lude. Both have got a really nice and not too loud sound IMO. They are pretty much the same in style and sound and quality is really good (no rust yet). I wouldn´t buy a complete system because the hp gain won´t be that big compared to the price except you want to turbo your car. A muffler shouldn´t hurt the performance of your car and will make it sound a lot better.

[AccordCE8]

Do you know what i don't get, why is it all so expensive for honda's? the cheapest muffer i can get is about 400 euro's. For a peugeot 106 the most expensive is less then 400 euro's. the same with my side repeaters... at the rover dealer about 35 euro...at honda 40 euro.... for a peugeot 106 about 15-20 euro's.
replacing my brake pads... don't know exactly the price...but also much much more expensive... grrrr.... can anyone explain?

[00'Civic SR]

Do you know what i don't get, why is it all so expensive for honda's? the cheapest muffer i can get is about 400 euro's. For a peugeot 106 the most expensive is less then 400 euro's. the same with my side repeaters... at the rover dealer about 35 euro...at honda 40 euro.... for a peugeot 106 about 15-20 euro's.
replacing my brake pads... don't know exactly the price...but also much much more expensive... grrrr.... can anyone explain?

Pretty easy - Supply and Demand. There isn't a big enough market for honda yet. They don't sell as many cars as peugeot, ford, VW, etc. The aftermarket suppliers know this and charge us honda owners too much.

You should see some of the prices we get charged in Ireland. Sometimes twice as much as the UK. We are just treated as idiots

[Veetec]

Originally posted by 00'Civic SR


Pretty easy - Supply and Demand. There isn't a big enough market for honda yet. They don't sell as many cars as peugeot, ford, VW, etc. The aftermarket suppliers know this and charge us honda owners too much.

You should see some of the prices we get charged in Ireland. Sometimes twice as much as the UK. We are just treated as idiots

That´s it! Another reason could be that many parts used on a Honda are already very well designed so that it would more éxpensive to do the researches to create better parts! But I´m not sure about that.

[AccordCE8]

you're right that honda is not a real great market for tuning, but it's really getting better. At my place there are quite a few honda civic/crx's... more than peugeot 106... and in france they may not even put under an aftermarket muffler or so, so that's so real market i think. And i don't think the engineering for honda product will be that hard... imo most tuning products are made for the looks... especially for the europe brands that produce honda parts... especially my accord (maybe they do some more work for civic's) I don't think that my strutbrace is really tested on an accord, they just measure the size etc. and produce a nice and shiney piece of aluminium/steel ans sell it.

[Veetec]

Originally posted by AccordCE8
I don't think that my strutbrace is really tested on an accord, they just measure the size etc. and produce a nice and shiney piece of aluminium/steel ans sell it.

... I was talking about exhausts and stuff like that! Not about strutbraces! They have to test exhausts and headers for example because it´s possible that they won´t be smog-legal.

[AccordCE8]

Originally posted by Veetec
... I was talking about exhausts and stuff like that! Not about strutbraces! They have to test exhausts and headers for example because it´s possible that they won´t be smog-legal.

okay