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greywolf6984
11-08-2005, 06:24 PM
ok i bought an exhaust a few months back and at first it sounded really really good and quiet not ricey at all then about 3 months later the exhaust gets louder and louder. I sound so ricey now it really embarissing. Does anyone know what I can do, or know what exhaust i can get that doesn't sound ricey. I have full exhaust header with and 2 1/4 and one cat converter...
pjc6281
11-08-2005, 06:29 PM
resonator i think....
OPZ
11-08-2005, 11:23 PM
You might have a hole in the exhaust...
only1db
11-08-2005, 11:57 PM
^ if its not that...get a resonator...it will take a hp or so away...but who the hell wants to sound like HONDA!!
Estopatitiana
11-09-2005, 12:01 AM
you still have the fiberglass packing dont you? mine fell out of my muffler, had to get anew one
greywolf6984
11-09-2005, 01:02 AM
yeah everything is still in there. there are no holes in the muffler i got it tripple checked. my boys at the shop said it had something to do with the muffler breaking in... i think i have to get a new exaust.... does anyone know one that willl sound good
jyfgt
11-09-2005, 02:24 AM
get a silencer
greywolf6984
11-09-2005, 08:54 AM
there is no sliencer for my exhaust
BColeman
11-09-2005, 09:38 AM
Travis, are you running nitrous. If you are, it could be one of your cats. I have heard it said that running nitrous will eventually eat away the packing in the cats, causing your exhaust note to get louder. Of course, I could be wrong.

If you want a new muffler, get a "stock" looking one tucked under your bumper, like a Magnaflow or a Dynomax...
greywolf6984
11-09-2005, 09:55 AM
yeah im running with nos... it could be it but I dunno when i went to the muffler shop i didn't feel anything from the exaust it just bugs me so I think i might get an hks one i heard those sound good
XTRAWLD
11-09-2005, 02:36 PM
This year when I put the stocker exhaust back on the car it is way louder than I remember it. I'm wondering if there is a gasket or something that is missing when it was reattached or what (mine is a bolt on), or maybe it's just not aligned right, I have no clue. I checked everything except for the exhaust because I haven't been under the car since I changed it over. So I wonder if this situation might relate to you?
clarion
11-09-2005, 05:55 PM
dont forget to check the flex pipe....i think mine is bad
BobMs_wht2k2
11-09-2005, 06:40 PM
Get something chambered, not packed. That way they always sound the same. Borla or Flowmaster are a couple of god options.
Estopatitiana
11-09-2005, 07:33 PM
i always wondered what a 40 series would sound like on our cars..with no cats and a header
tricked03gls
11-11-2005, 01:49 PM
welcome to the world of full exhaust, dont like it loud pull the header off............other then that , your screwed, i got a cat and a real muffler and mine is loud
greywolf6984
11-11-2005, 05:41 PM
yeah i figured it had to be ther headers but is there any one in the xd community that has full exaust and is not loud