I got a text from my friend/roommate that my exhausts came in while I was in San Jose... and rushed back... girlfriend irritated.













Thanks Mike, Josh, and everyone involved in the project! and my girlfriend for putting up with me <3

Hopefully I install these sometime this coming week!

 

so clean, nice n shinny, BUT STOP ALL THESE TEASERS lol..

what the outlet size, 2.5 inch?

 

2.5 then 2.25 at the b-pipes i think.

 

nice...i want

 

fixed.

 

man i hate you lol i wish i had those. lets get some car shoots with them

 

holy $hit... looks insane...........

 

i f'n hateee you right now... so pissed i live in ny mine are making their trip cross country as we speak LOL.... so satisfying to finally have your hands on them right??

 

OMC.....i'm so jealous now...lol

 

post some vids of the car when you get those installed.. Nice ATLP's btw.. I wannt one now..

 

im very tempted. but still gna wait till i hear one in person one day.

videos do no justice.

 

Congrats..

 

oh eff you.... you got ATLP etching....

you wanna trade? haha


man, i love how they cleaned up all the welds and stuff...

while mine were still... brownish...

 

very nice.

 

Sick I never knew they came slanted, so tell me something will it line up with my Wingswest rear??

 

^ i dunno.. does it line up with my wings west rear?

 

Hahaha well did u pay 1k for the prototype? :o hehehe mine are soooo shiny and flawless :P go get urs polished!!!

they aren't making any more as of now, unless mike decides to make another batch... but there's so many flakers around...

omfg i cant wait to install these >_<

 

yea good luck getting another batch.... we only got 5 buyers outta the original 40 or so who said they were down

 

awesome.

 

nice...actually what is ATLP? Is it American brand or Japanese?

 

homemade brand?

http://www.acuratlparts.com/

haha.. well.. stromung is the mufflers so i guess that makes it euro???? haha

 

i wasnt a part of that that sh'bang..

but you gotta give those guys a break.
when you get a group buy going for something that cost 1 k

yea your gonna have flakes.. but when you have 5 guys sending in the dough a week later... you losing half of your business b/c those others who were truly interested might have needed another month or two to pull together the money.

so yea, flakes blow nuts... but im thinking alot of people would have sent this guy 1k for this exhaust and it was just rushed.. too bad, i may have been swayed eventually

 

actually mike started accepting nonrefundable deposits of 200 USD starting early november last year... the 1k payment was due this past week when he was going to ship the exhausts out... so everyone had a good 5 months to scrap up 1k...

and there were 15 spots available... 10 spots were still available when production started in late march this year, so time and quantity was not an issue. people were just taken back by the price... which they should've expected especially cuz the 3g atlp quad exhausts costed like 1100+ USD... and that these are custom made...

so in the end everyone had a break... of 4-5 months to make the decision.

 

i understand.. i just wasnt assuming everyone who may have wanted one surfs the forums 3 times a day.. if i wouldnt have seen a few sigs.. i wouldnt have known at all.. and jjashaa's post of course

 

wow...never heard that brand before...it's pricy for a homemade brand product imo

 

search stromung on youtube... they sound pretty sick on other cars...

like this Legend

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hwA7mxPd24

 

omg...I wish I hadidit.

 

^ lol what.

 

home brew is always the best

hopefully i have time to install it today after class

hmm wonder if i should seafoam before installing... ehh might be too lazy to

 

But on a TL-P with headers, the gains with this exhaust is 11whp!

 

seafoam with exhaust! i wanna see some smoke comin out of those pipes.. heeh.. and make vid!!

i seafoam mine with the exhaust on but no vid..

 

aiight aiight, ill probably do that tomorrow. today im gonna focus on running to stores to buy tools... jacks... stands... sockets... then gogo install. fackin' hate being at school...

did you get 3 gaskets too? im guessing they go between the b-pipe and y-pipe (1), y-pipe and mufflers (2), and reuse the oem gasket between the cat and b-pipe... if there is one there? and same thing with the 6 bolts... reusing the oem for cat to b-pipe.

omfg 2 more classes today FML... then ill get on this shit xD

haha i should do a similar vid to the atlp ua6/ua7 base exhaust install sound comparison vid lol... time lapse :P but with one guy T_T

 

um... one for mid pipes.. 2 for mufflers...

supplied bolts for axles... and reuse stock to connect b-pipe to cat...

i'd suggest you get another person to help to hold up the mufflers while you HAND tighten the nut/bolt first..

install tip, make sure you align the flanges... ALIGN THE FLANGES!!! or else it'll be slightly crooked...

everything must be aligned as much as possible to two people would really be good.

 

awesome, thanks for the tips on the tips :P now i gotta go buy buy buy and install install install! ill update once im done xD

 

you should probably seafoam first
no reason to get your shiny new exhaust unnecessarily dirty.

 

EPIC FAIL. The nuts are rusted onto the bolts... and I'm scared of shredding up the nut...

WD-40 Didn't work, it's stubborn as a mule... maybe I'll get it loosened at midas or some shop...

 

i used freeze off and pb blaster... left it on over night or something... idk idk idk..
liquid wrench kinda works too


use breaker bar to help.

 

torch em!!!!! gonna be useless anyways might as well break em off and get new bolts and nuts

 

that legend sounds lovely...I could imagine it on the highway mmm

 

i had to cut mine off. good luck