new shots

TNK · Post by **TNK** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 12:08 am

couple new shots of the car, took it to the track last night. ran a 16.4 on these cheap ass tires. next week im gonna try my buddy's drag radials. my fog bezels are in. im rockin' the wife's stock tails til my tinted ones get here from Amit (03_SXT), hopefully tomorrow. my prothane racae mount inserts are in as well, and my catchcan that i dont have a pic of right now. oh, and my new N1 muffler is on as well. has a nice tone to it, im happy with it. not too loud but still a nice tone. and i love my angle mount, so don't flame it. dammit.

Post by **Diablo0** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 12:16 am

Looks good but ugh... I still dont' like that exhaust, it still looks like a chrome turd

dangerdavex2 · Post by **dangerdavex2** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 12:16 am

Those tinted tails are gonna look badass...
Car looks good though

TNK · Post by **TNK** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 12:20 am

thanks guys. ive been wanting an N1 muffler for a long time, and whne i saw a pic of OBs neon with the N1 catback, i knew i had to buy my N1 muffler (sorry, too poor to buy the whole catback). i just love the slight angle to it and everything.....

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 12:23 am

To each his own. Not a fan of the muffler at all. Car looks real good other than that.

TNK · Post by **TNK** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 12:26 am

thanks. whats the average 1/4 mile tiem on a stock sxt wiht a fart cannon and a 5 spd? is 16.4 on shit tires pretty good?

Kevin_GP · Post by **Kevin_GP** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 12:34 am

Diablo0 wrote:Looks good but ugh... I still dont' like that exhaust, it still looks like a chrome turd

Your turds come out sideways like that

Looks good man, didnt you have srt-4 wheels though? The ones you have on there now look nice though. I dont mind the muffler it just looks alittle out of place with no cutout.

TNK · Post by **TNK** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 12:36 am

i still have the wheels. but i took it to the track and didnt want to tear up my tiers on the SRT wheels, so i put these on, plus, i think they are lighter. but im in the market for new wheels and the wife may be getting my SRT wheels for her SXT

Post by **Diablo0** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 1:11 am

Kevin_GP wrote:
Diablo0 wrote:Looks good but ugh... I still dont' like that exhaust, it still looks like a chrome turd
Your turds come out sideways like that

Depends on what I eat

OB · Post by OB » Fri Aug 04, 2006 2:42 am

looks good mang, of course i can appreciate the muffler. some people arent open minded enough to learn to love the "fart cannon" style exhaust, but to each is own right? does it just have a left angle or is it tilted up as well (like mine)? lets have a few better shots of the back so i can see it better!

Ifixyawata · Post by **Ifixyawata** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 3:23 am

I love e-blue. I wish I'd gotten my car in that color but it was either an ATX blue car or a Red MTX car, so I chose 'performance' over color.

PS - Send me your 7-spokes.

norwoodrt · Post by **norwoodrt** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 4:50 am

um i only see an engine mount?

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 10:11 am

Looks better with the SRT wheels... Don't like the exhaust, though.

J-Villa · Post by **J-Villa** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 10:12 am

my n1 catback on my old neon looked hot...i hate the way it looks on the second gen

grambo · Post by **grambo** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 10:18 am

Damn, forgot about that car J. NIce.

neonpla · Post by **neonpla** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 11:57 am

norwoodrt wrote:um i only see an engine mount?

he has a firm insert in there, the red thing.

daaboots · Post by **daaboots** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 12:56 pm

Nice looking

That SRT4 bumper with stock hood is really growing on me. Do you have close up pictures of the gap between the two?

kc2005ptgt · Post by **kc2005ptgt** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 6:15 pm

JDM muffl3r T1Lt, y000!!!

You and OB should get together and install a CF gas doors.

I am just playing!!!!

Car is looking good!

Neonix · Post by **Neonix** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 10:38 pm

I think the SRT wheels look better too. And I'm not a huge fan of the exhaust, but maybe it's just because I'm not use to seeing it. Who knows, either way, glad you're happy with it!!

blazesxt · Post by **blazesxt** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 10:48 pm

if muffler was tucked into bumper i think it would look a lot better other than that nice e-blue

norwoodrt · Post by **norwoodrt** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 9:39 am

any way you can take a straight on shot of the rear i wanna see how much the muffler actually angles and what not i am interested in that exhaust!

