Quieting my car
 

When I first bought my car last year I thought I'd be all cool and make it loud - big ebay fart can muffler and a short ram intake.
After a few months I became sick of the muffler's loudness so I put the silencer in it and it quieted it down a lot. But, this winter has been rough on it - lots of rust spots so I'm looking to replace either just the muffler or full exhaust. I hear the apexi ws2 is nice and quiet but sort of out of my price range. The yonaka knock off is more in my price rang but I was wondering the quality of it. I like the sound of it (quiet but deep) but I don't want this to rust over next winter like this ebay one. Also, is just the yonaka stainless steel muffler good quality?

I'm also thinking about replacing my intake - I have an ebay short ram pipe with an aem dryflow filter and it's quite loud. Are there any aftermarket intakes that are quieter? I don't really want to go back to stock but I don't know of any quiet short rams.

Pardon the long post.

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I'd say stick out the sound and save up for the WS2.. That's just my opinion though.

Sound/vid clip of mine, for reference.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQmQv1AaNXg[/youtube]

Keep in mind that if you're rocking just the cat-back, it'll be quieter than what mine is. I have a kamikaze ceramic header and high flow downpipe adding to the noise

Don't know what to tell you about the intake part though.

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Just a thought, but you could go back to the stock exhaust? Keep your neighbors happy and save some money.

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He's better off getting an aftermarket exhaust like the WS2 because it'll last much longer, especially living in NY. He'll come out ahead.

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i live in mass and ny is next door
snow and salt is the enemy of our cars
ever since i got my ws2 cat back 4 years ago
never touch it since and performs like it should as always
stainless steel muffler always shine whenever i clean it so im happy with it
500 bucks back then was well spent

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screw my neibors one of them back up from there drive way and hit my brother car fender and corner lights and no one said a word
so i annoy them by loud music and revving my car lol

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haha

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Seems like everybody like the ws2. I'm thinking about saving up for it.
Anyone have a yonaka? i've heard theyre comparable to the ws2?

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another way to quiet down your car is get a dynamat hoodliner (they go for about $100 on crutchfield) but it's gotten fantastic reviews and really works as advertised.. it's a bit expensive but it's apparently worth every penny

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i had one on my 98 integra LOVED it!!! i so wish they made one for my 02 LX i have had no prob with it when i had it and i have even had a Apexi in the past so very much the same to me i would buy again!

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I just got the ws2 full catback and i will say it is the best purchase i have made for my car. it feels like driving a totally different car now. I have had it for about a month and no complaints. I would highly advise saving for this it looks nice on the car its not too flashy has a great sound and overall is well worth the money