Sports exhaust tips

[///ajd]

Some quick questions about the sports exhaust on C4s:

a) how common was the switchable sports exhaust on 911s from around 2002-2005? (big handfuls - 10% have one or 80%?)
b) was it an option on turbo as well as C4s?
c) was this option fitted as a factory option, or done by the dealer?
d) did this option result in the different tips (i.e. which looked like quad pipes shaped like 'cO' rather than the oval tips you get on a standard turbo or C4s?), or are the "cO" tips just a styling accessory that is independant of sports exhaust fitment?

Reason I ask is that I like the idea of the sports exhaust, but prefer the look of the standard oval pipes on a C4s/turbo to the 'cO' quad pipe design

Thanks

[Lagerlout]

///ajd said:

Some quick questions about the sports exhaust on C4s:

a) how common was the switchable sports exhaust on 911s from around 2002-2005? (big handfuls - 10% have one or 80%?)
b) was it an option on turbo as well as C4s?
c) was this option fitted as a factory option, or done by the dealer?
d) did this option result in the different tips (i.e. which looked like quad pipes shaped like 'cO' rather than the oval tips you get on a standard turbo or C4s?), or are the "cO" tips just a styling accessory that is independant of sports exhaust fitment?

Reason I ask is that I like the idea of the sports exhaust, but prefer the look of the standard oval pipes on a C4s/turbo to the 'cO' quad pipe design

Thanks

a. pretty common on 996 C4S, have to say over 50% ish
b. No
c. Both
d. On the 997 different pipes, I don't know on a 996 C4S I would guess by default yes. I don't like these pipes either and when I had my dealer fit my PSE on my 996 C2 I just kept the original single tips. They just bolt on and off.

Hijacking the thread, but can you do this on a 997 too? I don't like the large/small tips on these? Can the originals from the non PSE car be retained?

Edited by Lagerlout on Saturday 1st September 00:57

[///ajd]

Thanks for reply - just found this cab with switchable exhaust which has the normal oval pipes.
Looks like the 'Co' quad design is just a styling tweak, which is good.

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/224085.htm