wylin
07-15-2002, 09:23 AM
Is it me or most of the exhausts offered in or to the united states are lower quality refecting that american (atleast import) enthusiasts are cheap. my friend was going greddy is the shit, its the best exhaust ever made yada yada...im like dude i blew one of those up in 2 weeks boosting on my SR20det.
heres why:
In america brands such as Apex-i, Greddy, 5zigen, tanabe, hks are considered to be the highend. but in japan (sans HKS) they are considered low-medium end exhaust products.
Most exhaust is consturcted of mild steel thats been alluminized (coated w/ heat material) or has been painted a black heat coating and a stainless muffler that has alot of glass packing for a quiet exhaust note. The same can be said for most of Greddys,HKS's, Apex-i, 5zigens, Tanabe (orginal) lines targeted at the enthusiast. the mild steel gets beat up by heat and rust because it isnt stainless steel and will eventually wear out in 2-3 years. heres what i seen, Apex-i exhausts break sumtimes on the muffler can weld, HKS rust on the piping, Greddys rust on the piping and muffler packing blows out, tanabe same as greddy, 5zigen rusts and sumtimes resonator falls off (chris's 240sx 60mm prototype). Im not gonna comment on the taiwanese B-C grade brands that permiate the riceboy market. Just to be honest, alot of these "highend japanese "units are made in taiwan RSR and others have their jig's/piping made in taiwan and then they just do the final welding/ attach muffler...
Using higher quality stainless steel material or titanium will improve the life of the unit only if it has nice welds. But overall stainless exhaust is the best for corossion protection.
In japan theres uprated japanese models of existing units such as the Apex-i n1, HKS hiper that arent sold in america officially, i mean we only get the cheapo models of these lines. What bothers me is that theres lotsa stuff thats highquality brands such as Ganador, Fujitsubo, GP sports that american enthusiasts have been denied...and they think its only those few brands...deprived! and when i hear sumone swear by our american ghetto brands it makes me wanna smack em...especially if its sum ghetto one like hyper R1, Tsudo or weapon R. So buy nice stuff so we can all have nice stuff. !
end rant bored!
[img:762aad45ea]http://www.hksusa.com/images_products/L_1157.jpg[/img:762aad45ea]
HKS titanium/carbon exhaust one of my favorites and light!
heres why:
In america brands such as Apex-i, Greddy, 5zigen, tanabe, hks are considered to be the highend. but in japan (sans HKS) they are considered low-medium end exhaust products.
Most exhaust is consturcted of mild steel thats been alluminized (coated w/ heat material) or has been painted a black heat coating and a stainless muffler that has alot of glass packing for a quiet exhaust note. The same can be said for most of Greddys,HKS's, Apex-i, 5zigens, Tanabe (orginal) lines targeted at the enthusiast. the mild steel gets beat up by heat and rust because it isnt stainless steel and will eventually wear out in 2-3 years. heres what i seen, Apex-i exhausts break sumtimes on the muffler can weld, HKS rust on the piping, Greddys rust on the piping and muffler packing blows out, tanabe same as greddy, 5zigen rusts and sumtimes resonator falls off (chris's 240sx 60mm prototype). Im not gonna comment on the taiwanese B-C grade brands that permiate the riceboy market. Just to be honest, alot of these "highend japanese "units are made in taiwan RSR and others have their jig's/piping made in taiwan and then they just do the final welding/ attach muffler...
Using higher quality stainless steel material or titanium will improve the life of the unit only if it has nice welds. But overall stainless exhaust is the best for corossion protection.
In japan theres uprated japanese models of existing units such as the Apex-i n1, HKS hiper that arent sold in america officially, i mean we only get the cheapo models of these lines. What bothers me is that theres lotsa stuff thats highquality brands such as Ganador, Fujitsubo, GP sports that american enthusiasts have been denied...and they think its only those few brands...deprived! and when i hear sumone swear by our american ghetto brands it makes me wanna smack em...especially if its sum ghetto one like hyper R1, Tsudo or weapon R. So buy nice stuff so we can all have nice stuff. !
end rant bored!
[img:762aad45ea]http://www.hksusa.com/images_products/L_1157.jpg[/img:762aad45ea]
HKS titanium/carbon exhaust one of my favorites and light!