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Old Sep 1, 2012 | 06:04 PM
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decided to do quad exhaust in the rear

heres the tips

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then i cut the tips of the stock muffler with a saw zaw,
then welded the new ones on

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i orded them from ebay , i tried a few differant ones till i found the one i liked
cost me $60 ,i wanted to keep the muffler stock and quiet
i have a mazda rx7 which is load,so i wanted one car which was quiet



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pretty simple job took about 2hours
 
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Old Sep 1, 2012 | 06:49 PM
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looks nice
 
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Old Sep 2, 2012 | 06:39 AM
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The exhaust tips look good....and i caught myself drooling when i saw the rx7.
 
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Old Sep 2, 2012 | 02:29 PM
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Hi,
Looks great..... but did you need to modify the lower PVC panel ? (around the quad profile)
 
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Old Sep 2, 2012 | 02:53 PM
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no cutting it fits perfectly, you have to have the right size tips

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Old Sep 2, 2012 | 03:10 PM
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Looks nice. Could you provide us a link to the ebay seller?
 
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Old Sep 2, 2012 | 05:39 PM
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looks so nice. well done, i like that look
 
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Old Sep 3, 2012 | 02:24 PM
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ill look up the ebay seller for you guys

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Old Sep 3, 2012 | 05:21 PM
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Yes, Thank you. That would be nice. I think they look real nice. I would like to have them too.
 
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Old Sep 3, 2012 | 09:39 PM
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Yes, Thank you. That would be nice. I think they look real nice. I would like to have them too.
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So would I. That's why I asked for a link!
 
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Old Sep 4, 2012 | 07:51 PM
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i orded these pipes a few months ago so im trying to find the seller i should have it by tomorrow ....


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Old Sep 8, 2012 | 10:33 PM
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found the link

KIA SOUL Sport stainless steel Chrome Exhaust Muffler Tip double pipe | eBay
 
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Old Sep 8, 2012 | 10:45 PM
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these are the tools you need

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Old Sep 9, 2012 | 07:07 AM
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dennis...did you cut off the connecting piece from the new tips?...on the ebay listing the connector has quite an upward angle on it, in your pic the connector is a straight coupler
 
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Old Sep 9, 2012 | 09:46 AM
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yes thats where the tin snips come into play,very easy to cut off i did one my neice did the other ,then i went to autozone ant put a 21/2 inch adapter on for $3 ....that was it ,look in the first pic how i atached it
 
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Old Sep 9, 2012 | 04:53 PM
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great, thanks...i think you started a new trend here :+)

those dual mina mufflers are so expensive...this is a nice alternative. Thanks for posting
 
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Old Sep 9, 2012 | 08:31 PM
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no problem
when i was shopping for dual tip exhausts i found a few but they wanted $1300 for them,
i said to myself ill make them myself for $60

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Old Sep 10, 2012 | 12:24 AM
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Looks good! Of course, changing the actual mufflers would be far more expensive than just changing tips, and I assume the 1300USD ones you saw were made by Arden ($$$). If you don't want to alter the exhaust note, changing just the tips is certainly the better method as it looks the same unless viewed from underneath
 
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Old Sep 10, 2012 | 12:44 AM
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Aonsaithya,
BTW, how is it going with the Mina exhaust system?
 
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Old Sep 10, 2012 | 01:12 AM
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They are in shipment currently. It took a bit longer than I expected, but that's because I wanted oval tips (the same shape as the originals, not "racetrack"-oval like they have on their site) and it took them some time to find suitable ones. It's possible they had them made, not sure.

They sent me a photo of the alternatives, the ones on the left are the size of the Borla tips and the ones on the left are the size of the X-Type OEM accessory tips. I chose the ones on the right:


I'd imagine/hope they would arrive during this week, partly because I'm impatient and partly because I was thinking I'd have them fitted as I take the car in to have block & interior heaters fitted. Finland's getting colder as we speak...
 
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