I finally pulled the trigger and purchased the Tanabe Medalion axle-back exhaust for my coupe. I've been itching for quite some time to get one but couldn't decide on which system. I had the magnaflow cat-back for my previous coupe and loved it back in 2009. Wanted to try out something different without having to rack up the list of aftermarket parts on my leased car. This seemed to be the best option in terms of it being just an axle-back rather than a full cat-back. I'm not looking for huge gains or anything, just a nice clean deep sound with nice tips. Should be getting it installed by weeks end. Been putting coats and coats of metal polish and sealant on the cans and tips before I subject it to the harsh New England salt/sand treated roads. Pics to come shortly, anyone else have good experience with Tanabe? pointers, do's and dont's?

 

Tanabe exhaust are a pretty well regarded part imo. You shouldn't see any issues with it and it'll sound great.

 

If it's a brand new system it'll break in after a few weeks. Love the sound of mine- zero complaints at all.

 

Love my Tanabe. Install was a minor pain due to corroded bolts fusing the muffler to the cat pipes on mine... but once you get your stock muffler off, the Medallion install is seamless. Plus it instantly looks and sounds much better than stock! PM me if you have any questions during install.

 

I loved my tanabe more than FI 18" resonated with CF mufflers

 

I love the sound of this but I seriously can't see paying almost the same amount as a cat back just for two mufflers. Glad you are happy though, I know they will sound bad *** and the fitment is perfect

 

Love mine! You wont be disappointed...and it most definitely gets louder after about a week or 2 of driving

 

Congrats on the Tanabe maybe you can post up some clips of the exhaust...

 

Just got my axle back exhaust in this week. I'll throw up some pics once I get to the installation. Should be today or tomorrow.

 

If tanabe's offer a full catback system ...

 

^ they do offer a full catback

 

Put all together, It runs about 1400, same as other catbacks that are available.

 

I have the Tanabe mid pipe and axle back on my AWD coupe. I love the sound. Unfortunately, Tanabe doesn't make the X pipe for the AWD coupe, only for the RWD one. If you get all three pieces, you're probably looking at around $2,000. As far as I can tell, Tanabe quality is top notch. The mid pipe and axle back were made in Japan.

 

Installed today! Great fitment and excellent construction. The sound is louder than stock but not by much. Lower more pronounced tone which is noticeable at idle, sounds nice at 3k and really wakes up at 4500 RPM and up!

 

Top Quality mufflers for sure looks good