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Old Apr 24, 2016 | 12:09 AM
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Hey everyone, I have a question, recently I had my stock mufflers cut out and straight pipe put in their place, for the most part it has plenty of rumble and turns heads however, I can hear that motorboat sound at idle/light acceleration (you know the one I'm talkin' bout ) and I've read that an X pipe usually gets rid of that, so my question to you guys is have any of you used a universal x pipe like this?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-5-Stainles...p=mtr#shpCntId

If so, did it work as intended? I do plan on getting headers at some point but for the time being, $30 isn't too bad on the wallet and it looks like a nice quality piece, also it has the measurements of it in the description so could someone confirm that this x would fit correctly on my C5('99) if I were to buy it?
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Old Apr 24, 2016 | 10:49 AM
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Problem with all the universal x's I looked into, was the center to center distance didn't match the C5 exhaust centers. I ended up having my fabricator slice the X down the middle to widen it to suit.
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Old Apr 24, 2016 | 02:31 PM
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Dang, guess I'll just be patient and wait till I get my headers, thanks for your reply.
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Old Apr 24, 2016 | 05:13 PM
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waiting till headers or getting a used x-pipe on here cheap is an option. I got my corsa x on here used for about 150 shipped
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Old Apr 24, 2016 | 11:22 PM
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Wow $150 shipped for a Corsa X pipe is a really good deal I know they normally go for $3-400 I'll definitely keep the for sale section in mind, thanks SuperTom.
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