Tips on exhaust tips ?

sockjock · 02-24-2006, 02:52 AM

I've got a '95 4dr 4WD Blazer 4.3 w/K&N FIPK and 2.5" dynomax superturbo cat back exhaust, straight pipe in place of cat. Qeustion: will adding a 3" or 3.5" tip change the sound of my exhaust any? I'm looking for a deeper,throaty sound. Kinda like a v8. I know I've got a v6 but I want a better sound.

PS.hey mintstick...your truck sounds awesome !

Madman_33 · 02-24-2006, 03:54 AM

welll i dont know much about ur exaust that u have on now,,, but i have the flowmaster 40 series and that gives a real deep tone, much like a v8 (also have a v6)... but the tip really wont make that much of a difference in sound... just looks really

sockjock · 02-24-2006, 10:40 AM

Tips are just a thought...Any other opinions on that? ps Edelbrock headers and y-pipe in near future!

cavanaugh788 · 02-24-2006, 02:00 PM

i put a 40 series on my 2.2l and with 2 1/4 pipe and 3.5 tips....sounds like a v8 when idle but when i get up to higher rpm's it sounds a lil more high pitched but i really like it alot....i think tips will make it sound a lil bit deeper

DeMon76187 · 02-24-2006, 02:05 PM

a tip wont effect the sound much.

what u have for pipes after the muffler will effect the sound.

if u want that throaty sound, more pipes and bends can deliver that to an extent.

i did a test on this with my setup.

ok, stock cat, stock pipes, traded out the muffler for a thrush 28in glasspack. tested various setups after the pipe.

with no pipeing (2.5in opening) after the muffler, it sounded great at startup and idle, but rice at any rpm's.
with a turn down (2.5in opening), it sounded almsot the same, but less rice through the rpm's
with (stock) pipes (2.5 from muffler, to reducers, to 2.25 in pipes the way through) , it sounds simmaler to the v8 firebird my friend drives.

edit:
alot of the guyes here swear by their 40seriese flowmaster, but idk, ive never tried them. (but a whole forum can't be too far off)

Dan Plante · 02-24-2006, 03:56 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by cavanaugh788

i put a 40 series on my 2.2l and with 2 1/4 pipe and 3.5 tips....sounds like a v8 when idle but when i get up to higher rpm's it sounds a lil more high pitched but i really like it alot....i think tips will make it sound a lil bit deeper

You are so full of shit it isn't even funny that your 2.2 sounds like a V8 at idle. Ok the only thing that sounds like a V8 at idle is a V8. Your 2.2 sounds like a hum at idle not a V8. My 4.3 has a full exhaust headers back and doesn't even sound like a V8 and it has the same bore and stroke as a 350.

zeldalord · 02-24-2006, 04:02 PM

if you want it to sound like a v8, use my setup i have a 4.3 TBI...

buy a set of edelbrock shorty headers, 2.5" pipe, remove the cat, install a flowmaster 40 with duel outs, run duels out the back into 20" x 3" echo tips. I love my setup, everyones thinks i have a v8, which is what it sounds like up to 2400rpm. after that it starts getting kinda ricy...

hold on i'll find the video of it... http://videos.streetfire.net/player....A-E3ED2D4A1861

Dan Plante · 02-24-2006, 04:25 PM

Still never sounds like a V8 ever......Granted mine sounds really good also up to 2500rpm but it still doesn't sound like a V8 and those people that tell you are just retards.

MINTSICK · 02-24-2006, 04:50 PM

No, if you want a V8 sound, go get a V8 fullsize or install a V8 in your s10....Never EVER does a 4.3L V6 sound like a V8

Dan Plante · 02-24-2006, 05:14 PM

Exactly, You definitely can make a 4.3 sound really good that is for damn sure. Mine sounds awesome. Mint's sounds awesome and his brother truck sounded awesome but still none of them sounded like a V8. Mine will sound like a V8 next year that is for sure!!!

bgmaxxx · 02-24-2006, 05:29 PM

Tips can make a difference but it depends on the application. On a stock exhaust looks are about the only difference. But with a custom exhaust if you have room a longer bigger diameter tip will give you a deeper tone than no tip at all. A resonated tip will make it will make it quieter. Also make sure the tailpipe does'nt go into to the tip very far...more than an inch or so is too much and will negativly affect the sound.

