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12-28-2012, 10:01 PM
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XLR8 exhaust
Really like the xlr8 exhaust all i want is a cat back system. Why are some many people selling them in black market. Is it really that loud ? Or are they not satisfied with preformance gains? just curious. 4g tl awd
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12-28-2012, 10:46 PM
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Yeah that's I'm seeing .people swapping xlr8 for atlp. Atlp sounds pretty mild IMO. Do like the tips . I think xlr8 sad they have round tip option for 4g tl. Really would like to hear from someone that made the switch.
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12-29-2012, 02:50 PM
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The ATLP and XLR8 exhausts are virtually the same decibel level. We have a lot of our 4G TL XLR8 exhausts on the market and people are buying them weekly.
There are a few differences. We use T304 stainless steel, our tip design is different, our muffler design includes Purge Resonance Technology (to reduce drone), our price is lower, and our exhaust note sounds exotic (while ATLP sounds more BMWish).
We are also working on a round tip design. It was done on one car already but I'm still waiting for pictures.
There are a few differences. We use T304 stainless steel, our tip design is different, our muffler design includes Purge Resonance Technology (to reduce drone), our price is lower, and our exhaust note sounds exotic (while ATLP sounds more BMWish).
We are also working on a round tip design. It was done on one car already but I'm still waiting for pictures.
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12-29-2012, 07:43 PM
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Cant really go wrong with either choice. Both sound great, have good customer service and are made well.
OT I've been eye balling the black market for a while and have not seen either an xlr8 or atlp for a 4g come up for sale, to be honest not much actually does for this platform.
OT I've been eye balling the black market for a while and have not seen either an xlr8 or atlp for a 4g come up for sale, to be honest not much actually does for this platform.
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12-30-2012, 06:01 AM
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Thanks for the info guys . I want the xlr8 gonna try the round tip option . Hopefully it looks similar to the atlp if not Than ill do the oval squarish option they have can't wait.
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12-31-2012, 03:14 PM
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12-31-2012, 05:48 PM
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Having owned and subsequently sold the XLR8 exhaust for my 4G, I just didn't know what I was getting into when purchasing the unit. That and I got a great deal on it because the seller was getting rid of his car and needed it gone quickly. Having said that, the exhaust sounds bad ass! With the additional supporting mods I already had, it definitely added power. I'm sure you'd get a boost even without other mods.
The build is top notch and the service behind it is really good. I can't imagine there being much, if any difference in overall loudness between XLR8 and ATLP. For the most part, it comes down to aesthetics, the consensus around here is that many people prefer circular tips to the oval tips.
In an attempt to quiet the exhaust down to my own personal preference, I was able to tone the system down and reduce some droning even further by removing the XLR8 resonators that came with the system with larger magnaflow units. Had I of not sold it, I probably would have added the XLR8 units back into the system further upstream as well as swapped the tips out to circular tips (also from Magnaflow). I realize that for someone buying the system new, this doesn't make much sense financially but having paid what I did for a used system, I was able to make the modifications for well below MSRP.
My advice to you would be try to meet up with someone who has either system before purchasing. Hear the system inside and out as well as drive by's and in cabin.
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The build is top notch and the service behind it is really good. I can't imagine there being much, if any difference in overall loudness between XLR8 and ATLP. For the most part, it comes down to aesthetics, the consensus around here is that many people prefer circular tips to the oval tips.
In an attempt to quiet the exhaust down to my own personal preference, I was able to tone the system down and reduce some droning even further by removing the XLR8 resonators that came with the system with larger magnaflow units. Had I of not sold it, I probably would have added the XLR8 units back into the system further upstream as well as swapped the tips out to circular tips (also from Magnaflow). I realize that for someone buying the system new, this doesn't make much sense financially but having paid what I did for a used system, I was able to make the modifications for well below MSRP.
My advice to you would be try to meet up with someone who has either system before purchasing. Hear the system inside and out as well as drive by's and in cabin.
GL.
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12-31-2012, 06:03 PM
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I have heard both on the same day like 5 minutes apart. I heard heartTL and eazy on a local meat in NY. Eazy has the ATLP and HeartTL has the XLR8, both sound great but some people say the XLR8 sound louder and I think it's because it has a exautic sound to it. I like the look of the ATLP over the XLR8 and I think the sound of the XLR8 is a lite to loud for my taste. Heart has actually gotten some tickets for how loud his exhaust is, but I spoke to josh and he told me you can add a second resonator and quite it down a little bit. If josh produces the exhaust with oval tips and the pricing being lower than the competition I think it would sell like crazy.
