I'm going to post it in performance, while in reality i was after neither performance nor more sound or "bling-bling". The only reason i bought this thing is because i had discovered holes in my stock mufflers and Amazon had it for $300 less than the OEM replacement.

In the end it didn't look half as ghetto to me as thought it would And the sound is nice and deep yet tamed. The install coincided with my audio project and lots of sound deadening done, so i can't fully attest to how loud it gets in the cabin. Most of the time i can barely hear it, however there definitely is a range (around 1800-2200RPM) when Tenabe hits the cabin gain "sweet spot" and gives off a bit of a drone. Nothing to bad though.

The install was not a total breeze, but easy enough thanks to the newly purchased impact driver. Took me about half a day, at a relaxed pace all by myself on jack stands. The most fun part was attaching the per-assembled system to the stock cat I was on my back with legs up in the air holding up the mufflers and arms up holding the front, should have asked my wife to take a picture

 

Looks good -congrats!

 

The Tanabe MT exhaust is a great exhaust. It isn't loud or obnoxious and it has a deeper, more subtle note. It is also T304 stainless steel.

 

thanks guys!
i hope being SS it'll be a bit less eager to rust

 

At first I thought he said $300... Lol

Then I realized he said $300 *more* then an OEM replacement.

 

^ LOL - I thought the same thing. I was about to go buy a few and sell them.

 

sorry fellas that was supposed to be a LESS

you know ... one of them typos when you miss the entire thing

OEM would have been $1100 (shipped or local rip off), Tenabe was just over $800 shipped

weird thing the next day the price went up! may be Amazon also had a typo

if a moderator can fix that, i'd appreciate it

 

I have the Tanabe Medallion. I love it. Did you replace your mounts? I noticed they were cut from the stock exhaust.

 

there was no reason to, but i was glad i ordered them in advance
it was sooooo much easier to cut them then to try and pull the rusty pins out of them
for the Tenabe i put a little wax on the pins and they went like ... well, they went in

 

Glad you like it. Now add an ASPEC rear to that mofo!

 

Wait, you used an impact tool to install it? I'm not sure that's correct as it might strip/break the bolts.

 

Those tips look much better now. How is it on hard acceleration?

 

God NO! but removing the old one without the impact would have taken MUCH longer
i tried one and stripped it, had to use extractor, for the other two i used impact and they came off easily

on the assembly end i managed to break one bolt, those paper gaskets are deceivingly soft, and fooled me into over-tightening one bolt, good thing ACE is a block away from my house

it goes quieter at around 2500rpm and pretty much stays that way,
no roars

 

Any sound clips?

 

no, my camera sucks
but they have it on youtube and on the tenabe site
IMO sound clips don't do justice to exhausts, if the sound hits deep lows you need a darn big sub to represent it

 

I love the sound of the Medallion. It rumbles nicely at low RPM's, especially lower RPM's with load. Sometimes I'll upshift then give it some gas just to listen to it . It's weird because with those big tips you'd think it would sound pretty ricer. But it's not rice at all, even at higher RPM's. It screams a bit past 5k when vtec kicks in (yo) but otherwise it's very tame.

 

The Tanabe MT exhaust is a great exhaust for those looking for a mellow exhaust note and high quality.

 

It does indeed sound great and the quality is just astonishing. I intend to remove the mid muffler soone though on mine just so it can sound a little louder