sockjock · 02-25-2006, 01:39 AM

Did some measuring,looks like a 13" long tip would be the max I could use without major exhaust rerouting. So will a 2.5" inlet 13" long 3" or 3.5" outlet have any positive affect on the exhaust sound?

bgmaxxx · 02-25-2006, 07:49 AM

Yes. I'd go with a 3.5" outlet. Definitely a weld on one,bolt on tips suck. imo

zeldalord · 02-25-2006, 11:23 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by bgmaxxx

Yes. I'd go with a 3.5" outlet. Definitely a weld on one,bolt on tips suck. imo

ditto, those big clamps are an eyesore.

sockjock · 02-25-2006, 09:16 PM

So is the consensus that a 3.5" x 13" tip would have a positive effect on my exhaust sound. Louder and deeper that is...

zeldalord · 02-26-2006, 12:57 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by sockjock

So is the consensus that a 3.5" x 13" tip would have a positive effect on my exhaust sound. Louder and deeper that is...

yup, but it will be kinda throaty and not as smooth as a smaller bore. hehehe i have some 5 x 20" I ought to put on my dime, just to see what it would sound like

sockjock · 02-26-2006, 09:31 AM

I just had a thought...I could go down to Advance and get a couple different sizes of clamp on tips to try out and see what affect I would get. I could just slip them over the end of the exhaust and not cut anything yet. When I figure out which size sounds best I could take them all back to Advance and order a weld on of the correct size from Summit. I could just tell Advance I don't have enough room under my Blazer for a tip. Kinda underhanded...but it's the only way I could think of to try different tips without spending a fortune. What do you think?

Quote: Originally Posted by zeldalord

yup, but it will be kinda throaty and not as smooth as a smaller bore. hehehe i have some 5 x 20" I ought to put on my dime, just to see what it would sound like

zeldalord · 02-26-2006, 02:39 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by sockjock

I just had a thought...I could go down to Advance and get a couple different sizes of clamp on tips to try out and see what affect I would get. I could just slip them over the end of the exhaust and not cut anything yet. When I figure out which size sounds best I could take them all back to Advance and order a weld on of the correct size from Summit. I could just tell Advance I don't have enough room under my Blazer for a tip. Kinda underhanded...but it's the only way I could think of to try different tips without spending a fortune. What do you think?

hehehe i've done the same thing man! hey it's not your fault they have such cheap tips. oh ya those tips from autozone and most everywhere else use a really thin plating of chrome over milld steel and the rust in no time. get a solid stainless tip, it'll last forever.

sockjock · 02-26-2006, 03:23 PM

Yeah...I wouldn't use their crappy clamp-ons. Just gonna slip 'em on over my tailpipe to test different sizes for sound quality. Then I'll take 'em back and buy a good weld-on in the correct size from Summit. I plan on cutting my exhaust where it turns down/out behind the rear tire and then weld on a good tip to come out under the bumper. I only have single exhaust but I still think it looks better coming out under the bumper than coming out behind the rear wheel. I wish Blazers had room to run duals after the muffler without yanking the spare tire from under the truck.

Quote: Originally Posted by zeldalord

hehehe i've done the same thing man! hey it's not your fault they have such cheap tips. oh ya those tips from autozone and most everywhere else use a really thin plating of chrome over milld steel and the rust in no time. get a solid stainless tip, it'll last forever.

ChevyDodgeboy · 02-26-2006, 07:59 PM

Yes bolt on tips are for people who dont know anything about exhaust. If you knew anythig you would know that they rust really fast and are too small to affect the sound. About the best tips ive seen at auto zone. Are any store of this caliber is the thick resonator tips that are pretty much just a small glasspacks. When I made the exhaust for my truck I did the right thing and bought the tips from a exhaust shop and welded them on myself.

ChevyDodgeboy · 02-26-2006, 08:04 PM

01black4.3 · 02-26-2006, 08:25 PM

Is that your truck?

longislandboi85 · 03-01-2006, 01:14 PM

& how does that help the discussion on exhaust tip's?

sockjock · 03-01-2006, 01:29 PM

Exactly! Please stick to the subject of exhaust tips. Questions relating to tips or suggestions pertaining to tips or helpful info or pics about tips. If you want to post pics of your trucks please use members rides section.

sockjock · 03-01-2006, 01:37 PM

Back to the subject of "TIPS" I've been considering installing this setup from summit... what do you think? about looks? but mostly sound?
http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=TCN%2DT570&N=115& autoview=sku

Here's a pic if you can't use the link:

DeMon76187 · 03-01-2006, 01:48 PM

never both with a link, were all too lazy.

it looks good, and looks like it will sound good, 13.5in.

zeldalord · 03-01-2006, 02:24 PM

it's pricy, but you'll never have to replace it, being stainless put that and magnaflow muffler and you'd have a very smooth mellow tone.

