TRD exhaust vs. Magnaflow

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Oct 19, 2004 | 10:38 PM

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Stylis,

PM'ed you. :D

Oct 20, 2004 | 02:59 AM

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sadly both suck. why you may ask? well both are horrendously overpriced. and the magnaflows dont have the best design/flow/sound/build quality compared to other universal mufflers. and i know how much those magnaflows cost. (approx30-75 dependant upon supplier) most custom exhaust shops will sell a magnaflow installed for under 150 or approx 200 for a setup similar to gabes. sorry bro. just been in the business a lil bit. i know . i know. workin at midas is what killed me. now i have to unleash the auto industries secrets any where that i know the facts. oh and for the sound you looking for go elsewhere magnaflows normally produce a farty sound when there is no resonator present. i'd say use a high flow resonator or a cherry bomb in the resonators place it will produce a nice calmed smooth throaty growl with just about any universal muffler. but if you run a magnaflow with a straight pipe it will sound poppy and like crap. trust me. any muffler will on this car just poppy crap . lol it may sound a lil better on a tc but still. larger displacement normally reduces the "poppyness"

dont listen to him his 20 dollar exhaust sounds like someone is farting... very cheap sounding... the magna flow sounds so much nicer than the trd... is nice and deep and smooth.... one it breaks in it a nice throaty deep sound that gets louder but to a very nice degree... i have people that are "anti-rice" saying that my exhaust is the first exhaust on a import that sounds good and clean... plus it looks alot nicer to... lot less weight than the trd... and the trd is like 525 bux for just an axel back... my cat-back system is way better definately... truely this exhaust gets way better respect than the trd or some cheap universal 20 dollar fart can.

Oct 20, 2004 | 04:28 AM

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Look, all I showed was if you want something louder go w/ a certain brand, if you want something quieter, then go with another brand.

Sheesh, and Thanks for all of the harsh PMs. You know who you are.

Oct 20, 2004 | 04:45 AM

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Sweet Christ...the guy asked for muffler advice not a debate over who said what....yeesh.

Oct 20, 2004 | 04:47 AM

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ok bro listen to it once it has the silencer removed. i just keep it on for the _____ ___ cops in that area say what u want almost everyone said my box sounded the best when i had the silencer out.. oh and fart can almost every magnaflow i've heard is fart can sounding and all look like cans so i guess you got one too. dont trip.

Oct 20, 2004 | 05:03 AM

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Check this out. At the last wednesday night meet, an experienced car tuner brought a meter out. He measured my Tanabe at 78 dB, we measured his xB w/ the really tucked custom exhaust at 70 dB, then we measured a Magnaflow equipped axleback and it was 95 dB! And all of the measuring was conducted as prescribed by the CA Vehicle Code!

Man, that's cuttin' it close. I've been stopped for my windows already, and having a Magnaflow would be adding fuel to the fire. I can hear it now, "You should know better, yada, yada, yada".

umm brad what set-up was at 95db? Toybox1 was at 79db and so was brain with the same axle back. So which one are you talking about? You didn't measure mine either, howcome?

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no i mean i worked at midas so i just know how cheap anyone can get anything
all i know is im in the know and almost every import ive heard with a magnaflow sounded like crap. thats all. .

Than that means they were not installed corectly. Go to a team NVS meet and you can hear about 4 memebers with the magnaflow axle back. they are happy with the low tone/ perfect sound.

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and i know that u have to stay alive with your earning and such but for broke poeple the world over it's very easy to imo get a better soundling/looking exhaust system for one hell of alot cheaper. .

So which muffler would you recomend than?

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sorry for any flaming none was done intentional. id do the same if i ran a shop dont get me wrong.

Glad you had some compassion.

1 how do you install a muffler incorrectly? all ya gotta do is run the right piping and do a good weld. almost all shops will do it right if teh customer allocate. it's when a customer wants a bad setup will a shop do that setup.

2 i would honestly reccomend any brand other than magnaflow , arospeed , or flowmaster import exhausts. i personally run rs-type or a-spec. never had a prob always had an awesome sound. and trust me my ____ sounds great with my silencer out. ask almost any guy from nvs. it sound great when silencer out and decent with it in. and trust a tc to talk ____.

3 no i know everyone has to make a living but i also know that you can get the same magnflow with an identical setup to yours for alot cheaper at another shop . aka marco muffler and muffler tech. both local to sac i know but i'm just stating facts sorry.

I will leave all posts where you post about your exhaust alone unless someone asks for a comparison or how to get a nice exhaust for cheap.

Oct 20, 2004 | 05:05 AM

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ok mr cocky what ever you say... obviously you are going to think your right no matter what

Oct 20, 2004 | 05:08 AM

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ya know what i'm going to go off on a limb and say that aero turbine exhaust are awesome too.

Oct 20, 2004 | 06:01 AM

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hotbox05 and I have PMed each other and relized that cheaper is not always the best. But it is still an option available, hope everyone choses well. :D

Oct 21, 2004 | 04:21 PM

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my exhaust came in at 95 db - personally i wish it was louder (but Kat would kill me). i like the sound, which is not the lawnmower sound of most imports. as for cost, when i was looking into exhausts gabe's was the least expensive axel-back and i have a lifetime warrenty.

Magnaflow or TRD - Magnaflow

Oct 21, 2004 | 04:35 PM

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And just in case anyone is thinking I'm anti-Magnaflow, I have DUAL Magnaflows on my Bronco!

Oct 21, 2004 | 05:00 PM

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If you hadn't noticed I am also voting magnaflow. :D

Oct 21, 2004 | 05:47 PM

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Dave's exhaust is louder because his car is so high off the ground. The exhaust note expands when it has to drop all the way down to the ground then back up to your ear. When I had my coil-overs installed while Dave was there..... :twisted: :twisted:

[Sorry b-day razzing!

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I'm rolling on Magnaflow for my custom cat-back and it sounds pretty sweet! IMO

Oct 21, 2004 | 07:44 PM

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Gabe,

If was I get one of your exhausts, could you tuck that exhaust tip under the car instead of letting it hang out like that? In the pics above it seems to poke out a bit far, and I think I would rather it not. Maybe better pics will help.

Thanks!

Oct 22, 2004 | 05:50 AM

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I usually have the tip lined up with the bumper, its just that the camera is not facing down. So it just looks like its sticking out. :D

Oct 22, 2004 | 06:06 AM

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come back here on Thursday, 10 /21 and you should find on here somewhere sound clips of my precision muffler axle back exhaust, before and after.

Very cool chris0! Thanks :D

I know I said I was going to post the sound clips today but I have no place to post them

. too bad, cuz we got some great clips

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if anyone can help with this let me know. (and gabe, I tried to email you the video but each clip is about 9 megs and my isp server won't let me send files that large.)

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before he welded the tip gabe had me place it exactly where I wanted it. mine sticks out a bit, but not as much as the pic posted here. it's exactly where I want it. soon I'll take a pic and post it.