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Old Mar 30, 2018 | 05:49 AM
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Last weekend, I upgraded my stock exhaust to the Borla S-Type II with an X-Pipe and I thought I would share it with you all. Of course, the phone video doesn't do the Borla much justice, but I think you can hear there's a noticeable difference.

I absolutely love this exhaust. There's no drone and really, unless you get the RPMs up, you can't even tell there's a difference when you're driving, which is everything. I can still hear the radio and you can still have a normal conversation. The difference is, now it sounds amazing. I know Borla touts an HP increase, but this is the part that surprised me: I could feel the difference throttle response immediately.

Shout out to the guys at Colorado Speed. I wish I could remember the guy's name who helped me, but he was great. Made sure the combination I wanted would work and offered suggestions for the install. On top of all that, I spent months watching prices. CS never changed their price on the S-Type II and were cheaper than anyone else the whole time.

Here it is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPfP...ature=youtu.be

I edited this post to get rid of the embedded video and just added the link. It'll send you to YouTube now. Sorry 'bout that!

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Congrats on your new exhaust, but I'm getting an error message when I click on your video.
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Old Mar 30, 2018 | 11:49 AM
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Error message for me too and i want to hear it!
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Yep, error message here too.
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Old Mar 31, 2018 | 09:02 AM
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I have the same exhaust minus the x-pipe and agree with your assessment. Louder than stock but not annoying at all. Little expensive but worth it. I have wondered if it would be worth adding the x-pipe. Hopefully you can get a video uploaded so I can hear the difference. If you can't get a video loaded can you get a picture? I think the installer didn't adjust the mufflers correctly and it doesn't look right. I will get a picture of mine so you can see what I am talking about.
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I fixed the link above
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