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Old 09-20-2022, 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Boff
Took him to the mall.

Nice picture, but you should have snapped a photo of when you came back out and there was a rusty Olds 88 parked right next to you.

If this didn't happen to you, we must be talking about different malls

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Old 09-20-2022, 05:05 PM
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Not today, but recently did the rocker stripes from renndecal.com - light grey stripes and medium grey letters.
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Old 09-20-2022, 05:22 PM
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The red rear brake light has always bothered me. Worn and white around the letters from polishing.
I changed out the pumpkins then found this led replacement to match.



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Old 09-21-2022, 08:39 AM
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Originally Posted by peterp
Nice picture, but you should have snapped a photo of when you came back out and there was a rusty Olds 88 parked right next to you.

If this didn't happen to you, we must be talking about different malls

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Not that time, but the struggle is real. My car was clearly a long time daily driver based on the number of dings on the doors. Not sure why I bother.
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Old 09-21-2022, 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by wdb
Where did you find that? I had to buy two separate wrenches. *grumble*


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Old 09-21-2022, 09:57 AM
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Originally Posted by JBari
The red rear brake light has always bothered me. Worn and white around the letters from polishing.
I changed out the pumpkins then found this led replacement to match.

I like this. Where did you pick it up?
Old 09-21-2022, 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by amargari
Installed an 82mm throttle body for my 4.0 engine.

I am curious what your thoughts are on this since it is installed on a 4l.

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Old 09-21-2022, 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted by JBari
The red rear brake light has always bothered me. Worn and white around the letters from polishing.
I changed out the pumpkins then found this led replacement to match.
Did mine a while back as well along with the one in the spoiler, really cleans it up!



Originally Posted by plpete84
I like this. Where did you pick it up?
Ordered the smoked ones from fvd: https://www.fvd.net/us-en/FVD6319960...t3-smoked.html

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Old 09-21-2022, 10:02 PM
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Originally Posted by hatchetf15

But that's an SAE/imperial adjustable wrench. Surely it won't work on metric bolts!
Old 09-22-2022, 01:25 PM
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Originally Posted by 3/98 911 coupe
sounds great. Sound does not equals performance. Why would you guys not do an independent test on a third party dyno showing before and after numbers. I had a set of your headers on my early 996, traded them for a set of agency power headers , in addition to almost a 5 lb weight reduction, the money part, my butt dyno liked this set up better. Your sound video is just marketing, I have a bachelors and masters in engineering and an mba. The marketing guy in the professional mba program hated me from day one because I told him that marketing was someone convincing customers that buying a $50k BMW was great when a $20K Toyota Corolla would do to take you from a to B. Substance please. By the way now Raby, FSI is doing exhaust, headers etc, so now you have another super technical competitor that actually builds engines, bullsht marketing is not going to work here anymore.
lmao

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Originally Posted by work_truck
lmao
Haha… bull **** marketing works here just fine.
Old 09-22-2022, 01:39 PM
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I'm confused. Why the hate on a video of an exhaust that a shop installed...? That's a pretty nifty comment 03/98 left there.
Old 09-22-2022, 02:40 PM
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Originally Posted by 3/98 911 coupe
sounds great. Sound does not equals performance. Why would you guys not do an independent test on a third party dyno showing before and after numbers. I had a set of your headers on my early 996, traded them for a set of agency power headers , in addition to almost a 5 lb weight reduction, the money part, my butt dyno liked this set up better. Your sound video is just marketing, I have a bachelors and masters in engineering and an mba. The marketing guy in the professional mba program hated me from day one because I told him that marketing was someone convincing customers that buying a $50k BMW was great when a $20K Toyota Corolla would do to take you from a to B. Substance please. By the way now Raby, FSI is doing exhaust, headers etc, so now you have another super technical competitor that actually builds engines, bullsht marketing is not going to work here anymore.
To their credit, they are not making any power claims at all, either in the video text or in their ad listing (https://soulpp.com/product/porsche-9...side-mufflers/). It's clear their primary goal is to get slightly sportier sound without being over the top, which it seems they've achieved. If someone just wants a sportier sound without being overwhelming, these might be a good option. If someone wants more power, they should look for an exhaust is specifically designed for and claims power increases, and then those claims should be verified.
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Old 09-22-2022, 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by hkovalcik
I'm confused. Why the hate on a video of an exhaust that a shop installed...? That's a pretty nifty comment 03/98 left there.
Yeah I am glad I am not the only one that was like wtf. Seemed a bit unhinged over a clip of some exhaust sounds.
Old 09-22-2022, 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by jandackson
I am curious what your thoughts are on this since it is installed on a 4l.
To be honest I really can't tell because the engine was still in the break in stage and I wasn't pushing it.


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