apr v2 catback installed today @ qrs. woohoo!!!
 

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after patiently dealing with about 2months of my incessant "my catback in yet" emails to rob @ qrs .. they were finally able to obtain a v2 catback from apr. =)

i love it .. the guys at qrs(austin,tx) are great .. a little slow but still cool. nudge nudge =) (some bolts were fused .. caused a few problems.) i'll be going there to have my stage3 installed in the future. 2 thumbs up.
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about the exhaust ...

i think the sound volumn is perfect. noticable idle .. and head turning acceleration/WOT. the exhaust tips are huge compared to the stockers.

something i noticed ..

cruising on the highway boosting approx -.25 thru -.35bar that there is absolutely no hum/drone or other sound that would indicate an aftermarket exhaust.

mild drone at other boost levels. during acceleration .. the rumble/growl volumn declines as rpms close ~4k .. quiets down and then picks up above ~4k rpms.

i'm currently running stock ecu. 150hp/155tq. waiting for ups to deliver my newly upgraded v3 apr. well ... it may have been the exhaust note but i believe there was a substantial increase in power. noticable ..

shrug.

either way .. very very pleased with the catback. very high quality hunka metal.

buy buy buy

louder at idle than 0.25bar?
 

Odd.

taking wind noise into account .. it's louder than idle .. =b