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Old Jun 17, 2008 | 05:49 PM
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Old Jun 17, 2008 | 09:57 PM
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Here are the videos I promised earlier. (Turn it up!)

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Old Jun 18, 2008 | 02:45 AM
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thanks patches.. I've been wondering how they sound with headers. I've been thinking about adding some headers to mine. very nice!
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Man am I glad that I came across this thread! I have been looking into which aftermarket exaust system I wanted to get for my 02 and had pretty much determined that i was going to go with the Stingers, but keep seeing where people are complaining about the drone factor. These look great and sound great and the price is not bad at all. Wish they were made in the USA! Is there a specific vendor that is selling these or do you have to go through that auction site?
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Man am I glad that I came across this thread! I have been looking into which aftermarket exaust system I wanted to get for my 02 and had pretty much determined that i was going to go with the Stingers, but keep seeing where people are complaining about the drone factor. These look great and sound great and the price is not bad at all. Wish they were made in the USA! Is there a specific vendor that is selling these or do you have to go through that auction site?
I think you can contact the vendor directly, but they are the same people who are selling on the auction site. So either way you're good to go.
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Reading through the several threads on this product, I see where some have had their systems arrive in less than adequate packaging. Is this common among most of you guys, or just a random happening. Is it because of being shipped from oversees?
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Originally Posted by jim02C5
Reading through the several threads on this product, I see where some have had their systems arrive in less than adequate packaging. Is this common among most of you guys, or just a random happening. Is it because of being shipped from oversees?
There were a couple of small areas on the box that were damaged, but nothing that effected the parts inside.
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Put mine on yesterday. Looks good and sounds good!
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Originally Posted by jim02C5
Man am I glad that I came across this thread! I have been looking into which aftermarket exaust system I wanted to get for my 02 and had pretty much determined that i was going to go with the Stingers, but keep seeing where people are complaining about the drone factor. These look great and sound great and the price is not bad at all. Wish they were made in the USA! Is there a specific vendor that is selling these or do you have to go through that auction site?
shhh.... quiet about the vendor thing. some people here get their panties in a bunch.

Just look for C5 exhaust on fleabay. Some of the auctions from NXT STP include free shipping.

You'll like the looks and tone of this exhaust !

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Originally Posted by Sinister-one
shhh.... quiet about the vendor thing. some people here get their panties in a bunch.

Just look for C5 exhaust on fleabay. Some of the auctions from NXT STP include free shipping.

You'll like the looks and tone of this exhaust !

Thanks! It's the next mod on the list
Old Jun 20, 2008 | 06:23 PM
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Those are sweet. So you pretty much get Borla Stinger mufflers with Corsa pro tips for half the price? Nice deal!

Very nice job with the tip alignment too, came out perfect.
Old Jun 20, 2008 | 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted by BillY2KFRC
Those are sweet. So you pretty much get Borla Stinger mufflers with Corsa pro tips for half the price? Nice deal!

Very nice job with the tip alignment too, came out perfect.

You got it!

Here is a pic of mine with the mufflers painted flat black
Old Jun 22, 2008 | 08:04 PM
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Ebay headers, custom x/h pipe, and nxt's....

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very nice..looks really good!!

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Old Jun 22, 2008 | 08:14 PM
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Very cool - and funny - video. Sounds awesome. You weren't racing that other car (Nova?), were you?

Some big stones to leave your camera sitting there while you drove away. I spied a pack of rougue chipmunks ready to drag it into the woods right before you drove up to retrieve it.
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I can't remember if I was racing that Duster or not?? But if I was, I dusted him pretty bad. I don't have to worry about that in the area where I was. The road gets very little traffic, and its almost impossible to see a tiny camera doing 50mph. Even if someone did grab it, they wouldn't make it too far.
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Looks great and sounds great Patches. So the tips do come as a seperate piece?

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Old Jun 23, 2008 | 07:48 PM
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Yep. And the packaging was in good shape other than a couple of small dings in the box.

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Very nice looking exhaust
Old Jun 23, 2008 | 07:53 PM
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just ordered one a few minutes ago



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