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Old Jun 15, 2025 | 11:24 AM
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Is the muffler on the stock exhaust the same as the High performance option exhaust? I have 2021 with the Z51 package that includes the high performance exhaust but it has the stainless steel tips and I want to change the muffler to the ones with the black tips. I found one muffler that has the correct black tips but the seller says it did not come off a Z51 car but the car had the high performance option. So my concern is if the seller is wrong and the car did not have the high performance option would the muffler still be the same as the Z51 ?
can you tell the difference between the stock muffler and the Z51 muffler.
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Old Jun 15, 2025 | 11:37 AM
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Is the muffler on the stock exhaust the same as the High performance option exhaust? I have 2021 with the Z51 package that includes the high performance exhaust but it has the stainless steel tips and I want to change the muffler to the ones with the black tips. I found one muffler that has the correct black tips but the seller says it did not come off a Z51 car but the car had the high performance option. So my concern is if the seller is wrong and the car did not have the high performance option would the muffler still be the same as the Z51 ?
can you tell the difference between the stock muffler and the Z51 muffler.
The black tips were an option only with the performance exhaust, which is the same as the Z51 exhaust. You couldn't option the non-performance exhaust with black tips. (I know I just said the same thing twice) The mufflers are the same as yours.
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Old Jun 15, 2025 | 01:19 PM
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As mentioned above, the OEM black tip option only came with the performance exhaust, which you could option on a non-Z51. Does it have four valves? If so, then performance exhaust.
Is it possible someone painted the tips?
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