Spires Exhaust fitted to my XFR

[trando]

Drove up to Spires in Leicester on Saturday morning and had Matt fit one of their exhausts to my XFR. What a transformation. Coming from AMGs, I missed the sound of a V8 airing it's vocal chords. With the Spires exhaust, it now sounds as it should (IMO). Needless to say, the drive home to Winchester was epic as a result.

Thanks to Matt for doing the work on a Saturday morning and for doing a great job.

Whilst I was there, a chap was having a similar set up being fitted to his brand new XFS. Anyone here??

[Stedman]

A bit of a thread resus, but have you got any videos of the new exhaust?

[Stuart70]

Morning. Bit of a thread revival for a question

I am looking at a spires exhaust for my '09 plate XFR.

I am not sure where to start or how far to go; I am looking to get more of the v8 muscle car sound, but not the max power rattle the windows effect. So...

Stage 1 - replacing middle sections
Stage 2 - replacing back boxes etc
Stage 3 - both stages 1 and 2 above.

Anyone got any experience or recommendations?

Cheers

Stuart

[no effort]

Hasn't Spires got any videos for you to listen to?

It wasn't too long ago they were wanting volunteers to trial the middle section.

At a minimum change your rear boxes, I can't say about the middle section I've not seen a single video on YouTube that shows the difference.

[_Deano]

I'm also interested to know what difference each replacement will make, in terms of sound.
Performance is not really an issue, given how quick the XFR is already.

[eztiger]

Stuart70 said:

I am not sure where to start or how far to go; I am looking to get more of the v8 muscle car sound, but not the max power rattle the windows effect. So...

Stage 1 - replacing middle sections
Stage 2 - replacing back boxes etc
Stage 3 - both stages 1 and 2 above.

Anyone got any experience or recommendations?

Your best bet is to give spires a shout, they seem friendly sorts.

My understanding is :

- Stage 2 just for some noise.

- Both for performance and even more noise

Not sure what benefits stage 1 by itself brings. Though for some reason I think a bit of performance but no real increase in noise.

To me sounds like you just want stage 2 (back boxes). I'm planning on getting this done in the next month or two.

[8bit]

I've got a 2008 XKR and I've had the Stage 1 (straight-through center) fitted. Volume is up probably around 15 - 20%, maybe 25% at full or near-full throttle. The tone of the sound is largely unchanged really just with that.

I'm contemplating a new back box to go with it now, but I'm not prepared to pay the £1300 (ish) for the XKR stage 2 box (£1500-odd for the one with the active valves) when I can get something like the Mina Gallery or Elite versions of the same thing for around £850.

Is the stage 1 worth it? Definitely yes, if you want a bit more noise without going too over the top.

[Davevx220]

Pop over to www.jaginfo.org a chap there was just talking about the one he has just had fitted

[V88Dicky]

Not quite an XFR, but my wifey's XF 5.0 has the Spires XFR rear section / silencers fitted and it's epic. Proper muscle car sound, and plenty of volume. On cold start-up it's pretty close to being anti-social (but not quite ) and soon settles down after a few minutes.

There's no droning at speed either, just a nice V8 burble, rising with throttle position. Very hypnotic

[Stuart70]

Thanks all. Sounds like stage 2 it is. I don't need any more performance; just looking to unleash the growl and howl.

Glad I asked as I would have been a at ordering the centre section. Looking forward to the upgrade in sounds

Cheers

Stuart