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Old Apr 10, 2015 | 06:00 PM
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Took a chance with the cat back from eBay. And I must say it came out alright. Here's a little idle vid of the car.
car has no cats with tsp Longtubes and a 3 inch Y pipe.
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is that the stainless catback for like 219 with clamps and no tips??
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Old Apr 10, 2015 | 09:22 PM
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Originally Posted by ramairetransam
is that the stainless catback for like 219 with clamps and no tips??


http://m.ebay.com/itm/161499294021?nav=SEARCH
This is the link to the catback
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Old Apr 10, 2015 | 09:34 PM
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yep ,i have one sitting in the box right now with no tips . havent decided what to do . How was the install of it . I mean did everything fit like it was supposted to .
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yep ,i have one sitting in the box right now with no tips . havent decided what to do . How was the install of it . I mean did everything fit like it was supposted to .
I took it to my local exhaust shop to have it welded other then the clamps. Took them about an hour to install it. I was worried the tips were gonna be to big but they look perfect back there.
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How's the interior noise level/drone?
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Old Apr 12, 2015 | 07:58 AM
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How's the interior noise level/drone?
Actually not to bad for a car with 4.10. Gears and a big stall. I'll get a vid of the interior.
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Old Nov 24, 2015 | 01:16 PM
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Hey OP, anymore feedback on the PHAB exhaust? I just ordered the same catback and was just curious. Also did you go with the 4 inch tips? Couldnt tell from the vid, car sounds great BTW.
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Sounds good to me. Nothing wrong w/ Ebay exhaust products, they have come a long way. Running a full Stainless Ebay exhaust on the Vette and the quality and fitment was top notch and at a 1/4 of the price of the top manufactures.
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Old Nov 24, 2015 | 01:31 PM
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Right on glad to hear the quality is better than what I would expect. I"m mainly curious about any fitment issues and what size tips were in that video. I purchased the 4 inch quad and i'm wondering if I should have gone with 3.5. Guess it's a little late now but I'll grab some pictures and a video too and report back.
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Their 3in true duals sound amazing. Better than any other true dual setup that dumps before the rear I've heard by far. Been waiting for them to get some more in to order one for myself.
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I took the gamble as well and I'm glad I did. I came from a terrible catback setup to this and it was night and day. The cabin noise has been reduced to 1/2 of what it was, car is smoother and just all around MUCH better to drive. I swear most of my rattles went away too. So I have BBK Longtube and ORY and after the Y I had an old Flowmaster catback I-pipe with a Dynomax bullet and it was cut to a turn down just after the axle. While that did sound mean as hell it was flat out too much after a while. Even adding sound deadener in the back hatch area and the doors helped a little bit it was still too much to deal with when driving, this is my daily driver.

Install was not super smooth but no major issues. One of the clamps was crap and I ended up welding one section to keep it in place. The passenger side outlet pipe that the tip connects too was not straight so we had to apply some heat and bend it down a bit, see pics. The tips they gave me were 4" however they did not fit the rest of the exhaust, they were way to big. We had to expand the pipe and weld them into place ( no clamps for these, have to weld them). All in all though it turned out great, product looks good, sounds good, was not heavy. $315 to my door

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Video after install, warm start. Will try to get a video driving tomorrow if the weather holds.


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Old Nov 29, 2015 | 01:15 PM
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I like the sound of the exhaust you made up my mind too buy the phab exhaust instead of the obx . I know the phab exhaust will sound different on my car with factory manifolds & cats but has to sound better than the exhaust I have on it now. The price of the exhaust is with in my small budget thanks for the info
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Right on glad it helped. I think you'll be happy, especially with those tips on a Firebird/TA
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Old Nov 30, 2015 | 03:04 PM
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I almost bought this, but the Loudmouth 1 or 2 with any tips being $319 shipped at the moment I spent the little extra. Sounds good though, I'm sure they sound similar.
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Had been planning on buying this exhaust for a while cause I was going to modify it and it would have been a good starting point but I just looked it up again and it went from $325 to $1550!!!! I don't know if it's some kind of error but it's been like that for a few days now so I'm guessing the people at phab have lost their collective minds? Maybe? I don't know but I guess I'm in the market for a used catback to hack up or I'll buy a legit slp
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If you find it to be too loud, you can always mellow it out a bit with resonated oval tips.
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It has to be an error. I noticed it jumped up maybe $75-$100 after I bought it but no one in they're right mind would spend that much on an Fbody catback.
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It's what company's on eBay do when they run out of stock. Rather than remove the ad they just make the price super high. Then when they get stock the price will drop back down.
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Originally Posted by ATXSS
I took the gamble as well and I'm glad I did. I came from a terrible catback setup to this and it was night and day. The cabin noise has been reduced to 1/2 of what it was, car is smoother and just all around MUCH better to drive. I swear most of my rattles went away too. So I have BBK Longtube and ORY and after the Y I had an old Flowmaster catback I-pipe with a Dynomax bullet and it was cut to a turn down just after the axle. While that did sound mean as hell it was flat out too much after a while. Even adding sound deadener in the back hatch area and the doors helped a little bit it was still too much to deal with when driving, this is my daily driver.

Install was not super smooth but no major issues. One of the clamps was crap and I ended up welding one section to keep it in place. The passenger side outlet pipe that the tip connects too was not straight so we had to apply some heat and bend it down a bit, see pics. The tips they gave me were 4" however they did not fit the rest of the exhaust, they were way to big. We had to expand the pipe and weld them into place ( no clamps for these, have to weld them). All in all though it turned out great, product looks good, sounds good, was not heavy. $315 to my door

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Notice the height difference from driver to passenger, had to bend the passenger pipe down a bit




Shot of the rear with 4" tips, looks perfect




Video after install, warm start. Will try to get a video driving tomorrow if the weather holds.

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