carbon fiber or titanium??

[warped929RR]

Well, MIVV finally has the 07 lowmount gp exhaust available for the S3, but i'm having a hard time deciding whether to get the carbon fiber or the titanium look. My S3 is black and both pipes look sharp on it. The carbon fiber is $20 cheaper, but that doesn't matter too much to me.
Which look do you guys think is better??
Thankyou for your opinions.

[Sharpy]

I just put the CF Mivv on mine and it looks and sounds great.

[DEcosse]

CF a little passe in my book - Ti is the new black! :-D

[gazwire]

I got the carbon one.

Mivv GP carbon

[CrazyBoy-1]

I'm partial to carbon myself, but it depends on how the rest of the bike looks. If the entire rest of the bike is black, then c/f is the way to go imo. However, if you have several other shiny bits on the rest of the bike, then I'd say the Ti would offset things nicely.

[T-rat_dirty_rat]

New material that's better than anything else. Carpet fiber, made from recycled carpet. Strong and mother earth friendly, think about it......

[warped929RR]

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On 2007-05-17 13:27, moto wrote:
In my experience carbon fiber tends to not hold up very well on the dyno.

Not to sure what you mean by that??, you mean less horsepower i assume??

[KAH24]

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On 2007-05-17 17:53, warped929RR wrote:

On 2007-05-17 13:27, moto wrote:
In my experience carbon fiber tends to not hold up very well on the dyno.

Not to sure what you mean by that??, you mean less horsepower i assume??

Carbon fiber exhaust cans don't maintain their "good looks" as well as titanium. Extreme heat takes a toll on the carbon fiber wrap of an exhaust can. Dyno runs generate a lot of heat. I'm no expert on the subject, as the Termignoni carbon exhaust cans on a Ducati 996 I once owned looked as good as new at the time I sold it--3 years and 18k miles. That said, if you look at older carbon fiber exhaust cans on some bikes you'll see that they are blistered and faded from heat/environment.

My vote is to go with the titanium, but I'm biased as I have the Arrow 3 into 1 on my S3.

[warped929RR]

Thanks everyone for your input. KAH24 and Moto, I think you guys have just made up my mind for me, titanium it is. As much as I like the carbon fiber, i'll go the safe route with the titanium. Thanks again.

[greenbollocks]

Carbon fiber is a boy's best friend or so my wife tells me :-D