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Old Sep 16, 2025 | 12:00 PM
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does anyone have experience or knowledge of the stainless steel exhausts For sale on eBay? I have only seen scattered reports here and there and I was not interested at that time. I prefer an exhaust that is in the sound range of a C5 06 titanium exhaust or something like a Corsa sport, And no drone. Thanks everyone.
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Honestly everything automotive I've gotten from China (eBay) in the past few years has been impressive. Cheap Chinese stuff is actually good now
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does anyone have experience or knowledge of the stainless steel exhausts For sale on eBay? I have only seen scattered reports here and there and I was not interested at that time. I prefer an exhaust that is in the sound range of a C5 06 titanium exhaust or something like a Corsa sport, And no drone. Thanks everyone.
Which ebay SS exhaust are you talking about?
I've seen a number of different ones on there, some look better than others.
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Old Sep 16, 2025 | 12:49 PM
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Which ebay SS exhaust are you talking about?
I've seen a number of different ones on there, some look better than others.
The best I can tell you is that they are the ones for around $400. Lots of no name brands!
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Well, search youtube for vids of the cheap ebay exhausts.
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I have a cheap axle back on my car. It sounds perfect. (probably like what you're shopping)

At the time I was thinking, "it doesn't make sense to spend 10% - 20% of the cars value on an exhaust"

and now I am shopping a $5500 dollar wheel and tire package... lol
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My catback is a $350 Corsa-clone. It's well built out of polished 304 SS, sturdy construction, mild sound level w/o any drone. One of the tips is slightly crooked but a new Double D set-up is being fabricated, now. The only downside for some people is if they want something louder.
I wouldn't hesitate to buy them, again.


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My catback is a $350 Corsa-clone. It's well built out of polished 304 SS, sturdy construction, mild sound level w/o any drone. One of the tips is slightly crooked but a new Double D set-up is being fabricated, now. The only downside for some people is if they want something louder.
I wouldn't hesitate to buy them, again.

How is it compared to stock? I have a Borla S-type with the tiny bullet muffler and its a bit much. I was looking at the cheap ebay one with cans, and they look a lot smaller than the stock cans.
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How is it compared to stock? I have a Borla S-type with the tiny bullet muffler and its a bit much. I was looking at the cheap ebay one with cans, and they look a lot smaller than the stock cans.

Is this one of the models that has the Intel and outlet on opposite sides of the muffler as opposed to the same side?

I've been wanting to pick this one up and replace the mufflers with universal valvetronic ones.
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Is this one of the models that has the Intel and outlet on opposite sides of the muffler as opposed to the same side?

I've been wanting to pick this one up and replace the mufflers with universal valvetronic ones.
The Borla looks like this
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Originally Posted by Midwayman
The Borla looks like this

That is what I have on my car, and I don't care much for it, loud all the time, and the two single outlets look lost in the big wide exhaust opening in the bumper.
This will be one of my next mods, to replace this with something quieter and with quad outlets.
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Originally Posted by Morritse
Is this one of the models that has the Intel and outlet on opposite sides of the muffler as opposed to the same side?

I've been wanting to pick this one up and replace the mufflers with universal valvetronic ones.
This is a pic of the one USAZR1 and I have been discussing. I bought it this morning. Found a couple of sound clips and most common ‘complaint’ is that it’s not loud enough


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I really want to put a valved muffler in the rear section of our exhaust but the inlet/outlet being right next to each other makes it really difficult.

Another alternative is to just put a bypass valve on the stock muffler, would it be cringe to put just 1 and have the asymmetry? 😅
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Originally Posted by chasboy
This is a pic of the one USAZR1 and I have been discussing. I bought it this morning. Found a couple of sound clips and most common ‘complaint’ is that it’s not loud enough
I was looking at that one on ebay yesterday, it was like $315 and they had a 5% off coupon as well, so less than $300 and free shipping.
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I was looking at that one on ebay yesterday, it was like $315 and they had a 5% off coupon as well, so less than $300 and free shipping.
yep, thats the one. Superstreetparts is the vendor.
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I'm going with this style tip set-up, to replace the present quad 4" tips. The new tips will be 4.5" tall and 7.5" wide. (bottom pic is photoshopped)



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Love the double D’s 😉. You must have a very good fabricator. I was a metal shop teacher so I understand the work necessary for it to look good when it’s polished.
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Love the double D’s 😉. You must have a very good fabricator. I was a metal shop teacher so I understand the work necessary for it to look good when it’s polished.
They are pretty good but not cheap. What else is new, though?
https://irocmotorsports.com/
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Originally Posted by Midwayman
The Borla looks like this
Funny, I'm getting ready to install that exact setup as I got it included with the purchase of the car several years back. I was gonna just sell them but I figured I might as well try 'em out first. My 3" LG setup sounds pretty good but it does drone a bit at certain RPMs on track. I've watched a few of your videos and your car sounds pretty damn good, you sure you want to roll the dice with ebay Chineseum components?
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I’ve seen a number of those units in person and they are pretty impressive. For me it’s worth taking the shot since the used market is not great right now for the C5Z Ti system. Most are double the price of the Ebay ones once shipping is figured in.
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