JoSh
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Right, bought this exhaust from SPD and they asked if I could do a review as a lot of people have been ringing them.
Firstly, build quality. Well, from what is essentially just a pipe the quality is good! The welds are excellent, and the tolerance on the slider parts of the system are very fine.
Fitment - using the OEM rubber bushes the fitment is also pretty good. The back pipe has loads of clearance over the lower arm, if anything is a little close to the chassis. There is one mod that I may have to do and that is shave a little material off the trailing arm bush housing (just been cautious that the exhaust wont hit it, if I go over any bumps, which it hasnt so far...). The actual pipe itself sits really discreet within the OEM bumper cut-out, just how I like it - hate the look of these big Jap-cans!
Power - Well with the slider system and been a true 2.5" straight-thru there are abviously gains over the stock system, how much exactly is unknown. I can change gear lower down and it pulls just that bit better, and its definitely helped top end! The change over is very aggressive and pronounced, but I dont want to quote figures until the car is Dyno'd - the noise can be mis-leading making you feel like your going faster than you actually are!
Noise - I doubt this exhaust needs any introduction with regards to noise. Ive got an OEM manifold and a resonated De-cat.
If you have kids or pets then I would strongly advise not buying this exhaust, your kids will have nightmares and your pets will migrate! I find that @ 60mph on the motorway its fine, but otherwise its just loud and really hard to drive quietly, when you let off it burbles and pops a lot unless you have the bung in. I personally love the sound on the Welsh lanes echo'ing through the mountains, but if you have your '9 as a daily driver then please think carefully before buying.
To sum up i've always wanted a full Spoon system, and probably sometime in the future I will get one, BUT, and its a big BUT; This system cost £300 brand new, its full stainless steel, lightweight weighing only 8kgs cat-back (Approx.), true 2.5" system unlike the Spoon/Mugen etc so best for power.
I'll try and get a decent video up soon, but so far any video's I have recorded just seem to distort the true noise.
Hope this helps,
Josh..
The Welds;
Fitment;
Firstly, build quality. Well, from what is essentially just a pipe the quality is good! The welds are excellent, and the tolerance on the slider parts of the system are very fine.
Fitment - using the OEM rubber bushes the fitment is also pretty good. The back pipe has loads of clearance over the lower arm, if anything is a little close to the chassis. There is one mod that I may have to do and that is shave a little material off the trailing arm bush housing (just been cautious that the exhaust wont hit it, if I go over any bumps, which it hasnt so far...). The actual pipe itself sits really discreet within the OEM bumper cut-out, just how I like it - hate the look of these big Jap-cans!
Power - Well with the slider system and been a true 2.5" straight-thru there are abviously gains over the stock system, how much exactly is unknown. I can change gear lower down and it pulls just that bit better, and its definitely helped top end! The change over is very aggressive and pronounced, but I dont want to quote figures until the car is Dyno'd - the noise can be mis-leading making you feel like your going faster than you actually are!
Noise - I doubt this exhaust needs any introduction with regards to noise. Ive got an OEM manifold and a resonated De-cat.
If you have kids or pets then I would strongly advise not buying this exhaust, your kids will have nightmares and your pets will migrate! I find that @ 60mph on the motorway its fine, but otherwise its just loud and really hard to drive quietly, when you let off it burbles and pops a lot unless you have the bung in. I personally love the sound on the Welsh lanes echo'ing through the mountains, but if you have your '9 as a daily driver then please think carefully before buying.
To sum up i've always wanted a full Spoon system, and probably sometime in the future I will get one, BUT, and its a big BUT; This system cost £300 brand new, its full stainless steel, lightweight weighing only 8kgs cat-back (Approx.), true 2.5" system unlike the Spoon/Mugen etc so best for power.
I'll try and get a decent video up soon, but so far any video's I have recorded just seem to distort the true noise.
Hope this helps,
Josh..
The Welds;
Fitment;
