The mufflers have been moved up about an inch, but they really won't fit any higher. It's difficult to keep an exhaust both free-flowing and quiet, and the two Dynomax mufflers are a necessity.
Feel free to consider them 'ricey' when they are simply 2.5-inch in/out mufflers on 2.5-inch piping, unlike the 3.5-inch and larger exhaust outlets many people here are guilty of flaunting. That being said, I perfered the look of the car without them being there, but the car was simply too loud before.
The rims are very light 16x8s - it's difficult to say which factors contributed most - the wider track, the wider rims, or the Azenis tires (vs. Toyo T1-S before) - but the car's handling has improved drastically since the new wheel/tire combo was installed.
So... the car may not be as pleasing as before to some armchair critics, but it is much more pleasing to me, the driver. So there
