Product Spotlight: DC-Sports axle back exhaust
Lately its been feeling like Christmas at the MicroCar Magazine offices. Our recent little package to come from the Santa that drives the big brown truck was from our friends at DC-Sports. This box could only contain one thing… Brand new axle back exhaust!!!
Prior to Install:
The exhaust comes constructed of mandrel bent T-304 Stainless Steel tubing, a nice size canister and 4″ straight cut tip. Also in the box are complete install instructions and rubber hanger mount.
The install:
I will admit, we tried to do the install for this awesome exhaust. However, we found that the jack points did not provide enough room for us to get a decent jack stand under the car. Enter the folks at Toyota 101 and the ability for them to do this swap really fast. The great part about this exhaust is that it utilizes the stock clamp/gasket for a factory-like fit and easy installation.
Our review:
Prior to our install we were sporting the stock Toyota exhaust with the TRD tip, not really a set up that will make the car growl from the outside. Now we already had the Weapon-R Short Ram Intake on our project car, so we were already growling at the engine. With that said, I waited at the dealership for them to drive our xD to the customer pick up area and all you could hear was growl. So we at MicroCar Magazine thought it would only be right to put the exhaust to the paces, so we set out on a 1k adventure to San Diego and Extreme Autofest show. On the road you can really tell how well Scion was able to block out the outside noise. During normal around town driving our exhaust provided a nice rumble and low tone sound, when we got it to the freeway that was a different story. As we moved thru the gears the exhaust really came to life and the xD powered ahead. The best part to this exhaust is that we notice no power loss, and we got the nice growl that Toyota engines are known to have.
Overall this exhaust performed awesome. Can not wait to see what other products come out for the xD.
Suggested MSRP: All our research found that the exhaust goes for just under $600.00 – However we did manage to find out friends at FastScions.com selling this exhaust for under $400.00 – DC-Sports Exhaust at FastScions.com .
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About Thomas: Founder and Editor of MicroCar Magazine - He began his car writing experience with his scion fan site www.scionmag.com. |
