4 holes is > 2
 

I've wanted to do this for so long but was held back because I would either get an outrageous quote or the shop would outright say it can't be done. (won't do it) I know I could have gotten an exhaust and bypassed the hassle but i'm plenty satisfied with the sound it has with the resonators removed so I didn't want to spend that much money.

I was finally able to convince a a tech at a shop to give it a shot because I told them I would take the rear bumper off for access. A different tech at that same shop had previously told me they won't do it (months ago) so it was a little ballsy for me to come back again but I knew if I talked to anyone but that guy they would give it a shot. They're laid back car guys so they understood my struggle :D

I couldn't be happier with the end result

http://i.imgur.com/ZtkEDI4.jpg?2

Talk about pain in the ass though. I had to remove the bumper by myself in their parking lot, which in itself is a pain because the access to the two bolts in the support is a bit*ch. But to make matters worse, on re install, I had to remove the bumper supports/shock absorbers from the inside because their was no longer the clearance needed to stick that bolt back in with the new tips because they are slightly larger overall.

I forgot to mention, they're 3.5" tips

Sweet! Looks great... Uh we need a video clip now. A video clip of a burn out or something :)

I'm too paranoid to put her through that kind of abuse :-( I know, i'm lame...

I do have my fun once she's up and rolling though

Looks good.

What brand of tips are they? I'm rocking Dinan, but I'm sure others would be interested to know. Nice work.

Love the look! I'd like to do polished stainless tips on mine instead of the black chrome, but it's hard to justify the $200+ that it would cost right now given all the other stuff I got goin on (usual quarterly repairs, stereo upgrade, tires, etc.)

looks pretty sweet, sounds like a PITA tho :)

I told you the 3.5 inch tips would look proper on your X. Nice job well worth it. Which manufacturer of the tips did you use?

Thanks fellas, I'm very glad I went with 3.5" instead of 3"

These aren't anything fancy like dinan but they're stainless and seem to be well built

Here's a link to the exact ones I have, except the shop that installed them ordered them locally

Different Trend Inc,. www.dtexhaust.com


Part of the reason these worked well is because they have a smaller 2.25" inlet, even in the 3.5" size. And also the overall length was basically just right without needing to grind or cut a bunch off

All 4 we're $200 installed

Looks almost exactly like my setup.. Except mine have a slight angle cutoff at the end of the tip versus yours being even (top/bottom) at the end. Looks like single tips too because i believe stock mufflers have 2 small pipe coming out into the stock rectangle tip.

Mine are 3.5" as well, except since i have muffler deletes and only one large pipe coming back to the bumper, my tips are a Y pipe design single into 2 split.