are headers worth the $$$?

[IPDaily]

in all of your humble opinions, would it be worth it to put headers on a gen5? i'm aware that they don't make bolt on headers for gen 5 camry's so it would have to be a custom job and would therefore be quite pricey... do you feel a TRD catback exhaust would be sufficient, or should I splurge and have headers custom made in addition to the catback?

[carlo$]

no. want performance? get a different car.

[TRD VVTi]

Originally Posted by carlo$

no. want performance? get a different car.

EXACTLY!

I have the TRD axle back because I like the look and sound. I had to spice up my daily driver a little bit.

If you want to go fast, get a fast car. That's why I have my Formula.

[Venom_5]

is it worth the money to have something shiny in ur engine bay? no

youre not gonna get much hp/tq gains ... and the car is still going to be a family sedan

[white3ch0c0late]

There are bolt-on headers made for the Gen 5... and TRD does not make a cat-back, they make an axle-back. And like what they've said, save your money. Headers on a Camry is a waste of money unless you're going for the whole shabang and get forced induction.

[Epsilon]

You can always get your stock headers ported.

[TRD VVTi]

Originally Posted by Epsilon

You can always get your stock headers ported.

Actually, it's an exhaust manifold. It would be very difficult to port and the design of the manifold isn't worth any effort.

[IPDaily]

Originally Posted by white3ch0c0late

There are bolt-on headers made for the Gen 5... and TRD does not make a cat-back, they make an axle-back. And like what they've said, save your money. Headers on a Camry is a waste of money unless you're going for the whole shabang and get forced induction.

they have a catback exhaust... http://www.trdpartstore.com/product_...roducts_id=150

[TRD VVTi]

Originally Posted by IPDaily

they have a catback exhaust... http://www.trdpartstore.com/product_...roducts_id=150

That's not a cat back exhaust. I know that it says that in that ad, but it's an axle back exhaust. If it was cat back it would almost be the entire exhaust system.

[white3ch0c0late]

^What he said. If you check the part number on any other TRD parts sites, you'll see that its just the axle-back. Its not a cat-back.

[Venom_5]

nonetheless, axle back is the way to go for us Camry people ... cat-back is silly unless youre going to redo the whole car ... most people just want a mean/clean sound out of their pipes so axle-back does the trick

[white3ch0c0late]

^Yup. Unless its cheap and sounds gay. The reason the TRD sounds nice is 'cause its double-walled and has a built-in resonator in the muffler. So there's no rasp.

[marc780]

No. The other fellows are right. Speed costs money - how fast do you want to go?