New Custom Exhaust
07-03-2009, 06:58 PM
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New Custom Exhaust
So I took a little trip down to the local exhasut shop today. After beating up the stock exhaust, and several aftermarket exhaust I decided it was time to get something with a little more protection. After a long talk about what I wanted, legal issues (and the exhaust is legal), back pressure issues and a miriad of other things....this is what we came up with.
It is a 20" 2.25" glasspack. Cut the stock exhaust under the drivers door and exitied with a down turn just after the frame rise for the rear axle. Outside of the downturn the enitre muffler sits above the frame, there is still 6-8" between the muffler and the evap and the downturn clears through full flex.
The sound really isn't that bad. Not ricer at all, a little loud under hard acceleration, but about the same as the stock muffler during cruising. Overall I am really happy with it so far. and the bottom line out the door........
$159 parts/labor w/warranty!!!
From the outside....its all above the frame!
Hope you enjoy.....any questions????
It is a 20" 2.25" glasspack. Cut the stock exhaust under the drivers door and exitied with a down turn just after the frame rise for the rear axle. Outside of the downturn the enitre muffler sits above the frame, there is still 6-8" between the muffler and the evap and the downturn clears through full flex.
The sound really isn't that bad. Not ricer at all, a little loud under hard acceleration, but about the same as the stock muffler during cruising. Overall I am really happy with it so far. and the bottom line out the door........
$159 parts/labor w/warranty!!!
From the outside....its all above the frame!
Hope you enjoy.....any questions????
07-03-2009, 08:58 PM
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07-04-2009, 06:34 AM
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There's a reason factory exhaust exits from the edge of the body and not underneath. Be really careful with this. If you start to get headaches route this out from underneath the body, Hate to see something bad happen to you. This could be especially dangerous if you get stuck in snow up in the mountains.
07-04-2009, 07:58 AM
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There's a reason factory exhaust exits from the edge of the body and not underneath. Be really careful with this. If you start to get headaches route this out from underneath the body, Hate to see something bad happen to you. This could be especially dangerous if you get stuck in snow up in the mountains.
I would not suggest this mod for a vehicle that is used to regularly carry children or spends alot of time in traffic, but if yours is a weekend trail rig/occasional driver like mine then it should work perfectly.
Last edited by 09rubicon; 07-04-2009 at 08:07 AM.
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07-04-2009, 11:14 AM
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Here is mine, Magnaflow 14" dumped right before the rear axle. Sounds great!! Ive never heard of anyone having issues with dumped exhust as far as getting carbon monoxide in the cab. Cars nowdays are so air tight that you would have a hard time getting any fumes in the cab!! 
07-04-2009, 11:01 PM
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Just becareful with having your drain plugs out... before I ran the exhaust like I have it now ( 20" glass pack 
) it dumped out underneath the body, and my wife often had head aches, once we noticed that I had forgoten a couple drain plugs she stopped getting the head aches.
) it dumped out underneath the body, and my wife often had head aches, once we noticed that I had forgoten a couple drain plugs she stopped getting the head aches.