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Old Dec 14, 2008 | 10:11 PM
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How much louder are two-tip Borla straight pipes than two-tip Borla Stingers? Trying to decide which setup that I want.

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Old Dec 14, 2008 | 10:12 PM
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My Stingers with headers and no cats are pretty loud at WOT..no experience with the others....the drone is a bit much sometimes....it never stops...that being said I like em
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Originally Posted by pewter99
My Stingers with headers and no cats are pretty loud at WOT..no experience with the others....the drone is a bit much sometimes....it never stops...that being said I like em
A friend of mine has Stingers and they sound great. I'm running Corsa Touring right now so pretty much anything will be a big change for me.
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I would recommend staying with the stingers. My buddy has headers,hiflow cats X pipe and stingers. He has a deep mellow bellow at idle and quite a roar on the gas. They sound better than when I took off my mufflers and ran straight pipes!!!
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Old Dec 15, 2008 | 10:19 AM
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I have Borla Stingers and I think they sound great.
Some people think they are too loud. A friend of mine has the same car with the Borla straight pipes. They are very loud, all the time.
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Old Dec 15, 2008 | 10:23 AM
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I have Borla stingers, straight pipes, no cats, and a big **** cam (G5X3).

In a word, LOUD!

I am changing over to Ti exhaust, as I do wish to announce my presence to the cops 4 states over. Also, don't like the drone below 2000 rpm.
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Originally Posted by LR'z-Z06
I have Borla Stingers and I think they sound great.
Some people think they are too loud. A friend of mine has the same car with the Borla straight pipes. They are very loud, all the time.
Do the straight pipes have that beat-up-old-truck sound or are they somewhat musical like the Stingers?
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AR headers, Random High Flow cats, straight pipes to Borla straight pipes. VERY LOUD. That's at low speed. When you get on it it sounds INSANE. Not a beat up old truck. However, attracting police from the 4 surrounding states is possible. Oh yea, low speed drone is enormous and constant. Have fun!
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The Stingers sound awesome with headers. I like my Ti's but even with header/no cats, I think they're quiet.
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