Last weekend I tried to install a new O2 sensor aft of the drivers side Cat. After a few minutes trying to loosen it to no avail I fire up the engine to let the pipes heat up and expand. After 10 minutes I crawl back under the car, the pipes are barely hot. I touch the cat and can hold my hand on it. It's quite warm but far from burning. Touch the front and WOW, that's hot. So I stop the install and plan on new cats. While I was at it, installed a magnaflow 3" X-pipe, 3" pipes and two 3" magnaflow mufflers. Now she sounds GRRRRRRRREAT and I don't get a heat wave from under the car when I open the door. The throttle even feels better so they must have been on their last leg.

Hope to have a sound clip tomorrow.

The parts


Installed. Oh yeah, all blacked out!

Whoo Hoo! Enjoy them.

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Blacked out is my favorite, mine's like that but with different mufflers.

My drive up to the office.
New Exhaust Video - Inside

Music to my ears.
New Exhaust - Outside

And when I pulled up to the house last night my wife says, "And I though it couldn't sound any meaner." (previously had muffler eliminators) I love my wife!

Your neighbors will be thrilled.

Nice. If it's too loud, your're too old. I'm curious about those backup lights.

Oh I'm certainly not the only one with loud exhaust in my neighborhood...although I might be the loudest. The diesel trucks are close though...and a couple of harleys can wake the dead. I do try to be as quite as possible early in the morning and if I come home late.

The backup lights were custom made. I couldn't stand the yellowing lenses, so I cut them off, got some 1/4" plexi, traced out the old lenses and had a shop cut them out for me. Sanded off what was left of the chrome bezels and painted them a reflective black and used some black epoxy to put it all back together. And with the LED backup lights, I can light up a small town!