02-24-2006, 02:52 AM	#1
sockjock Huge Ideas, Tiny Wallet Age: 44 Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,211 Location: Denton, NC User is: OffLine	Tips on exhaust tips ? I've got a '95 4dr 4WD Blazer 4.3 w/K&N FIPK and 2.5" dynomax superturbo cat back exhaust, straight pipe in place of cat. Qeustion: will adding a 3" or 3.5" tip change the sound of my exhaust any? I'm looking for a deeper,throaty sound. Kinda like a v8. I know I've got a v6 but I want a better sound. *PS.hey mintstick...your truck sounds awesome* !**
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02-24-2006, 03:54 AM	#2
Madman_33 Registered User Age: 22 Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 25 Location: Seattle User is: OffLine	Re: Tips on exhaust tips ? welll i dont know much about ur exaust that u have on now,,, but i have the flowmaster 40 series and that gives a real deep tone, much like a v8 (also have a v6)... but the tip really wont make that much of a difference in sound... just looks really
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02-24-2006, 10:40 AM	#3
sockjock Huge Ideas, Tiny Wallet Age: 44 Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,211 Location: Denton, NC User is: OffLine	Re: Tips on exhaust tips ? Tips are just a thought...Any other opinions on that? ps Edelbrock headers and y-pipe in near future!
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02-24-2006, 02:00 PM	#4
cavanaugh788 Too Damn Slow 2.2 Age: 20 Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 126 Location: Representin tha 402...NE User is: OffLine	Re: Tips on exhaust tips ? i put a 40 series on my 2.2l and with 2 1/4 pipe and 3.5 tips....sounds like a v8 when idle but when i get up to higher rpm's it sounds a lil more high pitched but i really like it alot....i think tips will make it sound a lil bit deeper
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02-24-2006, 02:05 PM	#5
DeMon76187 Mecha-Shiva Age: 22 Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,260 Location: Palm Harbor, FL User is: OffLine	Re: Tips on exhaust tips ? a tip wont effect the sound much. what u have for pipes after the muffler will effect the sound. if u want that throaty sound, more pipes and bends can deliver that to an extent. i did a test on this with my setup. ok, stock cat, stock pipes, traded out the muffler for a thrush 28in glasspack. tested various setups after the pipe. with no pipeing (2.5in opening) after the muffler, it sounded great at startup and idle, but rice at any rpm's. with a turn down (2.5in opening), it sounded almsot the same, but less rice through the rpm's with (stock) pipes (2.5 from muffler, to reducers, to 2.25 in pipes the way through) , it sounds simmaler to the v8 firebird my friend drives. edit: alot of the guyes here swear by their 40seriese flowmaster, but idk, ive never tried them. (but a whole forum can't be too far off) Last edited by DeMon76187 : 02-24-2006 at 02:13 PM.
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02-24-2006, 03:56 PM	#6
Dan Plante Registered User Age: 33 Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,850 Location: Franklin, MA User is: OffLine	Re: Tips on exhaust tips ? Quote: Originally Posted by cavanaugh788 i put a 40 series on my 2.2l and with 2 1/4 pipe and 3.5 tips....sounds like a v8 when idle but when i get up to higher rpm's it sounds a lil more high pitched but i really like it alot....i think tips will make it sound a lil bit deeper You are so full of shit it isn't even funny that your 2.2 sounds like a V8 at idle. Ok the only thing that sounds like a V8 at idle is a V8. Your 2.2 sounds like a hum at idle not a V8. My 4.3 has a full exhaust headers back and doesn't even sound like a V8 and it has the same bore and stroke as a 350.
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02-24-2006, 04:02 PM	#7
zeldalord Cornerin Demon Age: 25 Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,158 Location: Little Rock User is: OffLine	Re: Tips on exhaust tips ? if you want it to sound like a v8, use my setup i have a 4.3 TBI... buy a set of edelbrock shorty headers, 2.5" pipe, remove the cat, install a flowmaster 40 with duel outs, run duels out the back into 20" x 3" echo tips. I love my setup, everyones thinks i have a v8, which is what it sounds like up to 2400rpm. after that it starts getting kinda ricy... hold on i'll find the video of it... http://videos.streetfire.net/player....A-E3ED2D4A1861 Last edited by zeldalord : 02-24-2006 at 04:05 PM.
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02-24-2006, 04:25 PM	#8
Dan Plante Registered User Age: 33 Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,850 Location: Franklin, MA User is: OffLine	Re: Tips on exhaust tips ? Still never sounds like a V8 ever......Granted mine sounds really good also up to 2500rpm but it still doesn't sound like a V8 and those people that tell you are just retards.
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02-24-2006, 04:50 PM	#9
