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Old Aug 6, 2007 | 01:08 PM
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Originally Posted by newport996
Here are mine....custom made and installed at AAA Muffler in LA....you can get a good muffler shop to do it for a few hundred installed....





I think what B Choi is saying is that the exhaust cutout on the narrow body and wide body cars is slightly different. The narrow body cutout is more round, and the narrow body is more oval, so the tips seem to follow the contour of the cutout better, in his opinion. I see what he is saying, and its slight...I like them either way.
it looks siq on your ride, newport. u did it right. i can already tell even from that poor angle that it sits tighter with the bumper and doesn't jut out like a pair of straight pipes on a mustang.

whether narrow or wide, fellas... it needs to sit tight against the bodywork to look right. since the stock tips are made for the widebodies, you need a customize it like newport, but that's extra effort which peeps haven't been doing.

for me, little things add up to a lot.

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Old Aug 6, 2007 | 01:08 PM
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Maybe you should call the dealer and ask how much the large single exhaust tips run.....lol....$500 is a DEAL for Porsche tips....$200 is a STEAL....Porsche tips from techart or Ruf or Gembella can be like $1000!!!!
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Old Aug 6, 2007 | 01:31 PM
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Thanks! I cheated though...I have a TT bumper modded for a narrow body so my exhaust cutout is oval, not round...I think thats all you are seeing in comparison.
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Old Aug 6, 2007 | 01:46 PM
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Oh, I believe it..... And am sure I will do it, its just aesthetic and a few hundred bucks.
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Old Aug 6, 2007 | 02:58 PM
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So I am thoroughly confused now by this thread
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Old Aug 6, 2007 | 11:44 PM
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Originally Posted by ArneeA
That design is how it is for the X54, smaller oval cuts into larger oval. It's obviously different for the C2's with the larger oval cutting into the smaller oval.
Arnee - you are correct that the X54 tips are designed that the smaller oval cuts into larger oval. However, you are incorrect about C2 being different from that design. I have a 2004 C2 and my car came with the X54 tips fitted at the factory.
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 01:26 AM
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I agree with Ben. To each their own (except spinners! NO SPINNERS!)

I think that on a narrow body, all stock, the ovals look right. With a wide body, or spoilers/lowering/aeros and other "go fast" looking mods the turbo tips look good.

For mine though, it looks classy stock and looks kinda "poseurish" to put on the dual tips. Never seen it in person though. Sometimes that makes all the difference...
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Old Aug 23, 2007 | 09:26 PM
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Any news on a group buy for the dual tips?
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