What did you do to your mini today?
I did a very (un)scientific test of stock antenna vs stubby. I replaced the factory ant with a stubby a while back but questioned the reception. So yesterday I drove a large loop twice, first with the stubby then with the factory antenna and compared. I used three different stations and focused on the sound quality as well as the number of bars showing signal strength on the radio face. I focused on each of the three stations at three different points along the loop.
Interestingly the signal strength was one bar LESS with the longer factory antenna, However, the sound quality was better in all comparisons and that is the bottom line. That may mean that I am hearing less of the high end which is where the noise would typically be but I dont really think so. I spent a bunch of time in the high end audio industry. I have a good feel for what I am listening for. The bottom line for me was that one of the stations was not able to be listened to with the stubby and I could stay on it with the factory antenna and isnt that what its all about?
Verdict- I put my factory antenna back on even though it makes it look like a remote control toy. Man I really like the look of the stubby.
I am in a rural area of MD so your mileage may very.
Interestingly the signal strength was one bar LESS with the longer factory antenna, However, the sound quality was better in all comparisons and that is the bottom line. That may mean that I am hearing less of the high end which is where the noise would typically be but I dont really think so. I spent a bunch of time in the high end audio industry. I have a good feel for what I am listening for. The bottom line for me was that one of the stations was not able to be listened to with the stubby and I could stay on it with the factory antenna and isnt that what its all about?
Verdict- I put my factory antenna back on even though it makes it look like a remote control toy. Man I really like the look of the stubby.
I am in a rural area of MD so your mileage may very.
Installed a new Magnaflow exhaust tip. Muffler delete. Bought the tip on Amazon for just under $80 and the guys at the muffler shop charged me $100 to remove the old muffler and weld everything up. Sounds good, not loud until you put your foot into it. No drone noise just cruising along.
No clips yet. I did a search on you tube and found a few before I made the switch. None of them seemed that loud, which I can confirm. When you go through the gears, it has a nice rumble tone to it, not like those fart boxes on the rice burners, this has more class ..... :0) Once your off the throttle and just driving along, you really don't hear much difference than the stock muffler. It may be just a skosh deeper in tone. The guys at the muffler shop even commented that it was not loud at all.
Hope this helps.
So much more interesting.
Hey Louros,
No clips yet. I did a search on you tube and found a few before I made the switch. None of them seemed that loud, which I can confirm. When you go through the gears, it has a nice rumble tone to it, not like those fart boxes on the rice burners, this has more class ..... :0) Once your off the throttle and just driving along, you really don't hear much difference than the stock muffler. It may be just a skosh deeper in tone. The guys at the muffler shop even commented that it was not loud at all.
Hope this helps.
No clips yet. I did a search on you tube and found a few before I made the switch. None of them seemed that loud, which I can confirm. When you go through the gears, it has a nice rumble tone to it, not like those fart boxes on the rice burners, this has more class ..... :0) Once your off the throttle and just driving along, you really don't hear much difference than the stock muffler. It may be just a skosh deeper in tone. The guys at the muffler shop even commented that it was not loud at all.
Hope this helps.
Here you go, this is a muffler delete replaced with stock size piping. All cats and resonator in place. Highway drone without the resonator was horrible imho.
This is pretty quiet at low speeds, but gets louder up top. ou could drive it easy around town and no one would no the difference between it and a stock setup.
This is pretty quiet at low speeds, but gets louder up top. ou could drive it easy around town and no one would no the difference between it and a stock setup.