Marilyn's new pipes...
10-25-2012, 07:09 AM
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Marilyn's new pipes...
I was as giddy as a Walker at a Leper convention! (it's homage to The Walking Dead on AMC, for those of you in the know 
).
This is what I saw Tuesday pm, on the Fedex site as I watched it and was clicking refresh every 15 minutes. LOL.
So I took Tuesday pm off to perform some surgery on Marilyn. Finished the install in about 1.5 hours. After doing my GT500 mufflers the first time, I saved a lot of time by knowing where the bolts are and just how to move the mufflers around to easily access the bolts. I was actually done removing AND installing in under an hour. The extra 1/2 hour I needed was just to align and straighten the pipes out... I had to have EVERYthing lined up and perfect. lol.
Fit and finish were impressive. Definitely higher quality stuff than the GT500's I had on there. The quality of the welds and the material itself was top notch. Installation was a breeze...everything lined up.
Looks-wise, definitely better than my GT500s. The 4.5" opening with rolled tips looks so much more "finished"...like it belongs in those bumper cutouts.
Sound-wise... it's perfect. It's louder and a little bit deeper than the GT500's. It's louder by ~50%...which is exactly what I was looking for. On throttle, they really wake up. It sounds almost smoother than the GT500's? The brap-ap-pap sound is still there from the stock H pipe, but just revving it, it sounds smoother and "freer", if you will. I drove it a total of a 1/2 hour so far, since Tuesday
schedule and weather are not cooperating.
So here are the pics and videos. The first pic is of the "stock" GT500 before I took it off. Compare it to the size and looks of the Borla. I dig the Borla more.
GT500
Borla prior to alignment
And here are the short vids... I will need to take more.
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).This is what I saw Tuesday pm, on the Fedex site as I watched it and was clicking refresh every 15 minutes. LOL.
So I took Tuesday pm off to perform some surgery on Marilyn. Finished the install in about 1.5 hours. After doing my GT500 mufflers the first time, I saved a lot of time by knowing where the bolts are and just how to move the mufflers around to easily access the bolts. I was actually done removing AND installing in under an hour. The extra 1/2 hour I needed was just to align and straighten the pipes out... I had to have EVERYthing lined up and perfect. lol.
Fit and finish were impressive. Definitely higher quality stuff than the GT500's I had on there. The quality of the welds and the material itself was top notch. Installation was a breeze...everything lined up.
Looks-wise, definitely better than my GT500s. The 4.5" opening with rolled tips looks so much more "finished"...like it belongs in those bumper cutouts.
Sound-wise... it's perfect. It's louder and a little bit deeper than the GT500's. It's louder by ~50%...which is exactly what I was looking for. On throttle, they really wake up. It sounds almost smoother than the GT500's? The brap-ap-pap sound is still there from the stock H pipe, but just revving it, it sounds smoother and "freer", if you will. I drove it a total of a 1/2 hour so far, since Tuesday
schedule and weather are not cooperating.So here are the pics and videos. The first pic is of the "stock" GT500 before I took it off. Compare it to the size and looks of the Borla. I dig the Borla more.
GT500
Borla prior to alignment
And here are the short vids... I will need to take more.
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10-25-2012, 09:34 AM
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Itts-a-nice-a! $$dollar$$ well spent!
10-25-2012, 09:36 AM
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Even being a Mopar guy...the Ford V8s just produce the nicest sound, congrats!
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10-25-2012, 09:46 AM
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That sounds great 
10-25-2012, 11:12 AM
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Again thank you for the kind words. btw, hearing it on vids, it only sounds half as good as it really is. Trust me. The compression and $hitty camcorder/phone recording ruins the sound. In person, they make me drool. What did someone say? sex on wheels? lol
10-25-2012, 11:21 AM
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Nice! Where did ya get 'em? What is the cabin sound like? Any drone?
10-25-2012, 05:28 PM
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Hot, very hot.
10-25-2012, 09:32 PM
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Very addicting. 
I love how well the tips fill up the cutouts in the bumper as well.
I love how well the tips fill up the cutouts in the bumper as well.
10-25-2012, 11:20 PM
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I need to drive her as much as I can now, since days are numbered...need to store her for winter soon. Why does my damn bday have to be so close to winter....
10-26-2012, 06:23 AM
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10-26-2012, 11:02 AM
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10-26-2012, 11:31 AM
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My first Avatar....
So many things i want to do and so limited are the funds.
I also DD mine, so i have to first get a set of winter wheels and tires. Kind of annoying because of HAVING to do it, but oh well.
Marilyn surely looks and sounds beautiful.
10-27-2012, 04:41 PM
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Thanks paz.
10-27-2012, 04:50 PM
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SO sexy!
10-27-2012, 11:10 PM
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That sounds HOT. Really, really, hot. Thank you for the clips. There is absolutely nothing like a V8 engine with a nice exhaust note.
10-28-2012, 09:48 PM
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My latest pics I took today, just so happens to show those sexy tips. Love me some Borla. I am SO glad I got these puppies. For you avid detailers out there, Marilyn has 3 coats of souveran, after washing and drying with FK425. Prior sealant on there is 4star UPP. I also took a better video showcasing the borla exhaust.
Pics are regular, non HDR. I didn't bother using my promaster circular polarizing filter.
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