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The Thermal R&D cat back exhaust PREMIER!
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I know this may sound stupid, but I think the exposed/visible rear mufflers and the clamp on tips look too cheap or "stock"?. It gives the look as though someone just chopped the OE tips off their OE exhaust. Same with the Borla (minus the clamped on tips, but I'm not crazy about their rolled tips). I appreciate how with the Corsa and Magnaflow, you can't see a muffler when you're looking at it from the rear. When you go with an aftermarket exhaust, sound and performance are usually the key drivers, but looks matter too. There always seems to be a compromise, can't quite find the one that checks all my boxes (yet).
Hi thanks for asking. My twin brother is either busy and/or shy right now so I will answer your questions. Those are Pirelli Scorpion Zero Asimmetrico 305/35ZR22 tires. Order them from Simple Tire while they are in stock. Tire Rack only had two lately and they think they are being discontinued. Simple Tire had about 100 in stock. The wheels are BC Forged EH309's 22x10.5 +30 offset using the maximum concavity available to be determined by BC Forged for the application. You have a choice of center cap colors. The color is gloss black. You will need to buy a set of four tire pressure monitors or re-use the stock TPM. If replacing with new use your VIN to determine which frequency you need. You can get discounted OEM monitors from Blue Springs Ford. I believe you want the type that can be retrained. The batteries are molded inside the tire pressure monitors and they may last 5 to 8 years on average. You will probably end up using the same tire pressure as the OEM tires which is 33 psi cold. Wheel lug nut torque is 150 ft-lbs. Ask ahead of time if you can get black wheel weights to stick on the inner rim. If not you can use a large black sharpie to blacken up the silver wheel weights. This turned out to be my favorite wheel and tire combination, so far, and I have spent days trying to second guess myself, photoshopping every other BC Forged wheel I could find onto my vehicle and at the end of day it rocks. I plan to use my Gorilla wheel locks on the set I have coming in a few weeks. You can receive the tires in about three days but it takes an average of 5 weeks to get these wheels shipped. Expect to spend $1600 on the tires, $4100 on the wheels, $200ish for the tire pressure monitors and about $100 on the wheel locks. This wheel and tire combo looks like crap on a stock height ST so plan on lowering your vehicle with either Steeda or H&R lowering springs. Spring are in the $300 range and swapping out the stock springs, wheel balance/alignment and headlight readjustment can cost another $500 to $600 at the dealer.
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You got a much better angle than I did 
Yes, same issue as most of us. I guess in the end it's just an annoyance vs a real "problem". If you're going to the dealer anyways I guess you might as well get the "fix" but as you can see from my video it doesn't do too much to help.
Yes, same issue as most of us. I guess in the end it's just an annoyance vs a real "problem". If you're going to the dealer anyways I guess you might as well get the "fix" but as you can see from my video it doesn't do too much to help.
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