They are still coming with the titanium tip, however they stopped heat treating it so no more blue hue.

 

that new Series from Apexi, I forgot what it was called

 

Good. The wife just called....man in Brown just dropped it off at the house.

 

Enjoy it man, its a great exhaust for the money.

 

Just finished the TurboXS install. Fits perfect, tons of clearance. Nice piece for 5 bills delivered. Will post sound impressions tomorrow when I put a few more miles on it and then compare it to the Greddy Ti and HKS Carbon Ti that I have installed and driven.

 

I know KamiSpeed had the Fujitsubo Ti version in stock when I picked up my RMO1A. They had it out and I was able to oogle and touch it a bit...I ran out of there quickly with my ahem, slightly less expensive stainless version before I did something stupid. Was quite a piece. Almost too pretty to put underneath the car.

 

Looking forward to it as I chose the TXS over the HKS.

 

Ok, here are my thoughts and opinions on 4 exhausts I have tried on the IX MR. There are sounds clips already done and plenty of pics of each too on evoM so I wont bother at this time but when Im done testing I will post tons of stuff.

Buschur Magnaflow

-good value for $825 delivered (full TBE)
-no beauty queen, packaging was so so and received some dings en route
-sounds great, like stock at idle and cruise, at WOT and higher RPMS emits a nice growl that is definately not stock
-perfect in areas where enforcement of exhaust laws are common
-no FWY drone even though she has no resonator which surprised me
-no neck downs at all
-easy install
-have yet to hear any magnaflow equipped car sound 'bad', great muffler


Greddy Ti

-Nicely made piece, welds are to die for
-Tiny neck down at converter...but to 3" vs 80mm on the rest of it = not an issue
-Its loud at idle, at cruise but it sounds mean as hell when your at WOT.
-FWY drone at 70-80mph is tough to handle for more than 1 hr driving. Drone comes from center of car it seems, wish it had a resonator because I love this exhaust.
-Easy install, perfect alignment.
-LIGHT


HKS Carbon Ti

-Great sound, very 'tuned' sounding if you know what I mean at WOT and higher RPM's as per the vid clip on their web site.
-Too bad fitment is so so on the IX from my experience. HKS over engineered the hangers IMO which = more install time and more alignment issues which I was never able to fix.
-resonator banged on driveshaft from time to time due to shifting of exhaust. Your results may vary and yes I had pros look at it and adjust it to no avail.
-well made but kind of chunky and heavy vs. all the others.
-looks great on the car but not worth the admission price IMO. Used price? Sure, than I would recommend it.
-necks down at converter


Turbo XS

- relative bargain for $500
- easy install, perfect alignment on the IX
- crappy gaskets ship with it
- sounds deep, no drone at FWY speeds but at idle you can tell this is not stock. Regular driving the sounds is louder but in a good way. I expected drone at FWY speeds with how it sounded driving around town but I was pleasantly surprised how quiet she is at 70-80mph - near stock.
-no neck downs
-WOT and higher RPMS this thing sounds very aggressive in a good way.

Next up? Would love to try the JIC Ti..maybe mid January.

 

 

how about the RNR/HKS carbon Ti how loud is this one? any clips ?