So I go to the muffler shop to weld on my OBX muffler which I got on ebay. I get there and they tell me it cant go in there unless they really make it tight but it will rattle and it wont work that way, only way to do it is have it angled, the guy quickly told me taht will look retarded.

He then offered me to put on a Flowmaster 50 Series muffler, I was a bit hesitant but why not, high performance cars use them all the time. He put it on, welded it and what not, looked great. Sounded awesome. I drove it around, it had a nice little gurmble to it but it was still super quiet, I then told him to take out the resonator and put in a pipe, he warned me but I did it anyways.

BIGEST MISTAKE EVER. As soon as I got in it that ____ was raspy as hell, sounded too loud and was real crap. I didnt wanna pay him some more so I left and Im gonna weld it back on with some friends. but damn, it sound REAL bad, too loud and wayyyy to raspy for my taste.

Ill have on sound clips of the before and after pics when I reweld it back, Ill post pics of how it looks too, the tip they used looks real OEM except its a bit bigger.
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resonators are there for a purpose

if you look at the design of the internals of a resonator you'll see why they're so effective

 

I actually did that after I posted and they are hardly a restriction, not worth the .00001 hp increase to take em off. Im gonna put it back on on monday.

 

BIG MISTAKE...so put it back on. Sorry to hear that by the way.

 

Flowmaster is such a big name in domestics, why are they so rare on imports?

 

how bout goin with a high flow resonator that not as restrictive as the stock one?

 

I can only afford so much!

 

probably because they're big in domestics and people don't associate them with compacts/imports

 

Now with Video and pics! Enjoy.

 

not to be rude but sounds like he just wanted to sell you a muffler and you got took! anyone coulda put that muffler on he was prolly slow and down on business

 

That stinks it sounds like a motorcycle.

 

can barely hear it from background noise

 

funny how u erase out the tag number in the pics, but in the video its nice and clear..

 

hahah I burned myself!!!

 

sounds good from what i hear... need to get a better clip w/ less backround noise... i was gonna do a flowmaster but then my wife got me the TRD and i had the resonater removed as well

 

sounds like asuped up weedeater. maybe its just the background noise and it being so close to a house and all.

 

For some reason I thought it sounded liek a really load r/c car. But it could have been the noise comin from everywhere else.

 

Ill try to get a better video, it is just a tad deeper than stock, when driving it is almost stocklike, sounds nothing like a weedwacker hehe.

 

Lets get some drive by clips...I like it...I think it sounds kinda ballsy.

 

so how much did that cost you?