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I think the stock lights are pretty crap. Low beams anyway. I'm not sure what or why it is, but I just never felt like I could see the road well.

Since I put in the HIDs it's like a brand new car. Night visibility isn't just good, it's outstanding. High beams are next to useless.

Are you from the future? Maybe when everybody is a genius?

There's been so much theory that I don't know what the "official" stance is, but it's often commented that the Y-pipe is a bigger restriction then the stock mufflers.

Although I'm sure it's possible to free up a few ponies, I doubt you could ever get as much as an aftermarket CBE no matter how many washers you stack on.

If you had adjusted your "posts per page" settings, you'd only have to go through 31 pages! Much better than 82, IMHO.

Now if only there was an "allowed off topic posts per page" setting to trim the fat

So, I figured I'd give this a try last night. I have the 2.5 n/a and all I have to say is thank god it's a reversable mod, because I think it's sounding like that kid up the street who has the fartmobilehonda. Maybe it sounds better on the turbo?

I think it's already been mentioned a number of times in this thread it's not really recommended on the n/a version for "sounds like crap" reasons.

Does EITA involve lube?

Sorry... that was just wrong...

Just got this again MUCH worse that I had before yesterday.

Going around a fairly tight right hand turn, floored it after the apex and it really did sound like something smacking against the underneath of the car.

In the past all I had heard was a mild growl, noticeable, but not bad. This time it sounded like I was ripping my car apart

Tried again on a similar left hand turn, nothing.

That sounds about right trabbic.

This certainly isn't something that affects just people who are lowered (I'm not) nor does stage anything really matter. Just reading all of thread will tell you that much.

But people who are lowered seem to experience it more. I typically just hear it under hard acceleration in 1st, especially when turning. It's probably only in this situation where the squat is bad enough to cause it.

I just realized how much this mod stirs the demons. I really like the sound when first performed but its been a few weeks and I'm used to it, I cant really even hear stage 2 anymore. I think this Forum in general stirs the mod demons.

Same here. When I installed to stage one (still am) I was like, oooh, that sounds cool. So much better then stock!

Now I'm like... I can barely hear it. I need to get my ass under my car again and throw some more washers at it

Sounds hogmeaty.

Fixed

I am wondering if I just drive my car up a curb, do I have enough space for me to reach underneath and take out the bolts? Is it difficult if I do that by myself?

Space wise I don't know... I decided to spend the $20 and just buy ramps.

Too difficult? Not really I did have to use my leg (kick the wrench) on one of the bolts because it was on pretty tight, but overall it wasn't too tough.

Winter gas?

I've gone down about 2 MPG so far. On my accord I went down about 4 MPG on winter gas.

Will this cause any emissions/inspection to fail? I need to get re-inspected soon.

I certainly don't know, and being in an area with no emissions testing, I have no reason to know... but I can't imagine why it would. Mufflers do very little, if anything, to reduce emissions. They are as the name implies, for muffling sound.

The only way I'd venture to guess this would cause a failure is if post-cat "exhaust leaks" are a failing offense... assuming they even notice.

Cool, keep us updated.

Still hearing mine, this time from the left side the other day.

Hmmm, interesting.

I wonder though, aside from the fact there's a weird noise, is there actually a problem?

My car's out of warranty now, so that kinda sucks. But it would still be good to know.

Still only happens for me on hard, 1st gear acceleration.

Sure sounds a lot like the rear-inside tire to me

(on stock suspension / rubber)

I have an 06 spec b 12k miles on it i average 18 mpg i run 87 octane....am i supposed to use premium? i didnt know? just bought it 2 weeks ago? i wonder if i would get better gas mileage

Yes, you are absolutely supposed to use premium!

Perhaps your mileage would increase if you used the recommended premium grade fuel. Would be interesting to see if it made a difference.

Premium recommended for 2.5i

Interesting note:

 

I calculate my tank-to-tank MPG in an excel spreadsheet and after 5 fillups I reset my trip odometer and compare my actual trip MPG to the computer. I calculated an actual trip MPG for my first ~1,050 miles and came out with 18.608 mpg, the computer showed 18.6! Given the lack of significant digits, the computer was dead-on accurate.

I typically calculate every fillup, which is roughly 350 miles. I've seen the trip computer be within .5 MPG and as far off as >1.5 MPG.

Interesting though that yours was so accurate over a long distance. My trip A is reset every fillup, trip B I set when I got the car. So I've got about 6000 miles on trip B so far, and it's reading mid 24s. Wonder how accurate that is?

I think mods throw what you'd expect out the window.

With some mods that decrease MPG (stage 1) and others that increase it (stage 2+) and a good mix of stock and even maybe 2.5i owners, you get a pretty random mixing of stuff. Also, some of us put in our real MPG vs the requested trip computer readout, once again throwing it off.

made of plastic or rubber??

Exhaust is hot man! Metal washers.

Shouldn't drone.

W/ my stage 1 after the car is warmed up I can barely hear the exhaust at all at highway speeds. I can still hear it at low speeds / low RPM, which is just awesome IMO. I hate drone, but want to hear the exhaust when I'm accelerating. Best of both worlds!