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12-31-2012, 11:42 PM
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I have heard both on the same day like 5 minutes apart. I heard heartTL and eazy on a local meat in NY. Eazy has the ATLP and HeartTL has the XLR8, both sound great but some people say the XLR8 sound louder and I think it's because it has a exautic sound to it. I like the look of the ATLP over the XLR8 and I think the sound of the XLR8 is a lite to loud for my taste. Heart has actually gotten some tickets for how loud his exhaust is, but I spoke to josh and he told me you can add a second resonator and quite it down a little bit. If josh produces the exhaust with oval tips and the pricing being lower than the competition I think it would sell like crazy.
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01-01-2013, 05:23 PM
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I have heard both on the same day like 5 minutes apart. I heard heartTL and eazy on a local meat in NY. Eazy has the ATLP and HeartTL has the XLR8, both sound great but some people say the XLR8 sound louder and I think it's because it has a exautic sound to it. I like the look of the ATLP over the XLR8 and I think the sound of the XLR8 is a lite to loud for my taste. Heart has actually gotten some tickets for how loud his exhaust is, but I spoke to josh and he told me you can add a second resonator and quite it down a little bit. If josh produces the exhaust with oval tips and the pricing being lower than the competition I think it would sell like crazy.
. And although I'd attribute most of the extra noise from the catback having a catless jpipe and HFPC certainly isn't doing me any favors noise volume wise. I love my exhaust 95% of the time and if I could do it all over again I would. Not that I care because all that matters is if I like it but for whatever it's worth I get way too many thumbs up, stares, jaw drops and neck breakage on local streets and highways even in winter mode and I'm almost certainly sure it's because they also like the exhuast.Edit: now if CT-E would release that SC'er and I could make my car go as fast as it sounds lol...
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01-01-2013, 06:32 PM
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That and the sound is absolutely intoxicating, especially in a tunnel or under a train which apparantely is frowned upon by NYPD . And although I'd attribute most of the extra noise from the catback having a catless jpipe and HFPC certainly isn't doing me any favors noise volume wise. I love my exhaust 95% of the time and if I could do it all over again I would. Not that I care because all that matters is if I like it but for whatever it's worth I get way too many thumbs up, stares, jaw drops and neck breakage on local streets and highways even in winter mode and I'm almost certainly sure it's because they also like the exhuast.
Edit: now if CT-E would release that SC'er and I could make my car go as fast as it sounds lol...
. And although I'd attribute most of the extra noise from the catback having a catless jpipe and HFPC certainly isn't doing me any favors noise volume wise. I love my exhaust 95% of the time and if I could do it all over again I would. Not that I care because all that matters is if I like it but for whatever it's worth I get way too many thumbs up, stares, jaw drops and neck breakage on local streets and highways even in winter mode and I'm almost certainly sure it's because they also like the exhuast.Edit: now if CT-E would release that SC'er and I could make my car go as fast as it sounds lol...
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01-12-2013, 05:20 PM
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That and the sound is absolutely intoxicating, especially in a tunnel or under a train which apparantely is frowned upon by NYPD . And although I'd attribute most of the extra noise from the catback having a catless jpipe and HFPC certainly isn't doing me any favors noise volume wise. I love my exhaust 95% of the time and if I could do it all over again I would. Not that I care because all that matters is if I like it but for whatever it's worth I get way too many thumbs up, stares, jaw drops and neck breakage on local streets and highways even in winter mode and I'm almost certainly sure it's because they also like the exhuast.
Edit: now if CT-E would release that SC'er and I could make my car go as fast as it sounds lol...
. And although I'd attribute most of the extra noise from the catback having a catless jpipe and HFPC certainly isn't doing me any favors noise volume wise. I love my exhaust 95% of the time and if I could do it all over again I would. Not that I care because all that matters is if I like it but for whatever it's worth I get way too many thumbs up, stares, jaw drops and neck breakage on local streets and highways even in winter mode and I'm almost certainly sure it's because they also like the exhuast.Edit: now if CT-E would release that SC'er and I could make my car go as fast as it sounds lol...
Would you happen to have any videos or small clips of your system? I'm torn between which to buy, but I definitely want something "intoxicating".
01-13-2013, 02:14 AM
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Yes I do. I'll link you in the morning. The 2nd video I'm going to link is a fair reproduction of what the car sounds like but you have to take into account I'm moving away from the camera rapidly so you don't get to hear the vtec hmmmbaaaah until I'm pretty far away.
01-13-2013, 07:04 PM
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Alright here they are, the 1st one is meh, not under load.
The 2nd is obviously much better, the only performance mod I've gotten since has been the LW pulley; makes the car rev much faster.
Edit: I don't have any sound clips of my car in a tunnel/under a train track but I REALLY need to get one.
The 2nd is obviously much better, the only performance mod I've gotten since has been the LW pulley; makes the car rev much faster.
