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Old 07-15-2009, 07:13 AM   #1 (permalink)
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WOW, i installed the SOLO from smart madness. it sounds goooood. no drone on the hi-way nice sound in the city. sounds like a big cat purrr. very grown up sounding, that is what i was looking for. it was very easy to install, about 1 hour in the drive way. i also did the AFE filter from smart madness and the silicone intake pipe i bought off of ebay. the little thing is so much more responsive and it has much more pulling power.

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Sounds good. I have the aFe filter en route; do you have a link for the intake pipe? Thanks!
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I'm really interested in a quiet center exhaust but from what i understand the Brabus exhaust is louder than the OEM and the Solo is louder than the Brabus.

The problem is that there is no way to see how loud it is w/ out buying it...I WISH THEY HAD DECIBEL RATINGS FOR THE EXHAUST SYSTEMS so that all the speculation would be eliminated ...Some people on the forum say Solo is too loud and some say its too quiet. Anybody know the decibel rating for the Solo, Brabus, and or OEM system(s)????
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I'm really interested in a quiet center exhaust but from what i understand the Brabus exhaust is louder than the OEM and the Solo is louder than the Brabus.

The problem is that there is no way to see how loud it is w/ out buying it...I WISH THEY HAD DECIBEL RATINGS FOR THE EXHAUST SYSTEMS so that all the speculation would be eliminated ...Some people on the forum say Solo is too loud and some say its too quiet. Anybody know the decibel rating for the Solo, Brabus, and or OEM system(s)????
I have the brabus, and i'd say it is VERY quiet.
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WOW, i installed the SOLO from smart madness. it sounds goooood. no drone on the hi-way nice sound in the city. sounds like a big cat purrr. very grown up sounding, that is what i was looking for. it was very easy to install, about 1 hour in the drive way. i also did the AFE filter from smart madness and the silicone intake pipe i bought off of ebay. the little thing is so much more responsive and it has much more pulling power.

smart madness is also great to deal with!!!


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