Exhaust upgrade question
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Exhaust upgrade question
Ok so Tuesday, I have a appointment at the local muffler place and he said that they don’t install kits... that they fabricate all piping and tips. He wants to cut off a bit befor the stock ugly box can of a muffler and run straight pipe, with exit of my choosing of location
My question is is this good? I know what it will sound like but is it good for the jeep and should I have a muffler ?
My question is is this good? I know what it will sound like but is it good for the jeep and should I have a muffler ?
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A lot of JK owners remove the OEM muffler and run without one, so that will not be a problem. Personally, I'd like to see some of their work. I know we have several shops in my area that bend their own pipes. Some do excellent work, others turn out crap.
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JK Jedi Master
If you're just going to mall crawl and annoy your neighbors, then run without a muffler. However, if you plan to use that Jeep to take you to the wilderness places that a Jeep is capable of taking you, then please run a proper muffler. We don't go out there to hear kiddie cars loudly trashing the quiet.
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I personally don't find the sound pleasant on a JK without a muffler. On the other hand, I had to get rid of that monstrosity hanging under the rear of the jeep. I went with the axle back Afe hi-tuck Scorpion and am very happy. Pretty quiet over all and got rid of that huge tin can.
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I estimate that it will take about 3 minutes for you to be dead tired of what no muffler sounds like! When I replaced my muffler, I drove about 10 miles from home to the muffler shop with no muffler, and it killed me the entire way! I know a few others that did a muffler delete with a pipe dumping straight out over the axle....didn't last long for them either.
I also wouldn't bother with a kit....they sound like crap and not worth the money. I think I'm one of few that have been really happy with a $35 Thrush welded muffler mounted up in factory location with mom and pop muffler shop doing nice job bending new pipe to mate up with it ($40). Barely see it even with a skinny bumper, and not much of a loud drone like many of the kits.
I also wouldn't bother with a kit....they sound like crap and not worth the money. I think I'm one of few that have been really happy with a $35 Thrush welded muffler mounted up in factory location with mom and pop muffler shop doing nice job bending new pipe to mate up with it ($40). Barely see it even with a skinny bumper, and not much of a loud drone like many of the kits.
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As everyone else has already mentioned...no muffler is not a good idea unless you're in high school and this is your first car.
I just ripped my muffler off a few weeks ago for the sake of clearance. Sounds like crap and I'm honestly so embarrassed by it that when I went to buy gas, I upshifted too soon in every gear to keep the RPM's and noise down. My ears just couldn't take the embarrassment. People were looking at me, but not in a "wow cool Jeep" kind of way...more of the "wow did this guy VTEC swap his Jeep??"
I have a small Thush welded muffler sitting in a box in my garage. Will 100% weld it on before I drive the Jeep again.
I just ripped my muffler off a few weeks ago for the sake of clearance. Sounds like crap and I'm honestly so embarrassed by it that when I went to buy gas, I upshifted too soon in every gear to keep the RPM's and noise down. My ears just couldn't take the embarrassment. People were looking at me, but not in a "wow cool Jeep" kind of way...more of the "wow did this guy VTEC swap his Jeep??"
I have a small Thush welded muffler sitting in a box in my garage. Will 100% weld it on before I drive the Jeep again.
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Ya definitely not wanting something stupid loud but I hear that on highway speeds with out a muffler your rpms go up. Sounds like I’ll have them put a muffler that’s lean and sleak and high 150$ is dam good deal
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I've been very happy with mine for a couple years now. If you mount it in factory location, cut the pegs the factory heat shield secures with real short. gets you a tiny bit more clearance to tuck that way up there. I have a crawler conceptz skinny bumper and you can barely see the muffler. Makes you realize how huge the factory is. I didn't chop my heat shield pegs and i hit the muffler on a rock or something, and it bent that peg to almost 90*, pulling the bit of sheetmetal (bottom side of the interior cubby) and putting a little hole in my tub.
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