my gripe with the Borla is that they used horrible standard rounded exhaust tips that do not match the great bumper we have and the stock muffler tip design... i like the construction and quality of borla, but have to chop off the nasty exhaust tips that pillage the great stock look and put the stock tips back on it.
to boot... they should have at least painted the back side of the canister flat black so it does not stick out like a sore thumb since they put nasty tips on it...
however, i if i am going to be in the market for a exhaust system i will be buying the Borla... and breaking out my welder to get the great looking stock tips back on it...
all my previous projects i have followed one cardinal rule, if you are going to make changes, make sure it matches the look and character of the car... no matter how high quality something is, if it looks out of place, it won't make a good first impression...
Typhoon55... the SRT-4 is great and is still in the family, my older brother is driving it. i still work on it plenty.. today i put 16 inch BBS RX wheels on it (from ACR SRT-4) with 225 width tires (stock is 205), installed a powder coated valve cover, silicone intake pipe to replace broken stock pipe, 5k HIDs (for crisp white color and maximum light output)... already had traded the trunk lid for one without a exaggerated wing, led tail lamps in black (car is black too), and plenty of wax...
pelked1... not sure what you mean by what you said, my modifications to date on my previous cars have been done with the best of taste on cars that usually have none... so having a car that has this awesome styling stock, i can't go wrong with keeping the look stock increasing and the performance (hence why i want the stock exhaust tips on the borla... if not, stock tips on my own creation using stainless magnaflow muffler)...
THANKS FOR THE WARM WELCOME EVERYONE ! reminds me of my youngin days when i first joined neons.org and began learning the ways of the car nut. :P hope to learn alot from you over the next few months and then begin my planning...
PS... performance modifications are going in the SRT-4 as soon as it warms up a bit more so i can weld in a extra o2 bung... stage 2 waste gate + psi fi power paq + wideband o2... here come low 13s.
i wish it was that easy on the xfire. :P