Tom, how would you compare the sound of this system to the Bullets. I know they're quieter, but how much? Do the Stingers bark at start up like the Bullets do? Are they a similar deep tone like the Bullets?

 

That's a tough question to answer since it's based on MY perceptions and recollection as I can't compare both systems side by side.

But I'll try and be objective. First I've owned both. Second I found the B&B Bullets to be a wickedly fantastic sounding MACHO exhaust system when the windows were down or the top was off. Man they sounded sweet. The Borla's are about 75% of that sound.

But button up the car (mine is a daily driver here in the mid-west) and the Bullets were in a word - HORRIBLE (to my ears and I don't need any lectures). Example: Interior bits and pieces buzzed. After about 30minutes I had "ringing" in my ears similar to what happens after attending a rock concert. OK, I'm 54 and spent 22 years on the flight line while in the USAF so maybe my ears are shot. I did suffer a ruptured ear drum while serving in Viet Nam and I'm sure that contributes to my issues.

So I removed them and sold them. To me the Borla's sound the best of the "classic muscle" car sounding cat-backs. They "bark" when you first fire them up, I know because my neighbors across the street mentioned they know when I leave for work early. The have a nice deep tone (not AS DEEP as the Bullets) but also w/o many of the side affects either.

It's a trade off like everything in life. I needed a system that I could live with yet still provide the classic All American small block Chevy muscle car sound w/o making the car unlivable. I found what I was looking for in the Borla's.

Having said all this does this mean they are right for you??? Only you can make that choice. But I found exhaust nirvana.

Tom

 

Thanks! I should have mentioned I currently have the Bullets on my C6 and the PRT's on my C5Z06. I'm looking for something in between. The Bullets are GREAT for an afternoon cruise around town, but on the highway, they're too much. Add to that the fact that I'm getting LG Pro's in the near future and they'll be downright unbearable to my ears. I can't even hear the stereo over them on the highway now.

Looks like I'll be making the switch, but I'm sure going to miss those huge B&B tips back there.

 

Ahh you just said the magic word B&B PRT's. I too had the B&B PRT's on my 03 Z06 and loved them. I'd say the Borla's sound remarkably like the C5 B&B PRT's.

Tom

 

Great, thanks again, Tom.