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Old Feb 27, 2024 | 02:39 PM
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Kind of a PITA to keep everything symmetrical with no real prior experience. Much quieter than expected and no noticeable drone. Just a nice low, mellow tone under acceleration. Overall happy with it.

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Old Feb 28, 2024 | 06:35 AM
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looks clean, did you weld it up while it was on the car?
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Could you just take off the mufflers lol, I was tempted to do that as my bumper doesn't have exhaust cut outs anyways. My tips point down
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Old Feb 28, 2024 | 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by weldthedif
looks clean, did you weld it up while it was on the car?
Tacked it while on the car, fully welded off the car

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Could you just take off the mufflers lol, I was tempted to do that as my bumper doesn't have exhaust cut outs anyways. My tips point down
Nope. The exhaust after the resonators point straight to the axle boots, you’d burn them off immediately. And you’d need the hangers right after the resonators to hold the exhaust from bouncing everywhere. And I imagine that would drone like crazy.
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^^ hmm good to know, never thought about that
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The first set of hangers are about a foot after the resonators. I guess you could just get a foot of pipe for support and attach turn-downs or maybe a 45 degree to angle it away. But you would definitely need something.
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Yea I was thinking of doing it in a way that can be reversed, don't really want to hack up the OEM mufflers, or just add a cut out somewhere. But I'm not sure how much space I have.
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how about a sound clip?
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Originally Posted by weldthedif
how about a sound clip?
Probably sounds about the same as multiple other muffler deleted 430’s on YouTube but I’ll see what I can do.
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You should make a kit and sell them.
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