Hi, my mate used to work for mike stokes - it'll be a lot more than that tbh and the guys a bellend from what I hear, so I won't be giving him any of my earnings.
The only place I'd have a custom exhaust made for any of my Hondas would be Hond-R or Endless Horizon as I know the guys there and they really love what the do along with the customers cars etc etc, so I'd rather support them as they're regular Honda nutters with the passion we all share for modification.
You don't really get that kind of treatment from a generic place tbh... The same goes for tuning - I'd always goto a specialist - I don't doubt the capability of other places that cater for other manufacturers but it's just not the same as going somewhere that just builds crazy cars of one marque.
A good example would be Phil Morrison's Aristo where he had to have the chassis notched to run the custom exhaust tucked up into the chassis as close as possible to run as best clearance as required for a low drift car along with making sure everything was routed correctly past everything else - especially on lock... Now taking a car to just anywhere that builds custom exhausts would probably sort this if you pointed it out, but it's not the same experience and mindset as say a specialist Toyota garage that see these all the time and class something like that as the "obvious option" for "that kind" of exhaust as it were.
As for powerflow/magnaflow etc I've ran a few of them on both my civics and none were anything special after a few months they looked as rough as any ebay exhaust. My ex for example has a toyo sports ebayDM 2.25" straight through on her EJ9 and it does the job more than sufficiently; a friend build a ej2 turbo using the same exhaust and ran a safe 207.6bhp @7 psi...
The only reason I personally didn't use one on my civic was because I was lucky enough to find jdm bargains locally and from forums etc... Also I would have preferred a 2.5" for future proofing if I K swapped etc...
Funny about the headache remark, all have mine have been insanely loud (I set off a lot of shop and car alarms locally haha) but that's why I enjoyed it being that it was 'that' loud as it were and not a typical "well it's quiet when I want it to be and has a nice rasp on vtec" that's just not me... I'm more track car madness when it comes to that...
Plus I guess I'm just used to it from having to be as it were from running cars so low you can't have resonators or big rear silencers; all down to personal taste obviously but yeah you'd hate my mates ek9 with a Buddyclub Spec 2 haha the lightest loudest most illegal exhaust especially on vtec haha but it sounds awesome
I don't know anyone who's ever had an issue with ebayDM exhausts other than moaning about the manifold being too long on a lowered car - which you will find with a lot of mani's bar the 'Tri-Y' types which can be reps or genuine articles aslong as the designs the same.
Anyone who's bought a ebayDM exhaust or part in general and moaned clearly has concept of value for money vs real life... SO MANY people ***ume they're going to get the quality of a HKS and the likes which quite frankly is ridiculous lol.
I understand your only looking out for me which I appreciate what with you being local but it's just a cheap and cheerful bargain daily which I won't keep mate.
I'm trying not to sound like a ***** here but I'm well aware of the benefits of a proper exhaust vs ebayDM.
My civic's have had a total of 6/7 exhausts in parts combined carried across the 2 cars (due to smashing them being so low haha) and yeah it' great having a custom exhaust or a genuine apexi/greddy/skunk2/buddyclub/spoon/hks/tannabe etc but not on a car that will be slammed lol.
At the end of the day the car in question now is a huge and heavy boaty 1310kg car so the minimal difference i'd gain/loose from a big exhaust won't be noticeable as unless it's a gain of over 10% or more i'm not going to physically feel the difference.
I appreciate peoples opinion's but that's really not what i'm after... BUT all I want is a cheap and cheerful 2/2.25/2.5" catback to go with the japspeed 4-2-1 manifold/downpipe and decat I intend to put on. as I say I got the car very cheap and it's just my daily... So bang per buck and looks/sound is all I care about.
I will be buying a Spec R S15 after my birthday, or at the latest upon renewal of my insurance next year so spending more than the ebayDM going rates on a fancy custom exhaust is of no interest as I'll just sell this at a loss standard or not... Well maybe break even after all the lil bit's it's needed such as tyres/tracking/tie rod ends/mot/tax etc etc.
Either way it's no interest as I say it's only a cheap daily mate
So aslong as it's cheap and I get a cheeky loud vtec rasp and it's aesthetically pleasing to me and I can buy another cheap (should I squash it when it's slammed) I don't care what brand it is or where it's from.
However getting something that's good enough sound and looks wise replace the vtec rasp and loudness of my civic (no silencers/cat/full straight through) is all I want mate.
I really do appreciate the recommendation though being local so thanks for that it's just no offense as I say not the answer I'm looking for.
So all i want to know is will a 94, 97 or 98 exhaust fit my 2000 - like the one listed as an example in my original post.
Oh and not the best example but here's a buddyclub spec 2 on a crx with a b18c6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qgN1aVvPkE
