Exhaust replacement

[banpei]

Thanks for confirming that. I think a previous (Japanese) owner removed it and never put it back on the exhaust. Next time I'm at the garage I'll make better close-up photos of the exhaust tip.

Edit: In the meantime, I found out that the Tanabe Hyper Medalion was sold between 1995 and 2005-ish. After this, their website on Archive.org no longer lists it as their product. In previous posts, I listed the specs of, what I thought, the Hyper Medalion was. But it turns out they only sell the Touring Medalion nowadays and this is a totally different exhaust but you can still order it with a similar tip as mine. The Hyper lineup used to be between Exe (what is nowadays Touring) and Racing. I also didn't find an insert to be shown in the pictures of the Hyper Medalion. So my guess is that the exhaust is designed to be loud and just within the specs of Jasma (95dB).

My car wasn't registered for Shaken by the first owner between 2003 and 2011 and I don't think the first owner installed a high-performance exhaust. The second owner probably got some cool second-hand parts from Up-Garage and installed them on the car, including my worn-out TRD short shifter and this exhaust.

I also found this little gem on the Tanabe website in 2004:

So Tanabe is approved by the police!