MINTSICK Akerfeldt Age: 27 Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 11,472 Location: Danvers, Ma User is: OffLine	Re: Tips on exhaust tips ? No, if you want a V8 sound, go get a V8 fullsize or install a V8 in your s10....Never EVER does a 4.3L V6 sound like a V8
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02-24-2006, 05:14 PM	#10
Dan Plante Registered User Age: 33 Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,850 Location: Franklin, MA User is: OffLine	Re: Tips on exhaust tips ? Exactly, You definitely can make a 4.3 sound really good that is for damn sure. Mine sounds awesome. Mint's sounds awesome and his brother truck sounded awesome but still none of them sounded like a V8. Mine will sound like a V8 next year that is for sure!!!
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02-24-2006, 05:29 PM	#11
bgmaxxx Registered User Age: 35 Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 17 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: Tips on exhaust tips ? Tips can make a difference but it depends on the application. On a stock exhaust looks are about the only difference. But with a custom exhaust if you have room a longer bigger diameter tip will give you a deeper tone than no tip at all. A resonated tip will make it will make it quieter. Also make sure the tailpipe does'nt go into to the tip very far...more than an inch or so is too much and will negativly affect the sound.
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02-25-2006, 01:39 AM	#12
sockjock Huge Ideas, Tiny Wallet Age: 44 Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,211 Location: Denton, NC User is: OffLine	Re: Tips on exhaust tips ? Did some measuring,looks like a 13" long tip would be the max I could use without major exhaust rerouting. So will a 2.5" inlet 13" long 3" or 3.5" outlet have any positive affect on the exhaust sound?
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02-25-2006, 07:49 AM	#13
bgmaxxx Registered User Age: 35 Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 17 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: Tips on exhaust tips ? Yes. I'd go with a 3.5" outlet. Definitely a weld on one,bolt on tips suck. imo
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02-25-2006, 11:23 AM	#14
zeldalord Cornerin Demon Age: 25 Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,158 Location: Little Rock User is: OffLine	Re: Tips on exhaust tips ? Quote: Originally Posted by bgmaxxx Yes. I'd go with a 3.5" outlet. Definitely a weld on one,bolt on tips suck. imo ditto, those big clamps are an eyesore.
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02-25-2006, 09:16 PM	#15
sockjock Huge Ideas, Tiny Wallet Age: 44 Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,211 Location: Denton, NC User is: OffLine	Re: Tips on exhaust tips ? So is the consensus that a 3.5" x 13" tip would have a positive effect on my exhaust sound. Louder and deeper that is...
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02-26-2006, 12:57 AM	#16
zeldalord Cornerin Demon Age: 25 Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,158 Location: Little Rock User is: OffLine	Re: Tips on exhaust tips ? Quote: Originally Posted by sockjock So is the consensus that a 3.5" x 13" tip would have a positive effect on my exhaust sound. Louder and deeper that is... yup, but it will be kinda throaty and not as smooth as a smaller bore. hehehe i have some 5 x 20" I ought to put on my dime, just to see what it would sound like
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02-26-2006, 09:31 AM	#17
sockjock Huge Ideas, Tiny Wallet Age: 44 Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,211 Location: Denton, NC User is: OffLine	Re: Tips on exhaust tips ? I just had a thought...I could go down to Advance and get a couple different sizes of clamp on tips to try out and see what affect I would get. I could just slip them over the end of the exhaust and not cut anything yet. When I figure out which size sounds best I could take them all back to Advance and order a weld on of the correct size from Summit. I could just tell Advance I don't have enough room under my Blazer for a tip. Kinda underhanded...but it's the only way I could think of to try different tips without spending a fortune. What do you think? Quote: Originally Posted by zeldalord yup, but it will be kinda throaty and not as smooth as a smaller bore. hehehe i have some 5 x 20" I ought to put on my dime, just to see what it would sound like
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02-26-2006, 02:39 PM	#18
