My thoughts exactly, the thing is like a four stroke can. I'm not even sure the Q is that much quieter than a well maintained TC2 once your on the pipe, it didn't seem like a big difference to me riding the bike. At idle and grunting around yes its quieter. The TC2 is fine and way quieter than most of the stupid loud four strokes on the trail. Riding with Cruiser and another friend in PA a couple months back, I let the guy try my bike, it had the OEM Messico silencer on it at the time. The sound disappeared in seconds as he rode off in the woods. I know for sure when I get a new bike the Q comes off and a TC2 or LV goes on.
Basically you have two issues to deal with to fit the '07 pipe/silencer. In '03 the motor was lowered 8mm in the front, so the pipe angle is a little different. Depending on the pipe this can be dealt with fairly easily, Worst case you have to tweak the stinger. For the silencer follow RPDUC's thread.
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