No Muffler
"if you are running a coupe/sedan midpipe, the exhaust is not too loud at all. to be honest i would say it is about as loud as the HKS axleback exhaust. at idle, it is very quiet. regular daily driving barely a hint of drone in the cabin...you wont have any trouble hearing your music at all or carrying on a conversation. i usually come home very late at night and the exhaust is quiet enough that it wont wake the neighbors when i am driving down the block."
I just had mine done, with a Magnaflow race muffler on the mid-pipe in place of the sedan resonator. I was concerned the straight pipe would be too loud, even though several users here claim its "not much louder than stock". So I had them use a small resonator/muffler with a tip pre-installed on it. The size looked perfect and tip looks nice. So a Magna. resonator on the mid-pipe, and another in place of the muffler itself. I'll be damned if I didn't want to blow my brains out for doing this the second I drove off. Drone is UNREAL I cannot hear myself think. Windows rattle, seats rattle and honestly its emabarrassing how obnoxious it is.. Although I will admit the actual sound/tone the car makes is great, but it is stupid loud inside the cabin. I have had V8s running straight pipes, dumped, and it was not as obnoxious as this. So, before I even made it home from the shop, I stopped by another exhaust shop to have them weld back in the stock '05 sedan mid-pipe. This helped quite a bit, but the car is still WAY TOO LOUD.
If someone can think of something I may have done horribly wrong please advise. The tip is a good 2" past the bumper. And for good measure, I have HR-Y Pipe, MD 5/16 & Aramid Gasket, Z-Tube and K&N..
People do not do this mod, if you like the classy understated tone, pitch and volume of these cars. This is way, way over the top.
I just had mine done, with a Magnaflow race muffler on the mid-pipe in place of the sedan resonator. I was concerned the straight pipe would be too loud, even though several users here claim its "not much louder than stock". So I had them use a small resonator/muffler with a tip pre-installed on it. The size looked perfect and tip looks nice. So a Magna. resonator on the mid-pipe, and another in place of the muffler itself. I'll be damned if I didn't want to blow my brains out for doing this the second I drove off. Drone is UNREAL I cannot hear myself think. Windows rattle, seats rattle and honestly its emabarrassing how obnoxious it is.. Although I will admit the actual sound/tone the car makes is great, but it is stupid loud inside the cabin. I have had V8s running straight pipes, dumped, and it was not as obnoxious as this. So, before I even made it home from the shop, I stopped by another exhaust shop to have them weld back in the stock '05 sedan mid-pipe. This helped quite a bit, but the car is still WAY TOO LOUD.
If someone can think of something I may have done horribly wrong please advise. The tip is a good 2" past the bumper. And for good measure, I have HR-Y Pipe, MD 5/16 & Aramid Gasket, Z-Tube and K&N..
People do not do this mod, if you like the classy understated tone, pitch and volume of these cars. This is way, way over the top.
does your car sound something like this? but with less rasp?
Last edited by NAT@FFTec; Aug 6, 2010 at 04:43 AM.
i posted this in the exhaust section but not sure if all you guys saw
coupe midpipe with muffler delete and other bolt ons(click video to see full mod list). no rasp at all
take off 1st gear and part of 2nd
coupe midpipe with muffler delete and other bolt ons(click video to see full mod list). no rasp at all
take off 1st gear and part of 2nd
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i think your problem is because you are running a magaflow race muffler, and a small race resonator. this will have almost the same sound effect as running a full straight pipe setup from the cat back, but of course with a lot less rasp
does your car sound something like this? but with less rasp?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md9V9lVp6qg
does your car sound something like this? but with less rasp?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md9V9lVp6qg
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Joined: May 2009
Posts: 380
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From: Dallas
i posted this in the exhaust section but not sure if all you guys saw
coupe midpipe with muffler delete and other bolt ons(click video to see full mod list). no rasp at all
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMqbmXPOTJs
take off 1st gear and part of 2nd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSspVmAT_Po
coupe midpipe with muffler delete and other bolt ons(click video to see full mod list). no rasp at all
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMqbmXPOTJs
take off 1st gear and part of 2nd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSspVmAT_Po
Yes it is coupe midpipe with straight pipe in place of stock muffler
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From: Dallas
I cant say for sure, for all states, but i think the resonator/mid-pipe counts as a muffler. Plus that sounds overly complicated to me..
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From: California
Well I'm cali where basically everything is illegal lol. But seriously I believe it's actually not illegal. You can do anything after the cat as long as it remains below the legal decibel limit.
