Im still contemplating which one to get. I want a nice exhaust note sound. The Mina Gallery cost around $900 vs Adamesh $380.

 

I've had both. The Mina is a more subtle sound...very sweet!! The Ademash is harsher but still sounds good....hard to beat for the $$$$.

 

I've only had the Mina. I can't tell you how it sounds on a stock exhaust, but I've replaced the cats with the ones from NP, put a borla in the center and have the Mina. The people at the muffler shop were pretty floored when they first heard it. It sounds pretty amazing.

 

I will be replacing the two rear boxes with straight pipes and quad tips from Adamesh this weekend (if not sooner). I will keep you posted of the difference.

I also brought a wind deflector and 4 clear LED side marker lights from them. They arrived from the UK quicker than my Solo 3 radar detector did from the U.S. which was ordered the same day!

Got to say, Adamesh product is top quality, reasonably priced and great customer service so far. Very impressed.

On a side note: The LEDs arrived with 2 clear side repeaters which I kind of liked. I took the driver’s side wheel well cover off and there attached to the leaper badge was an electrical connector. I took it off and installed a LED bulb...Hey Presto, side repeaters.

I removed the leaper badge (which breaks the tabs in the process amd make the unuseable) and installed the lamp fitting, look great with the clear front side marker.
Now on to the passenger side...how did Jaguar engineers P**S me off today......no electrical connector. Why TF would they do that? It's like they do stuff deliberately to annoy us!

Anyway I made a harness and used and old connector from one of the discarded marker lenses and connected it up, it works just fine.

Just in case anyone wants to do the same..

Regards,

Karl

 

Sounds good make sure you make a video. Thanks

 

I would also be interested in hearing the result
I have another thread going and wondering if x pipe or starting at the back with adamesh one section at a time ( they make two sections I believe ) . Was going to get the quad tips as well

Howard

 

I went to fit the new pipes last night, old ones came off easy. Turns out I have the wrong mounting bracket. Apprantly the 2000 MY uses the 4.2 exhaust mounting bracket.

One e-mail to Adamesh and new brackets on on their way by air mail no charge.

Looks like it will be early next week now for the install. I will try an make a beffore and after video.

Thanks,

Karl

 

Cant wait for the video.

 

So do the adamesh rear straight tubes bolt in place of the stock rear boxes - but is cutting necessary, or is there a stock joint they slip into? Just wondering in case it's too loud and I want to go back to stock.

 

No cuttting required, loosen one clamp and the rubber mount and the rear pipes slip off. Easy to go back to stock if required.

I will keep old pipes/boxes just in case I want to retun to standard for some reason.

Regards,

Karl

 

Any video yet ?

 

Not sure who you're asking a vid from, but here's mine:

 

I just received the Mina kit today, I hope to install it this weekend. If It sounds as good as it looks I think I will be happy

 

Sorry guys, I made the videos but they were too big to post even at just 35 seconds each, whats up with that? If anyone knows of a way to post them I will do it.

As a footnote, I went bak to the standard pipes. I just decided I liked the quite unassuming power over the louder rumbley in your ear power!

On the plus side, I have a set of Adamesh straight pipes with twin tips for sale if anyone is intrested?

They are not that load just too loud for me (read old fart)

Thanks

Karl

 

Are you using Youtube ? Upload them to Youtube. So how was the sound very loud ?

 

Instead of replacing the standard rear pipes and tips by Adamesh or Mina, has anyone just cut out the two rear boxes and replace that space with two regular straight pipes? Seems like that would get the desired sound in the most cost effective way..right? Would love to hear what that would sound like.

 

You'll get more noise, but due to the cats and front muffler, it's a volume increase, not necessarily better sound, just more of it.

The stock exhaust was designed to make the car as quiet as possible... if you turn up the volume too much, you'll hear that.

 

YYC guy,

What are the chances you still have those Adamesh parts?