Hi all,

I have here two exhausts as per title - originally I bought the Cobra but before I had fitted it I saw this Prodrive which I wanted.

I was going to sell the Cobra but wanted to clean it as it was a bit manky, in the end I cleaned both up and have just spent 4 hours at work using their compressed air and a three stage stainless polish/buffing kit.

The following process was carried out the folowing on each exhaust:

1. Prepared with a course Sisal 2 section buff pad & coarse polishing compound.

2. Hard buff pad & intermediate polishing compound

3. Soft buff and finishing polish compound

Both are infinitely better now, the large majority of damage caused by polishes like Autosol or cleaning using wire wool has been fixed.


Now, my problem is that since they are both properly nice looking, I can't decide on which to use on my car!

I don't want overly loud, just a little louder than my OE STi box I have at the minute.

Both exhausts have 2.5" pipework with 3" exits, both are rolled tipped and look similar.

My question to everyone is - which would you choose?

Prodrive:














Cobra:

 

i have cobra on my car, and i love it.

 

What size exit? Same as mine or a jap style jobbie? If same as mine, what does it sound like compared to others?

 

Fit the cobra and sell me the Prodrive :-)

 

you will probably find that the Cobra one will sound better than the Prodrive BB. I have a cobra on mine and it sounds nice, just right, a nice burble but not too ott.

 

Prodrive

 

I've got a prodrive bb from my 04 sti
Now ive dummy fit this to my wagon sti v5 and seems to be a straight swap
Shall I fit it ? Will it growl a bit more as silent as is

 

I thought the hangers were in a different place and the twist different between classic and newage?

 

Looks exactly same as standard sti one that's on only one difference I can see 2nd hangers facing other way but still useable

 

prodrive

 

i have a cobra 5" exit and its awsome

 

The Cobra looks better, and will probably sound better without being too obtrusive

 

i think my is 5" tail may be a little bigger, and it sounds amazing. is loud though.

 

Ive got this same dilema, ive already got a 5" exit cobra sport fitted, and it sounds awesome... but i can get a prodrive of a mate for free as he wrote this bug off.

i dont want to take the cobra off only to find i dont like the sound of the prodrive

 

Get it off your mate anyway, if you don't use it yourself you can sell it lol

And to the O.P Definately the Prodrive!!!!!

I swapped my prodrive for a full afterburner system..... I gotta say, I miss my Prodrive a bit

 

This is my cobra on a 1998 sport, as you can see it was done off a public road:

Stand still:
http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/6779/7hhw.mp4

Drive away:
http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/6213/vzj.mp4

 

Cobra mate. My cat back cobra 2.5 bore resonated mid section with carbon back box and 4" slash cut is replacing my prodrive number next week. Prodrive just a little uninspiring, don't want it too loud so the cobra is a good middle ground sound IMO.

 

So the Cobra sound the same to the Prodrive just a bit louder??

 

Well, I had the Cobra fitted yesterday and liked the sound so much that I didn't bother trying out the Prodrive.

No reason for not trying it out, only the Cobra was the 1st one we put on - could have been the Prodrive. I might try the Prodrive this Saturday but it does look likely that it will be up for sale soon.

 

Dan at Surrey Subaru Specialists reckoned yes. Prodrive just a tad quieter.