I am the proud owner of a 2012 G37S sedan. Graphite shadow. I am loving it so far and have already upgraded the exhaust to the Tanabe axle back exhaust. I really liked the looks of that system but wanted a little more "bite", it sounded almost stock... so I went back to the same shop that installed the Tanabe system and they suggested a Y-pipe (Megan Racing) and removing the resonators... BIG MISTAKE! Idling it sounded great, I thought that was exactly what the doctor ordered, but by the time I had driven it home, I realized I had made a huge mistake! Too raspy and too much cabin drone for my liking... I went back the next morning but they had tossed the OEM resonators. Should I go and buy OEM resonators to replace the ones I had removed erroneously or is there an aftermarket resonator that would give a nice mellow tone without being too obnoxious or raspy... I searched and found some of you guys have tried Magnaflow resonators... but I haven't found any particular model numbers or ones to try. Thank you in advance for your help!

 

with the money you just spent on ypipe+tanabe, you could have went with ark cat back exhaust

 

Well, I thought I was just going to do the Tanabe axle backs and be done with it, but I was a little underwhelmed with the sound of the exhaust... it was so close to stock I could barely tell a difference, so I figured one more little tweak and the Y pipe was $175 so I figured thats not too bad... but I should have stopped while I was ahead. I think the mistake was having the resonators removed... So yeah, unfortunately I have spent a lot of money ruining it

 

why not buy the tanabe y pipe?

btw nice color G

 

Yeah, I really like the color... it was a tough decision between the Graphite Shadow and the Blue Slate. They had a black on black S in the showroom that was beautiful... but I have owned that color combo before and it was a pain to keep clean. I went with the Megan Racing because I was impatient and I had to wait 10 days for the Tanabe, and I figured it wouldnt be that much difference... I really think removing the resonators is what is causing the drone and raspiness (is that even a word?) that I don't like.

 

I added HFC's, kept the stock Y & Mid-Pipe and my Tanabe axle back sound sick!
No drone, some rasp but not too bad. I love it

Perhaps a fellow forum member has a stock mid-pipe they could sell you?

 

I was able to find a oem resonator on craigslist locally, so I had them put back on this morning... I was really considering the magnaflow resonators, but I couldn't find enough information about them to make me want to experiment with my new car again after the resonator removal disaster. Anybody have any experience with the Magnaflow resonators?

 

When done, go visit my friends at TopSpeedTuning and get a tune put on that thing. Tell them Dan sent you.