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Old Sep 13, 2006 | 02:00 PM
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opened up the exhaust to true duals and the muffs that were on the car are coming apart.What would yall do/use for replacement.Thought about running pipes with tips,but not sure of the sound.

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Old Sep 13, 2006 | 03:27 PM
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try searching before making a new post. General questions like this have been covered many many times before.
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opened up the exhaust to true duals and the muffs that were on the car are coming apart.What would yall do/use for replacement.Thought about running pipes with tips,but not sure of the sound.

Thanks a bunch

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Welcome, many, many, rude people on here Alex but some really good ones too. I've decided to keep mine stock in appearence. There are some stock appearing mufflers availible with both tips active for around $160 a pair. Try www.summitracing.com for several options. My opinion on the tips only is they are too loud for highway use.
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Old Sep 13, 2006 | 03:53 PM
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I recently went with Magnaflow and I am thrilled with their sound.

quiet at idle and at cruising speeds, yet louder under WOT than my Flowmasters
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Originally Posted by BADDUCK
Welcome, many, many, rude people on here Alex but some really good ones too. I've decided to keep mine stock in appearence. There are some stock appearing mufflers availible with both tips active for around $160 a pair. Try www.summitracing.com for several options. My opinion on the tips only is they are too loud for highway use.

Welcome, many, many, rude people on here Alex
you know you should leave these kind of comments to yourself, that is unless you want to start a war on here... we are trying to NOT do this.
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Old Sep 13, 2006 | 04:09 PM
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Don't want a war, but it just as easy to give quick direction as to act like an ***. Even the newest members are picking up the habit. Two other forums I am on are just not this way. If people don't want to help why do they bother to answer.
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Old Sep 13, 2006 | 04:28 PM
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I would try the pipes with no mufflers first. If I remember correctly it should cost no more than about $60. If you don't like the sound you can always have the mufflers added in.

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sorry I wasn't trying to be rude at all just more efficient. I always that the rule of thumb was to search first then ask if you can't find the answer.

BTW welcome, I'm new too

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In this case search would be especially beneficial. Not only are there a zillion threads on the subject, but there are so many possible combinations for mufflers, various exhaust configurations and the many subjective opinions on the results. So only by reading many, many posts on this matter can someone begin to get an overview of what may be right for them. Hell, I've had five or six different exhaust set-ups on my car since the stock one (and that's not counting three different sets of headers) and I'm just now getting close to a sound that I really like.
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I have always been a Flowmaster fan with my higher horsepower cars but I picked up Magnaflows for my Vette. Lots of guys swear by the Corsa's and I have a good friend that bought Borla's and he is very pleased. The ultimate decision is going to boil down to personal preference. Would you be oposed to doing some customizing of the exhaust or are you looking for a true cat back system?
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I run long tube headers (hooker), dual cats, x-pipe with 2 1/2" piping to SLP Loudmouth RESONATORS. Sounds very similar to a NASCAR racecar.
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