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Old Oct 26, 2004 | 06:37 PM
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I am going to remove my cats. Will the exhaust be louder and have a deeper tone if I just have 2 pipes put in their place or would I be better off with replacing with an X-pipe in their place?
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Old Oct 26, 2004 | 07:06 PM
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Put an X-pipe in
It will be louder with out
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Old Oct 27, 2004 | 12:29 AM
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I am going to remove my cats. Will the exhaust be louder and have a deeper tone if I just have 2 pipes put in their place or would I be better off with replacing with an X-pipe in their place?
Its alot louder. I just did a bassani off road x pipe and x pipe cat back and it was suprising louder. There is an X pipe where the cats use to be and on the end another x pipe. It sounds really exotic though, I do have Borla stingers so that could be why they are so loud.
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Old Oct 27, 2004 | 02:20 AM
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Originally Posted by chriskaw7r
Its alot louder. I just did a bassani off road x pipe and x pipe cat back and it was suprising louder. There is an X pipe where the cats use to be and on the end another x pipe. It sounds really exotic though, I do have Borla stingers so that could be why they are so loud.
I do agree, a offroad X-pipe will make the car louder, and give it a exotic sound. It was my second mod after the Blackwing on my C5.

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Old Oct 27, 2004 | 01:18 PM
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I am going to remove my cats.
Sorry but thats how I read his post. I dont think there will be much difference between my off road pipe and his.
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Old Oct 27, 2004 | 01:19 PM
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Doh, that's what happens when I post at 3am!
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