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Noisy Exhaust - Can't Pass State Inspection

Old Jul 26, 2005 | 12:14 PM
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Noisy Exhaust - Can't Pass State Inspection

Hey guys I'm in a bit of a jam. I recently went to get my car inspected and they told me I needed a new exhaust from the cat-back. I said yeehaa! A good excuse to upgrade, right..??

So I go down to the local rip-off chain service station and have them put on all new pipes (B and resonator) with a stainless magnaflow muffler.

Now the thing rumbles like a monster! My buddy has the same muffler and his is much quieter. It is probably because I have the warpspeed downpipe, but I didn’t think it would be that loud.

So anyway, point being, its too dam loud to pass inspection. Any ideas on how to quiet the beast? I had the idea of universal silencer inserts..that possible?




FYI - Magnaflow mufflers + downpipes = loud (but not ricey at all :-D)
Old Jul 26, 2005 | 12:18 PM
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Maybe put the stock muffler back on for the inspection, and then when/if u pass it, put the magnaflow back on?

btw, any sound clips?
Old Jul 26, 2005 | 12:29 PM
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Stock muffler was junk :-/

No sound clips, maybe I can get some though if your really interested. It sounds a lot like the cat-back that GReddy makes.. much cheaper though.
Old Jul 26, 2005 | 12:38 PM
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go to a lick and stick place.
Old Jul 26, 2005 | 12:47 PM
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Anybody know of one in NH?
Old Jul 26, 2005 | 12:48 PM
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And you've been here how long? You should know by now tht a y-pipe adds a lot of noice when coupled with magnaflow mufflers and custom b-pipes ... been there done that ..

A Maxima cannot ever be "loud", and not ricey .. Loud = ricey ... Get anotehr longer/larger resonator, and a quieter muffler.
Old Jul 26, 2005 | 12:49 PM
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Originally Posted by zeebox4
Anybody know of one in NH?
Why don't you sk in your regional forum ... Because I sure as hell don't know of one in NH .. but that's given because I'm well over 1000 miles away.
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