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Oct 22, 2007 | 10:18 PM

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Gibson Fbody exhaust review...

Pretty much everybody has Corsa, Borla Magnaflow or Hooker exhausts. I figured I'd be different. I may be the only person on this board with the Gibson Fbody stainless exhaust. It came in a huge box and that's needed because it's basically 4 pieces. The I -pipe and the Muffler with the section going over the axle and then the tailpipes(12 inches or so) and HUGE tips. The welds on this system are works of art. The muffler assembly with over the axle pipe does make installation a bit more complicated. First the car will need to be high enough to snake the pipe over the axle and manuever the muffler around. Secondly it's advised to have another person to help fit it onto the brackets. The tips are huge thick wall single exhaust tips with trick integrated clamp brackets. The sound at idle is a nice pleasing rumble and under acceleration it grows louder but not obnoxious or raspy. IMO it sounds better and more refined than Borla. The interior noise level is louder than stock but without resonance-yet you can still hear the burble of the exhaust. It's just loud enough to let you know you have an exhaust but quiet enough to hear the radio(without cranking it up too loud). I immediately noticed a difference in throttle response and it seems to allow the engine to rev a bit more freely. Over all a high quality piece at a downright reasonable price ($450) and excellent choice for daily drivers. The removable tips are great if you want to use other tips. You can find it at LM Performance (site sponsor).

Oct 22, 2007 | 10:25 PM

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pics please

Oct 22, 2007 | 10:30 PM

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I had gibson exhaust on my last truck. I'd like to see some pictures also... And maybe video clip.

Oct 22, 2007 | 11:08 PM

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pictures can be found at the LM Performance website and gibson's website

Oct 22, 2007 | 11:14 PM

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how about some sond clips? also do you have headers?

Oct 23, 2007 | 12:46 AM

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Oct 23, 2007 | 07:05 PM

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Pics of it installed and sound clips would be nice

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Oct 23, 2007 | 08:56 PM

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Pics of it installed and sound clips would be nice

Ditto.

Oct 23, 2007 | 09:42 PM

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I think the Gibson website has some soundclips.

Dec 18, 2007 | 12:17 PM

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Bump: To the OP do you think you could take a picture from the rear of it installed..?

Dec 23, 2007 | 04:56 PM

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Bump: To the OP do you think you could take a picture from the rear of it installed..?

+1 I want to know more about this system..

Dec 23, 2007 | 09:30 PM

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I'd be able to take a couple pictures but I'm still on dial up so loading them is an issue. I'll see what I can do but it will take some time.

Apr 14, 2008 | 09:15 AM

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Bump: I'm excited, bought the stainless version of this exhaust this morning.

Apr 14, 2008 | 11:57 AM

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How well does it flow? I want to hear how it sounds

Apr 14, 2008 | 03:18 PM

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How well does it flow? I want to hear how it sounds

Plan on doing a video once it gets put on, although my car doesn't have a cam or longtubes yet.

Apr 14, 2008 | 05:11 PM

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i have a friend who works at gibson. i told him they're missing out on a lot of money by not putting their catbacks out there more on forums like this one.

Apr 14, 2008 | 07:11 PM

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id have to see on the car the pic of the exhaust laied out does nothing for the look, the tips from that angle look like poo. My dad had gibson on his v8 dokata and it sounded nice.

Apr 14, 2008 | 09:22 PM

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Update, Since I have a TA I replaced the double walled single tips for a set of Pypes 6x3 oval tips. Sounds great and looks great.

Apr 14, 2008 | 09:53 PM

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Update, Since I have a TA I replaced the double walled single tips for a set of Pypes 6x3 oval tips. Sounds great and looks great.

pictures or sound?

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