I ordered mine from:
www.justmagnaflow.com
They were the first to list it as ready to ship on their website.
However to give them proper due:
www.hotexhaust.com
Followed up with actual pictures and accurate description of the system. How they di that before Magnaflow put theirs up is a good question but I have to give them some credit ! Price is the same either way. It's going to be a drop-ship direct from magnaflow in California so I don't think it really matters much who you order it from.
Took a little drive with the wife Sunday. I had not told her about the new system. She never said a thing until we were almost home. It was a "worst case" situation, uphill, under load in sixth gear at about 2,000 rpm/55-60 mph in traffic. Finally she says, "you're just buzzing along aren't you, what gear are you in ?" I downshifted to fifth, revs jumped up about 500 rpm and exhaust pitch went up to a less annoying note. At low revs and under load this set-up makes some really, really low tones. I think that's why Borla adds that "right angle"
resonator to their system as a kind of a "bass trap". That's does add some weight and backpressure however. I have an audio engineer buddy with some professional mics and recording gear. I'll make some sound clips with him to try an accurately capture the sound. Cheap mics ain't gonna cut it. Won't pick-up the low frequency stuff like the pro gear can.
I am familiar with dynamat. It may help some. I hate to
add weight to this little car.
You may notice the exhaust tips on the system stick out further than stock. I could have positioned them closer to the fascia opening but I was trying to get the sound behind not under the car. I think I accomplished that.
It's almost weird, the exhaust sounds like its a couple of feet behind the car.
Like a 900 pound prehistoric monster hornet following you around.
Cheers,
Slim