zeldalord Cornerin Demon Age: 25 Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,158 Location: Little Rock User is: OffLine	Re: Tips on exhaust tips ? Quote: Originally Posted by sockjock I just had a thought...I could go down to Advance and get a couple different sizes of clamp on tips to try out and see what affect I would get. I could just slip them over the end of the exhaust and not cut anything yet. When I figure out which size sounds best I could take them all back to Advance and order a weld on of the correct size from Summit. I could just tell Advance I don't have enough room under my Blazer for a tip. Kinda underhanded...but it's the only way I could think of to try different tips without spending a fortune. What do you think? hehehe i've done the same thing man! hey it's not your fault they have such cheap tips. oh ya those tips from autozone and most everywhere else use a really thin plating of chrome over milld steel and the rust in no time. get a solid stainless tip, it'll last forever.
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02-26-2006, 03:23 PM	#19
sockjock Huge Ideas, Tiny Wallet Age: 44 Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,211 Location: Denton, NC User is: OffLine	Re: Tips on exhaust tips ? Yeah...I wouldn't use their crappy clamp-ons. Just gonna slip 'em on over my tailpipe to test different sizes for sound quality. Then I'll take 'em back and buy a good weld-on in the correct size from Summit. I plan on cutting my exhaust where it turns down/out behind the rear tire and then weld on a good tip to come out under the bumper. I only have single exhaust but I still think it looks better coming out under the bumper than coming out behind the rear wheel. I wish Blazers had room to run duals after the muffler without yanking the spare tire from under the truck. Quote: Originally Posted by zeldalord hehehe i've done the same thing man! hey it's not your fault they have such cheap tips. oh ya those tips from autozone and most everywhere else use a really thin plating of chrome over milld steel and the rust in no time. get a solid stainless tip, it'll last forever.
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02-26-2006, 07:59 PM	#20
ChevyDodgeboy ConfederateStateofAmerica Age: 21 Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 60 Location: Prosperity S.C. User is: OffLine	Re: Tips on exhaust tips ? Yes bolt on tips are for people who dont know anything about exhaust. If you knew anythig you would know that they rust really fast and are too small to affect the sound. About the best tips ive seen at auto zone. Are any store of this caliber is the thick resonator tips that are pretty much just a small glasspacks. When I made the exhaust for my truck I did the right thing and bought the tips from a exhaust shop and welded them on myself. Last edited by ChevyDodgeboy : 02-26-2006 at 08:03 PM.
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02-26-2006, 08:04 PM	#21
ChevyDodgeboy ConfederateStateofAmerica Age: 21 Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 60 Location: Prosperity S.C. User is: OffLine	Re: Tips on exhaust tips ?
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02-26-2006, 08:25 PM	#22
01black4.3 limeade Age: 21 Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,072 Location: Texas User is: OffLine	Re: Tips on exhaust tips ? Is that your truck?
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03-01-2006, 01:14 PM	#23
longislandboi85 Registered User Age: 24 Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 132 Location: south shore long island User is: OffLine	Re: Tips on exhaust tips ? & how does that help the discussion on exhaust tip's?
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03-01-2006, 01:29 PM	#24
sockjock Huge Ideas, Tiny Wallet Age: 44 Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,211 Location: Denton, NC User is: OffLine	Re: Tips on exhaust tips ? Exactly! Please stick to the subject of exhaust tips. Questions relating to tips or suggestions pertaining to tips or helpful info or pics about tips. If you want to post pics of your trucks please use members rides section.
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03-01-2006, 01:37 PM	#25
sockjock Huge Ideas, Tiny Wallet Age: 44 Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,211 Location: Denton, NC User is: OffLine	Re: Tips on exhaust tips ? Back to the subject of "TIPS" I've been considering installing this setup from summit... what do you think? about looks? but mostly sound? http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=TCN%2DT570&N=115& autoview=sku Here's a pic if you can't use the link:
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03-01-2006, 01:48 PM	#26
DeMon76187 Mecha-Shiva Age: 22 Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,260 Location: Palm Harbor, FL User is: OffLine	Re: Tips on exhaust tips ? never both with a link, were all too lazy. it looks good, and looks like it will sound good, 13.5in.
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03-01-2006, 02:24 PM	#27
zeldalord Cornerin Demon Age: 25 Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,158 Location: Little Rock User is: OffLine	Re: Tips on exhaust tips ? it's pricy, but you'll never have to replace it, being stainless put that and magnaflow muffler and you'd have a very smooth mellow tone.
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