03_SXT · Post by **03_SXT** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 11:07 am

I know you got the tail lights already, put them on the car now! I've never seen my tinted tails on a e-blue car before...

~Amit

kaminari_neon · Post by **kaminari_neon** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 12:24 pm

that muffler ruins the car......but as long as u like it......thats all that matters

scneonchic · Post by **scneonchic** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 4:05 pm

I have to agree about the muffler thing. Works on a honda, or a nissan...but not a neon.

As long as you are happy though

did you ever take pics when you had the bronze mesh wheels on it? I wantd to see that

OB · Post by OB » Sat Aug 05, 2006 5:31 pm

scneonchic wrote:I have to agree about the muffler thing. Works on a honda, or a nissan...but not a neon.

As long as you are happy though

did you ever take pics when you had the bronze mesh wheels on it? I wantd to see that

exactly how does the brand of car effect how a certain part looks? youre saying that any honda/nissan looks good with a crooked cannister, simply because theyre named "honda" and "nissan"? Sounds like a form of auto-racism to me

. I personally think a civic hatch looks great with a traditional high flow oval muffler with a nice 2.5" tip. But then again, looks arent everything, and sometimes I think many of you should learn to take performance into account, rather than simply criticising how something looks. A quality cannister style muffler flows incredibly well, and their tone is also very distinct yet refined. I realize many people only cae what their car looks like and not what their exhausts are made of, but sometimes ignorance can become annyoing, and inspire a rant by someone like myself. btw, this is in no way an attack or arguement, just some thoughts and my opinion. like you guys said above, as long as someone is happy, thats all that matters, I fully agree, and apologize if this rant offends anyone in advance. I just feel like it needed to be said.

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 6:21 pm

orangeblastsxt wrote:I personally think a civic hatch looks great with a traditional high flow oval muffler with a nice 2.5" tip.

I've never seen a crooked cannister muffler with only a 2.5" tip...

They're all 3.5" or larger. Is yours only 2.5"?

orangeblastsxt wrote:But then again, looks arent everything, and sometimes I think many of you should learn to take performance into account, rather than simply criticising how something looks.

Well, it's easier to say it looks like crap because we don't drive your car and we can't say, "Wow, that DOES add 55 HP!" It's just the first thing that we notice.

scneonchic · Post by **scneonchic** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 1:14 pm

Im not as ignorant as you think, and yes I know you get extra performance out of your exhaust and thats great. Im not knocking you for that. I just think w/ the way our neons bumpers are designed that it just doesnt flow that well. The reason I said hondas and nissans look good w/ them is the way their bumpers are usually designed looks really nice w/ the exhaust angled like that. Our bumpers are just too curvy for the angled tip to flow like that.

TNK · Post by **TNK** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 11:19 pm

my muffler sits right against the bottom of my bumper. im not cutting it to tuck it up. i dont wanna mess the bumper up and then change exhausts later you know? its set up so i can unclamp it where the stock muffler unclamps, and hten i can either put on the stock muffler or my SRT rearsection.

i have new shots of the new tails and i will try and get some shots of the hood gap and a straighton of the exhaust later this week.

03_SXT · Post by **03_SXT** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 11:25 pm

TNK wrote:...i have new shots of the new tails...

Do you like them?

~Amit

OB · Post by OB » Mon Aug 07, 2006 2:42 am

03sxt wrote:
orangeblastsxt wrote:I personally think a civic hatch looks great with a traditional high flow oval muffler with a nice 2.5" tip.
I've never seen a crooked cannister muffler with only a 2.5" tip... They're all 3.5" or larger. Is yours only 2.5"?

orangeblastsxt wrote:But then again, looks arent everything, and sometimes I think many of you should learn to take performance into account, rather than simply criticising how something looks.
Well, it's easier to say it looks like crap because we don't drive your car and we can't say, "Wow, that DOES add 55 HP!" It's just the first thing that we notice.

wasnt talking about a cannister. hence "traditional oval muffler". non angled, standard muffler. thats prob what ill end up with next, maybe after the srt swap (if i ever get that done!).

chic- If you look at the rear of my car dead on, the muffler actually flows perfectly with the little 03+ bulge things, not to mention the trunk lid angle. I dont see what u mean; besides it not being in a cutout, id have to say it looks damn near perfect on my neons rear end. all opinions tho, right?

TNK- well said