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New pipes
I've had some polished SS Magnaflow tips laying in my garage for a while, and finally decided to put them to good use. A few hours after work with some scrap pipe, the bender and welder (I work at CarX), and another guy and myself built this:
I previously had a stock-exit with some polished square tips. It didn't look bad, but it was fairly loud in the cab (drone wise) and it had a higher pitched sound (2.25" pipe). New system is still 2.25", but the tips are 2.75" IIRC. Result is a deeper, smoother sound, and less interior noise- we purposely extended them past the bumper for this reason. Still have the 70 Series on it along with no cat.
FWIW- the truck isn't tilted, it's a camera phone picture.
Also- For those of you with stainless tips that are getting corrosion, pick up some 1000 grit and 3000 grit sand paper. Use a sanding sponge behind it (I used an old headlight refinishing kit) and begin wet sanding them. Good stainless will come back, and can be re-polished with higher grit paper and some compound.
I previously had a stock-exit with some polished square tips. It didn't look bad, but it was fairly loud in the cab (drone wise) and it had a higher pitched sound (2.25" pipe). New system is still 2.25", but the tips are 2.75" IIRC. Result is a deeper, smoother sound, and less interior noise- we purposely extended them past the bumper for this reason. Still have the 70 Series on it along with no cat.
FWIW- the truck isn't tilted, it's a camera phone picture.
Also- For those of you with stainless tips that are getting corrosion, pick up some 1000 grit and 3000 grit sand paper. Use a sanding sponge behind it (I used an old headlight refinishing kit) and begin wet sanding them. Good stainless will come back, and can be re-polished with higher grit paper and some compound.
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