Personally I think, and always have, that they're ugly. I'd like to have access to a tubing only kit, if it were T304 and 2.25" dia.

Perhaps they'd sell better if you advertised better, I'm on the board allll day and all night and this is the first I've heard of your HKS style kits.

 

I like them as long as they don't hang down low and are not at an angle, I don't like seeing exhaust piping from behind the car.

 

I think it looks a little ricey...like u just went to pep-boys and picked up the APC universal muffler special made just for noise

 

I'd just liek to say that I just got my HKS, JBA shorty FC cat and flex pipe installed Tuesday and I am over joyed with the look and sound of it. not to mention the power that it has unleashed. Its not overwhelming power addition but lets just say, its there. I can feel a big difference from just my AEM CAI now.

I love the look of my exhaust, I really like the look of it coming off on an angle b/c i'd rather it do that
then hang down nearly touching the ground like some of the civics that i see around my town with the coffee can mufflers they have
i really hate that look. I'll have some pix up soon to show you how it looks on my car and I think its great.

just my $.02

 

A piping only kit sounds interesting, But i'd prefer to have the muffler in the stock, underneath the car position.

 

Well for me I'm not crazy about an exhaust tip that exits at an angle through a bumper cut out that is straight back. I don't care if the muffler can be seen as long as the tip sits correctly in the bumper opening and not hanging down threatening to hit the ground. What I would really like is a system that is as quiet as my Magnaflow was before I installed the race header. damn I wish this thing was quiet again.

 

im not a fan of the crazy angled ricey exhaust. bosal makes a good exhaust.

 

I love your HKS style exhaust. The angled look rear muffler is great. However, I'm worried about it being to loud whenever I get a race header. I know some mufflers are adjustable, but I'm not sure how quite they will be with a race header. And the stainless steel (like I want) is a little expensive. I could get the Focus Sport Stealth for about the same. You should cut me a deal or create a GB for focaljet.

I would love to replace my stock exhaust before christmas. Good luck with everything.
Brian

 

Maybe if those rear "can" mufflers sounded as good as my flowmaster, i would sway more torwards it. They hang to low, im affraid i would hit it on a speed bump or something.

 

 

 

dats sweet!!!!i lyke it...is dat 2.5 pipping or 3 inch?
i have an angled 5zigen universal fireball exhaust its small but very loud... and its straight piped to the stock conv.

 

I think it looks a little ricey...like u just went to pep-boys and picked up the APC universal muffler special made just for noise

To THINK it's ricey means ya don't know ya [censored].

It's a performance mod for christ sakes.

 

you mean like this?

No only if that came out straight...I personaly like the look of the muffler in teh back...although not at a bend...and not hanging low...and most of all not loud as all hell...

Not Exactly the same thing but...

 

If i buy one, i wouldnt buy it for a while, but it would be a good idea to just sell the tubing which routes the same way as the hks, and then we can just buy our own can style muffler and have it welded on. I personally like those mufflers with the burn marked on the end.

 

i still want this one

 

Whos exhaust is that on the black foci, and what type is it. Can anyone give me more pics with that exhaust?

 

Personally I agree with most of the views that the angled tip is usually associated with the "ricer" mentality. Functionally, the HKS has probably one of the most straight through designs which is good, but the angled look I think has come to the end of it's lifespan. I love the canister look, but if there is no way to do it with the "straight out" design as pictured with the Supra.. I just think it doesn't look right.

There seems to be a move to make our cars look cleaner, and the angled exhaust doesn't fit that design.

 

 

its to each his own, i just think there should be a good 3 inch exhaust out there so my friend can get rid of his hks and get that for his turbo

 

its to each his own, i just think there should be a good 3 inch exhaust out there so my friend can get rid of his hks and get that for his turbo

I love my 3" Trubendz Flowmaster. I don't know how they got it to fit, but it does.

 

The original reason for the angled exhaust was a performance one. On certain cars it created less bends in the piping thus increasing power. The style caught on in the Japanese market and now most japanese exhaust manufacturers have something angled. I personally love it being a former EK owner with the 5zigen fireball. Thats the reason I did this...its a little more angled than I wanted but its not easy fitting a can in that small ass area on a really low car. Personally I could give a hoot if others like it cuz i do and it sounds incredible.

PS. I have the H&R cup kit and I have only scraped the exhaust once in about 4k miles in a small college town with the worst roads, well ok maybe missouri takes that cake but close.

 

I had an Apexi N1 that came out on an angle, and fit perfectly in the bumper opening. The sound before the race header was very nice, but became too loud after that install. I designed the system back in April of 2000, when nobody really made an exhaust for the Focus. After the fast and furious came out, I quickly dumped the N1 because every old civic and cavilear in town had one. The car looked unique with the N1 since nobody had one on a focus for the first year of production (except Jon from HKS). I think the interest in this type of system has faded.

 

I used to have one too. But mine wasnt in at an angle.
The guy actually set it up to go through the suspension and go straight out. It sounded awesome. I miss the sound the most.