Update:

Received the hardware for the lip Saturday. Got it for a good price and its OEM!


It was then time for clean up the Spoon N1...

This is what it looked like before:





Here you can see the scuffs and what appears to be burnt bumper residue





After sanding the tip with 800,1500 and 2000:



I then polished it up multiple times with Mothers Mag & Aluminum polish and that stuff worked great as always.

The sun was scorching outside and I was getting blinded by the N1 lol, couldn't even get a good picture.

Before...





While I was taking off the old hardware, they snapped and the spring exploded haha. Good thing it went straight




Out with the old!



Since it was touching the chassis, I wedged a fat eraser in there and it must of fallen off at one point haha.



Caked!


Polished from the constant vibration lol!


Also noticed it was starting to separate This axleback really needed to be changed out as you can see even though it sounded pretty decent.



Side by side, here you can see the final result of the polish.




In with the new....



Fitment is on point!



After:

This fitment is ridiculous!! Also, I chose not to polish around the end of the canister so that its not too shiny and gets too much attention from the cops. Just to be on the safe side. I hope I don't get hassled for it considering everyone here has loud exhaust that sound awful and don't get hassled.



Perfect!








Looks amazing IMO, super happy with it. I did some driving and it sounds incredible to say the least. Its such a joy. It is very smooth and not raspy at all.

Highway driving is not bad at all, its pretty quiet and it doesn't have much of a drone. Street driving can be kept pretty quiet but its always audible. When idling it sounds like its not even on. Very subtle exhaust note.

Under mild acceleration it sounds like a racecar haha, so beast!! It has some drone to it when street driving but its nothing compared to the loud stuff most guys here have.

Power wise its a little early to tell but I def picked up speed quicker than Im used to. Its hard to avoid placebo since the sound is completely different but by judging how much I have to step on the gas and seeing how it accelerates I def have to say it picked up some good torque. I haven't really ripped on it yet but once and it seemed quicker. Obviously picked up power but no idea as to how much. Certainly makes a lot of difference though, Ill say that.

Very pleased

I didn't have time to do an exhaust clip but I will soon.

 

lol..............i swear you make me laugh. i doubt you picked up anything more then a 1-2hp. it sound better with a dohc behind it. never cared for the exhaust note of the single cam vtec thru it. you think it sound like a race car now wait till you have the itr swap. also everytime you work on your car the amount of rust you have from your under side is crazy. i would be going crazy if that was me. put your freaking bill on and leave it on already.

 

way to make my polish job look like ***. lol.

glad you like the N1. Looks good on there.

 

Nut up and swap the car already.

 

the buttdyno strikes again

I can deff appreciate your attention to detail tho. There is no such thing as too much effort.

Me you and jesse need to meet up for a photoshoot asap..

 

Damn some harsh comments haha
It looks great clauds polish job looks on point

 

1-2hp is a nice compliment when you only have about 100 of them. Its probably more than that since it was bottle necked before. Its certainly noticeable. Your car will have power in the upwards of 800hp, sure 1-2hp wont be noticeable at that stage but I know my car very well and I can feel the slightest changes.

I bet the ITR motor will sound nice with it, I heard it last weekend from that mint ITR I posted and it was beautiful.

What rust are you talking about? No reason to go crazy, the old beat up hardware you see is not OEM, its hardware that I got from Lowes 2 years ago. The axleback isn't OE either, I bought my car with a 5'' universal axleback and that had to go asap so I bought one from here for $60 and threw it on. Its only beat up from the vibrations of touching the chassis due to my header being short and the rust you see well, it came from a 92 coupe and its pretty old.

The chassis itself is in pretty good shape considering it was daily driven through all these winters and it has 252,000 miles. Looks great for its age and its just breaking in now

Duckbill will wait till the inspection or maybe longer, gotta do things right homie! Maybe I will throw it on for the time being and then take it off, well see.

Haha nah not at all. For the canister all I had to do is wetsand with 2000 very lightly and polish, it was pretty mint as is.

Chill I love my motor.

Buttdyno lol, I'm not throwing figures out there. Maybe its just the way I am as a driver. Its pretty simple actually, is the car any slower, about the same or faster? Thats it. By how much doesn't matter, it still applies. The throttle response is better, you have to remember that the axleback was bottleneck of the system so by freeing it up the car will feel a lot better.

We could get together but I really have no time for that lol.
Thanks man

 

the rust im talking about isnt just from the exhaust. rotors and calipers have alot of surface rust and it happened quick. that would personally drive me crazy. rust hide's as well. thats just nuts to me. Why i said it would drive me crazy. glad i dont have a car that has to sit in snow for prolonged amounts of time. hardware doesnt matter where its from if its coated. I worked in a hardware store sold bolts and nuts. either way glad your finally getting things done. im not comparing a fully built motor pushing 20+lbs of boost to a stock z6. just been where you are. throttle response dont really mean you've got real hp gains. but i know what your trying to get at. you going to auto cross that thing next spring/summer? im going to go try my hands at it in nov. another reason why i love cali.

 

Do you have a cat?

No time??? Says the guy that has 11hrs to bleed brakes

 

Well the rotors and calipers are bare metal, its pretty simple to spray them before installing them. Can't really expect it not to rust you know? A lot of new cars today come with them sprayed already. I think 1/4 rust is a bigger deal and that is scarey

Yeah I def think I'll be able to autocross it next spring. The major thing I need right now is axles and that will be changed well before season. I actually like having an off season, gives time to save and get into other hobbies/put in work.

Yeah I have a cat. Haha I was taking breaks as I went along =]

 

Why not loose that too?

