i have a thermal stealth catback on my 97 civic. i swapped a b18b in not too long ago, and my exhaust has gotten much deeper/meaner sounding. at first i thought it was the ****, but now, with the extra ***** the car has, i find myself gettin on it more, and every time i do, i feel like the whole world is listening. i know the stealth is supposed to be "quiet", but there has to be something more quiet. i've been searching, and i'm leaning toward apexi's ws universal. does anyone have a similar set up? i'm trying to keep it low key. i'm not in it for the attention my car will bring, just the opposite actually, i just want to have fun driving my car. with the resonator already on the thermal, the world sport should sound nice and quiet right? trust me i've searched, i just want to know of similar instances of post swap exhaust stories. thanks

 

Apex'i WS, Mugen twinloop (or twinloop replica), RSR Ex-mag are all good exhausts for the kind of performance you are looking for.

 

i know the selection of mufflers out there, i just want the one that is next to stock sounding. i can't stand the whole "ricer image", so the fart can, super loud type muffler make's me sad. the thermal sounds good, i've gotten alot of compliments on its sound. some think i'm crazy for wanting something else, but i feel like i'm holding back when i drive, because of the noise levels. i really hate the attention it brings, maybe i just need a shrink. thanks for the reply.

 

i agree with the twin loop as probably your best bet.. i had a world sport and it was pretty quiet but compared to the thermal stealth i dont know if it is quieter or not. You are going to get to a point however where to get it quieter you will have to sacrifice some flow and if you are willing to do that you have a lot more options. maybe a itr muffler.

 

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I'd check out the twinloop if I were you.

 

i can do without some flow. i know i'll have to sacrifice. will a itr rear section bolt up, with minor modification? to be exact, i have a 97 civic 4dr. also, i don't have twin loop money, and searches said the twin loop was considerably louder than ws, and rsr.


Modified by aak at 8:08 PM 4/6/2006

 

best way to quiet it down.........TURBO!!!!!

 

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OBX makes a twinloop replica that I haven't heard anything bad about, and it isn't very expensive either.

I'm pretty sure the ITR rear section will fit up pretty easily, but I don't know much about it.

 

apexi world sport is definetely what you want if you wnat quiet. you cant possibly get much quieter and even with a high flow cat, its sounds great.

 

thank for all the feedback. i think i'm gonna try the ws universal. i like the low profile look to it. especially if painted black. thanks again.

 

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=856670

VERY useful info here

 

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you should really move pen header to like loudness 8 or 9, cause in pretty sure the spec 2 is louder

 

what about borla, flowmaster, dynomax, etc. can anyone tell me their experience with any of these?

 

http://www.jhpusa.com/catalog/...d=837 my friend had this on his b16 hatch and it wasn't too loud. and it comes black already.

 

RSR Exmag!

 

DO NOT GET A MUGEN TWINLOOP REPLICA, trust me, i have the obx one, they all suck. quiet as expletive for like 3 days, and gets loud again.

 

world sport is very nice. had it on my car for 1yr+ still very quiet even with high flow cat.

 

hey i like a loud exhaust! all i have on rite now is a universal 3.5' tip ractive fireball muffler....the exhaust was louder b4 i installed my dc-sports 4-1 headers its very queit but descent at wot:D

 

just go to your local muffler shop and have them install a resonator cheapest way

 

what I am going to do is just go to a muffler shop and run straight pipe to a flowmaster muffler or something 40 bucks for everything man you cant beat that and you still might get that rumble but **** people arent going to look at you like oh there goes one of those ricer buckets. me personaly I like quietness loud= cop trouble = to bullshit

 

exactly. i heard a new si, the other day. it sounded aggressive without the, "hey look at me, i'm an *******" kind of sound. it was perfect. thanks for all the replies .


Modified by aak at 2:37 PM 4/9/2006

 

bump for your mother

 

I personally have a Magnaflow oval muffler with an 18" Magnaflow resonator and my car is pretty quiet. It has a great tone and doesn't drive me wild while I'm driving on the freeway. Look into a Magnaflow oval if you are interested, definately worth looking into. Good Luck.

 

i got an Integra WS on my 95 eg coupe, only problem i found was that the tip doesnt stick out enough past the rear bumper, also i was running a GSR muffler before i got the WS just my 2 cents i dont know if its matters