Just thought I would put my 2 cents here about the XForce Varex exhaust and my experience. I have listed below my gripes that have led me to replace the exhaust with the Borla S-Type with Jun, B.L Secondary downpipes (I have been in another stinger with this setup, day & night difference).
- The drone - absolutely immeasurable. If you sit in the back seat, you are guaranteed a headache. My father and I were on a longer journey, he was in the back and he complained many times. If you have music on level 15+, with exhaust open, it almost echos in your skull. Highway? No way with valves open. While open, the backseat is a terrible place for someone to sit. Many people have said "just close the vales when someone is in the back?" This leads me onto my next point;
- Quality - very poor. On install, the left muffler valve was faulty and this was replaced (took 3 weeks) - OK, no issue. Over the course of the next 2-4 months the valves had numerous issues (wouldn't open/close on first try (or subsequent multiple tries), would intermittently one side cut out all together and not work for a week. After this continued for 4-5 months, the rear muffler valve simply stopped - completely dead. Spoke to the shop, they mentioned to come in and have a look but at this point I was so sick of the constant drone that I couldn't disable (it really, was, immeasurable) that I just ordered the Borla S-Type based upon opinions from people on here with it and visual look. One month later (I made a post about this, as was quite concerning), a rattle emitted from the car on acceleration that was very loud. Took into the dealer, turns out the rattle is from the resonator, and they recommended to contact the company for replacement - this simply made me more eager to get rid of it and receive my Borla.
- Sound - so this is a pro and con. Up high, the exhaust does sound great, really nice tone and almost wants you to keep going while accelerating. However, in town it sounds very muffled down low and almost cheap - which I was not a fan (just my opinion).
Overall, I would not recommend the product. As a side note, the exhaust is not legal in Australia for road use (however not XForce fault, the shop never told me this when I went in asking about it to purchase). Here is the exert from their website: "
XFORCE products are for race/off-road use only, not road/street use unless otherwise advised. "
