What style tailpipe?

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What style tailpipe?

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Im in a bit of a dilemma.

Not so long in the future my car will be going back to ProSpeed for a proper mandrel bent 3" manifold back system.

This will go with my custom big bore Hytech manifold.

Exhaust will be 3" no matter what anybody says about overkill etc etc. I have read a lot of builds and specs on folks and HT and B20VTEC all use 3" I.D on their B20 builds and the figures and times speak for themselves.

It can also be called future proofing as when and if I do go K or turbo I can retain the same exhaust. Im sure il be happy with the B20 for a long time but I do get bored pretty quickly.

This all means that my new exhaust will probably stay on the car for good.

Now with my last exhaust from Prospeed, I just told Charlie to replicate the 5Zigen Fireball I had on there before but in 2.5" I.D piping and they done a pretty good job of it.

Now I fancy something different. And im kinda stuck with what type of backbox style he should choose. The exhaust will exit from the right hand side as the recess on the left has disappeared, so it wont look odd with a right hand exit.

I also intend on cutting into the rear lip a semi circle kind of gap so it looks more OEM with the exhaust sitting in the gap rather than hanging under the lip.

How my car looked with it's previous Prospeed (5zigen fireball style) Exhaust, sorry for crap pics:

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What kind of styles should I consider? I like the tilted and angled style and would possibly like to retain that.

I really like the subtleness of the Spoon N1 but I dont think it goes with the styling on my car.

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I also like the 5Zigen Border 304, I love the flared tip on it.

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Anything else to consider, photoshops welcome. :oops:

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Gotta be the 5Zigen Border 304, would look awesome 8)
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The N1 looks the best, very discreet.

But i would go for the 5Zigen 8)

Had one on my Prelude, it was surprisingly quiet :top:
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5zigen!
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5Zigen Border 304
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Hmm, I thought so too.

What about the J's/Toda style?
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