Edit: I don't have any sound clips of my car in a tunnel/under a train track but I REALLY need to get one.
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01-14-2013, 01:28 PM
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Alright here they are, the 1st one is meh, not under load.
The 2nd is obviously much better, the only performance mod I've gotten since has been the LW pulley; makes the car rev much faster.
Edit: I don't have any sound clips of my car in a tunnel/under a train track but I REALLY need to get one.
The 2nd is obviously much better, the only performance mod I've gotten since has been the LW pulley; makes the car rev much faster.
Edit: I don't have any sound clips of my car in a tunnel/under a train track but I REALLY need to get one.
01-14-2013, 07:39 PM
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I don't have a test pipe because I have a catless jpipe. I don't know how to describe the sound other than liking it very much, a friend of mine with a lot more in depth car knowledge says it sounds like a modded GT-R. I've never heard a modded GT-R, let alone at WOT in person, but I have driven a stock one at WOT and I think my car has a louder exhaust note and the GTR had more turbo noise.
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I don't have a test pipe because I have a catless jpipe. I don't know how to describe the sound other than liking it very much, a friend of mine with a lot more in depth car knowledge says it sounds like a modded GT-R. I've never heard a modded GT-R, let alone at WOT in person, but I have driven a stock one at WOT and I think my car has a louder exhaust note and the GTR had more turbo noise.
I'm just trying to figure this all out because Megan Racing is working on an exhaust system for the 4G. I will be getting it installed in February. Once the system is installed R&D team and I will make modifications to the system, i.e. j pipe, test pipe, non resonated and try different mufflers/tips.
01-15-2013, 12:22 AM
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Oh you must have the RV6 Jpipe? I curious do you think you would like the XLR8 Exhaust with stock cat/jpipe? Thanks again, well that helps me understand because my director at work actually has a stock 2012 GTR and its not as loud as I thought.
I'm just trying to figure this all out because Megan Racing is working on an exhaust system for the 4G. I will be getting it installed in February. Once the system is installed R&D team and I will make modifications to the system, i.e. j pipe, test pipe, non resonated and try different mufflers/tips.
I'm just trying to figure this all out because Megan Racing is working on an exhaust system for the 4G. I will be getting it installed in February. Once the system is installed R&D team and I will make modifications to the system, i.e. j pipe, test pipe, non resonated and try different mufflers/tips.
01-15-2013, 07:39 AM
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Dan my friend has a 2010 so that's what I drove, I think the 12' has a higher power rating but yea their stock note is mild. If you get an aftermarket exhuast though its pretty thunderous. I had the xlr8 catback for sometime with all other stock cat's, it was fine; the jpipe and hfpc definitely deepened the tone. Yes, i do have the RV6 long jpipe. Vivi make sure they use t304 steel preferably made in America.
01-15-2013, 12:53 PM
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Dan my friend has a 2010 so that's what I drove, I think the 12' has a higher power rating but yea their stock note is mild. If you get an aftermarket exhuast though its pretty thunderous. I had the xlr8 catback for sometime with all other stock cat's, it was fine; the jpipe and hfpc definitely deepened the tone. Yes, i do have the RV6 long jpipe. Vivi make sure they use t304 steel preferably made in America.
01-15-2013, 04:06 PM
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Dan my friend has a 2010 so that's what I drove, I think the 12' has a higher power rating but yea their stock note is mild. If you get an aftermarket exhuast though its pretty thunderous. I had the xlr8 catback for sometime with all other stock cat's, it was fine; the jpipe and hfpc definitely deepened the tone. Yes, i do have the RV6 long jpipe. Vivi make sure they use t304 steel preferably made in America.
Single tip 4". Burnt blue...2.25 diameter until the Y bend. goes to 3" to mate to the 3" inlets on the Megan mufflers. This place made my exhaust on my S2000. Perfect fit.
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I just installed my xlr8 Catback round tip option this afternoon 4g. I fix car for a living. 1st off this exhaust looks great with the 3.5 inch round tips. Welds are precise. 2ndly it went together perfectly a breeze bolts up real nice. 3rdly the sound . Deep no rasp great tone too. A beast at wot and deep growl at lite load exceleration. Very pleased so far . Gonna ride behind it tomorrow so I can really hear it. Just Catback Is what I have .
01-26-2013, 02:20 AM
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I just installed my xlr8 Catback round tip option this afternoon 4g. I fix car for a living. 1st off this exhaust looks great with the 3.5 inch round tips. Welds are precise. 2ndly it went together perfectly a breeze bolts up real nice. 3rdly the sound . Deep no rasp great tone too. A beast at wot and deep growl at lite load exceleration. Very pleased so far . Gonna ride behind it tomorrow so I can really hear it. Just Catback Is what I have .