 

 

rust is rust and how fast it built up on your stuff is nuts. didnt you just replace your axles? put in work on what? i put in work every day of the week. vague statement. i have plenty of seasonal hobbies. i am waiting for our mountains out here to get snowed up so i can rip on them. and whats face palm about taking your cat off your car isnt being smogged. is it oem? that will cause your car to run like its backed up. once i replaced the one on the sedan it ran smoother. i could understand if you were here but all you have to worry about is them looking at your car your cat doesnt have to be good like cali. just saying. all of my cars out here have never had rust on the calipers. maybe the the mounting part of the rotor but thats it. and those are on ones that have been sitting for a while. salt plus snow/constant moister looks like it sucks.

on other notes how are those wheels coming along? any work on those.

 

Wow, What an answer.

You'd get more of a gain than your shiny muffler swap....

 

good work man, can't wait for the rest of the goodies

 

congrats man..... :D

 

Its just surface rust realistically, it wont bubble or crack the metal lol. I just replaced my axles recently yes, I was talking to the guy to buy them and he took them out and it just happened that I snapped mine a day or so later so I went and got them for $45 which were off an EG Si he was parting out. They were not OEM but they ran fine when I threw them on and about a week later they started going bad. It was only a temporary fix to get me up and running again and it did just that but it was never meant to be a long term deal.

Put in work on the car I mean, snow days and long vacation periods,etc.

Taking the cat off is a little iffy. Its not a mod I would simply do. I care about the environment a little bit, I would feel like a jerk not having one. Plus I hate breathing pure exhaust gases when the car is just idling. Also because it would be pretty loud without one and honestly wouldn't be where I would look for power with such a light tune. Now if I had a built B in there it would be a different story, I would maybe consider it but probably will just go with a high flow cat. Yeah its OEM.

I do have a feeling my cat is a little clogged but its whatever, its not a top priority right now.

Nah still haven't touched the wheels. By the time I get them sorted out I will need to switch to winters so I might just hold onto them for the spring and maybe I can save and trade them for something nicer even though I love how these look.


You're right but it doesn't feel right to remove it and just spit out all those harmful gases into the atmosphere, I know it doesn't matter since everyone else makes up for it with their own unnecessary pollution but its just not something I want to touch just yet for like 2hp. The noise level is probably pretty high for the gains in power.

I keep the exhaust tamed as to not disturb people in their homes even with my stock axleback but now with the N1 even more so.

Maybe I'm just self conscious about respecting those around me, I think its because I live in a street where theres so many loud bikes always going by and mad dumb people with super ricy exhausts/damaged mufflers that I don't want to be one of them if that makes any sense?

 

You might as well drop whatever you're doing and go hug a tree.


But id rather hear that than get facepalmed like I said something horribly wrong.

 

Whats the deal with all these people coming in here slingin a bunch of bullshit? Giving claudio a hard time on this and that, whats the point? Hes not going to swap the cat out because what's the point? He didnt put the muffler on for hp gains, he did it for a nice look and pleasurable sound. Plus on a street car, whats the point of polluting just to get a few exra HP and make your car sound like ***?

High flow cats cost money, especially when youre looking at metallic core can run you $300-$500. Theres no point in putting one of those POS ceramic core high flow cats on that will be useless in 20k miles. My man goes to school full time and does what he can. More important things that having a straight through exhaust on a street car and motor swaps.

Thats one of my qualms with the scene these days. So many people bent on stunting and having big HP. Why cant we just enjoy Hondas the way they came from the factory, with a few tweaks here and there to make them a little more exciting and visually pleasing? ****, Ive had my car for almost 3 years now and I still havent swapped it. Ive had a motor and trans for a year now, but Im waiting to install it until the time is right. Other priorities>motor swap.

 

Just a facepalm, didn't mean to be rude or anything Eddy

 

I wasn't giving anyone a hard time, I asked a question.

If you knew anything you'd know that I'm not looking for big hp. I'm not "one of those guys"

 

Lol I didn't think so, just wanted to know why u disagree.

Tell your posse to chill.

 

Calling the N1 a 'shiny muffler' is a bit rich. Quality parts > ghetto modifying your car by ditching or gutting your cat :/

And I dunno about the US but here its a huge fine if you are caught not running a cat - up to $10k.

N1 looks great man, glad to see it on there.

 

We need a fall shoot bad! Your friend's EG6, Jesse, Eddys and mine, would be nice! Thanks dude
My Brazilian connect whats up with the coupe?

What Im trying to say essentially, I just cant put it down as well as you can. Essentially I just don't see much of a point on polluting and having a loud car for minimal gains. Sure the N1 is also seeing minimal gains and being louder but it was much needed and its not bottle necking which is a big deal all on its own.

Yeah I figure an OEM cat is probably 400+ and it doesn't sound like an enticing mod for the money on something that probably won't be there in the long run.

The motor thing is pretty basic, my car is dead beat reliable and runs like a champ. Just don't see the reason to yank out a perfectly running motor that gets 38mpg average when gas prices are always fluctuating. I need to make real money first so that I can swap and not worry about getting 25-30mpg. I wonder if singles will start making a come back if prices spike...

They're just stating their opinions though, its just that it comes off as a little harsh. The swap thing is half jokes on me to get it under way and half of it advice for planning ahead.

My parade isn't being rained on or anything, its just happening on a cloudy day

My tuning philosophy is quite unique and I don't expect everyone to always understand it and thats why I used the facepalm in there.

 

Never did I ever say "ghetto modify" his car. There are proper ways to do things

I asked a simple question. He gave a answer. No need to run your mouths cause you don't agree with a certain mod.