My RS*R Exmag Review
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94CivicSlow
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Apexi WS pwns. My ceramic coated DC header rusted before the WS2. The WS2 is quiet enough to where no one will be bothered... and its cheaper.. and MORE BADASS
riiiiiiggggghhhhhhtttttttttt......
is the WS quiet? yeah its pretty quiet... still not close to the RS*R
is the WS cheaper? sure... by about $50-100 depending where you look... not really a huge deal
is the WS lighter? no
does the WS look better? its an oppinion really... to me, no... it looks like every other big shiny exhaust... not as bad as some, but the RS*R looks damn near stock
is the WS quiet? yeah its pretty quiet... still not close to the RS*R
is the WS cheaper? sure... by about $50-100 depending where you look... not really a huge deal
is the WS lighter? no
does the WS look better? its an oppinion really... to me, no... it looks like every other big shiny exhaust... not as bad as some, but the RS*R looks damn near stock
Here are a few pics
and a few extras
The first ever pics of my hatch posted on HS (because I am a lazy ass)
The last owner, thought it would be cool to "shave" his side moldings, so he covered the ENTIRE thing in bondo. Here is kinda like a before and after.
I decided one day to get rid of it. So I went out there with a paint stripping wheel drill bit and grinded it down. I am slowly doing this and have only done the one side so far. Once down to the metal, I primered it, then threw a coat of chalk board paint on top. This paint repels water unlike the primer that the orginal owner used to paint the car flat black with. It also is alot smoother. I will slowly paint the rest of my car like this. Some time next week, I will be removing the bondo on the other side's molding area.
and a few extras
The first ever pics of my hatch posted on HS (because I am a lazy ass)
The last owner, thought it would be cool to "shave" his side moldings, so he covered the ENTIRE thing in bondo. Here is kinda like a before and after.
I decided one day to get rid of it. So I went out there with a paint stripping wheel drill bit and grinded it down. I am slowly doing this and have only done the one side so far. Once down to the metal, I primered it, then threw a coat of chalk board paint on top. This paint repels water unlike the primer that the orginal owner used to paint the car flat black with. It also is alot smoother. I will slowly paint the rest of my car like this. Some time next week, I will be removing the bondo on the other side's molding area.
Originally posted by jdmeg6@Jul 19 2005, 03:36 PM
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Read the first post that of this thread. It fit great, I can shake either the muffler of any pipe on the car, and it will not hit anything, incuding the swaybar, exhaust tunnel, shift linkages. For the sound, going down the road, there is none. I finally drove with it on the highway about a week ago, and i love it. No droan (and now I DO have the sound deading out) and when you step on it, it sounds almost like an intake. About a week and a half ago, I had my car completly stripped on the inside, and even then there wasn't much noise. Louder then stock, since there was no seat, carpet, ect to dampen the sound, but it was still quieter then my GSR exhaust with no cat on my del sol, and 10x quieter then my thermal exhaust on del Sol.
Seany-izzle
Member
good story. this just sealed it, i need to replace my thermal on my car, its just too damn loud. i drive it everyday, long trips, to and from school and the droan has finally gotten to me. ive been considering this for a while, and now ive decided im getin a rsr. lol thanks.
seanjuan
Senior Member
I noticed in the pics that you don't have any of your heat shields on any more... did those come off before, do you think those would cause any rattles if they were on?
I had a thermal stealth on my car when I had the d15 still and it was loud as hell, I got rid of it and then when I did my swap I was looking at RSR's but they were still pretty new on the market so I didn't want to spend the money on it at the time
I went with a Bosal Brospeed stainless exhaust and really like it. It is much quiter than the Thermal was with the d15 even without a cat and has not raspiness to it.
you do notice it when you are on the freeway but you don't have to raise your voice to talk over it like the thermal.
the best part was that I got it for under $300 brand new.
so any of you out there that want a good quality exhaust that sounds nice, you should check it out
I can get some pics if any of you want to see what it looks like
I had a thermal stealth on my car when I had the d15 still and it was loud as hell, I got rid of it and then when I did my swap I was looking at RSR's but they were still pretty new on the market so I didn't want to spend the money on it at the time
I went with a Bosal Brospeed stainless exhaust and really like it. It is much quiter than the Thermal was with the d15 even without a cat and has not raspiness to it.
you do notice it when you are on the freeway but you don't have to raise your voice to talk over it like the thermal.
the best part was that I got it for under $300 brand new.
so any of you out there that want a good quality exhaust that sounds nice, you should check it out
I can get some pics if any of you want to see what it looks like
Yep thats correct, I don't have any heat sheilds on. Most were removed before I even got the car. Alot of your exhaust rattles come from your heat sheilds. Since I have never had them on with this exhaust, I can not tell you for sure if there would be contact with any of them, however, if they were all on securely (they do come loose and cause alot of rattles) I would think that there would be no heatsheild to pipeing contact since there is alot of room on it.
I still have the exhaust manifold heat shield on, and yes, it rattles.
But that's because I could only get 3 of the 4 screws out to take it off. I haven't really had a chance to find a smaller wratchet to get that last one out.
btw Asmall, I just ordered the RS*R exmag from driftspeed. Since I won't be installing it until early October, I'm in no rush to get it. But 480 shipped was too good of a price to pass up. Thanks for the review and link.
But that's because I could only get 3 of the 4 screws out to take it off. I haven't really had a chance to find a smaller wratchet to get that last one out.
btw Asmall, I just ordered the RS*R exmag from driftspeed. Since I won't be installing it until early October, I'm in no rush to get it. But 480 shipped was too good of a price to pass up. Thanks for the review and link.
driverunknown
Senior Member
BUmp for us guys waiting on the exhaust. 480 was too cheap to pass up, and I ordered with a cc, so no worries.
Seany-izzle
Member
mine should finally be here on weds.
Seany-izzle
Member
Yeah, i had quite the fun time with mine.. I ordered it thru titan, card was declined (over limit for indiv purchase), and they neve sent me a notice till i emailed them a week later. So i re-ordered it again, and i a week went by (a little more cuz i went to cali) and i emailed them, turns out it was on 2 week back order. so i canceled that. I just ordered it last weds from optionimport and it says, according to the ups tracking number and stuff.... thursday.
i hate ordering online.
but it should be on by this friday and ill have a mini review of the sound and loudness cuz ill be driving 2 hours on the highway on saterday.
i hate ordering online.
but it should be on by this friday and ill have a mini review of the sound and loudness cuz ill be driving 2 hours on the highway on saterday.
DO NOT DEAL WITH DRIFTSPEED .COM
what e-mail address are they using? I still want my money back! they gave me some line of crap about it being on back order from the factory but sure took my money and quit communicating with me.
they THEY LITERALLY ROBBED ME
<_< PLEASE DO NOT GIVE THEM YOUR BUSINESS
what e-mail address are they using? I still want my money back! they gave me some line of crap about it being on back order from the factory but sure took my money and quit communicating with me.
they THEY LITERALLY ROBBED ME
<_< PLEASE DO NOT GIVE THEM YOUR BUSINESS
driverunknown
Senior Member
Ok heres my scoop on the matter.
I ordered online friday, but my card was declined. They sent me an e-mail today(monday). I replied by asking them for my info for my CC and told them to call me. The guy called me no less than 15 minutes later to tell me that they were about to ship the exhaust , but the cc stuff didn't go through, so I told him to run the cc again, but it didn't work. I told him to hold the exhaust for me till tomorrow as I have another card I can use. So in other words, they are working hard for my business, and stealing from a credit card is pretty serious, so I think visa can handle it for me if push comes to shove. I'm not worried.
I ordered online friday, but my card was declined. They sent me an e-mail today(monday). I replied by asking them for my info for my CC and told them to call me. The guy called me no less than 15 minutes later to tell me that they were about to ship the exhaust , but the cc stuff didn't go through, so I told him to run the cc again, but it didn't work. I told him to hold the exhaust for me till tomorrow as I have another card I can use. So in other words, they are working hard for my business, and stealing from a credit card is pretty serious, so I think visa can handle it for me if push comes to shove. I'm not worried.
