Looking for a Custom Exhaust Shop in the Clarkston/Waterford MI area
08-24-2013, 06:21 AM
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OK, thanks for the response.
If you are going for strictly better sound, I'd steer more toward's Dynomax's Rock Crawler kit instead of the VT, but that's my own personal preference. I have had both installed on my Jeep.
Plus you have 90 days to decide if you want to keep it or not, Dynomax is awesome in that regard!
The Rock Crawler ultra flow muffler system is the full cat back that exits after the axle.
The system that exits before the axle is the EVO kit.
Also, from what I understood, they do not recommend this kit on a 2 door due to it possibly melting the emergency cable.
Dynomax can clear up any questions about either kit.
Plus you have 90 days to decide if you want to keep it or not, Dynomax is awesome in that regard!
The Rock Crawler ultra flow muffler system is the full cat back that exits after the axle.
The system that exits before the axle is the EVO kit.
Also, from what I understood, they do not recommend this kit on a 2 door due to it possibly melting the emergency cable.
Dynomax can clear up any questions about either kit.
08-24-2013, 06:23 AM
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Thanks Mike.
08-24-2013, 06:29 AM
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Oops. Guess I should have read on before replying.
Thanks for the answer, Sir. Mind if I ask which system you think sounds the most like a V-8? You know, that throaty roar on acceleration and the burble at idle. I have noticed that Dynamax's products are priced much more reasonably than a lot of their competitors which is a great thing when you live on a fixed income like me.
08-28-2013, 08:02 AM
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I'll have to check out the Rock Crawler. Do you mind if I ask why you say to stay away from a dual exit? My Jeep is kinda throwback in that I love chrome and one of the things I was thinking about were chromed tips. I don't really do any hardcore wheeling anymore so I don't foresee rock crawling in my future. Usually just trails and sometimes I go up to the Silver Lake sand dunes. Mostly I'd like a little bump in horsepower and as close to a V-8 burble as I can get. 
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08-28-2013, 08:34 AM
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Thanks for the answer, Sir. Mind if I ask which system you think sounds the most like a V-8? You know, that throaty roar on acceleration and the burble at idle. I have noticed that Dynamax's products are priced much more reasonably than a lot of their competitors which is a great thing when you live on a fixed income like me.
A lot of people like the relocate option we offer.
We also have a great 90 day Sound/Performance Guarantee. If you aren't happy return it for a refund.
Missed the V8 part, our louder systems would probably be the "rock crawler" or the Evolution Competition System, they are about a 5-6 out of a 10.
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......but seriously...
09-01-2013, 11:44 PM
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AFE MACH FORCE 3" inch. i put this on my 07 jk. great sound. stanless steel. $315.oo is what i paid. no drone civic sound. it bolts up to the Y pipe. when u order it tell them u have 3.8 v6 so u get the 3" exhaust. the pentastar gets the wimpy 2.5" exhaust. my brother says mine sounds like a V8 when ideling. and i agree. i got rid of my gibson stainless single exhaust.
09-02-2013, 04:54 AM
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I don't know if the catback for the 3.8 will fit on the 3.6.
AFE MACH FORCE 3" inch. i put this on my 07 jk. great sound. stanless steel. $315.oo is what i paid. no drone civic sound. it bolts up to the Y pipe. when u order it tell them u have 3.8 v6 so u get the 3" exhaust. the pentastar gets the wimpy 2.5" exhaust. my brother says mine sounds like a V8 when ideling. and i agree. i got rid of my gibson stainless single exhaust.
09-02-2013, 08:33 AM
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AFE MACH FORCE 3" inch. i put this on my 07 jk. great sound. stanless steel. $315.oo is what i paid. no drone civic sound. it bolts up to the Y pipe. when u order it tell them u have 3.8 v6 so u get the 3" exhaust. the pentastar gets the wimpy 2.5" exhaust. my brother says mine sounds like a V8 when ideling. and i agree. i got rid of my gibson stainless single exhaust.
As I've pointed out numerous times in exhaust threads, the 3.6 is a COMPLETELY different beast.
When people come in to an exhaust thread recommending the exhaust they have on their 3.8 for someone that has a 3.6, prepare for it to sound not anything alike.
Getting the 3.6 to "sound like a V8" is pretty much an impracticality.
It was much easier on the 3.8, and even then, you can say it sounds like a V8 all you wan't.... it doesn't.
Not trying to be a debby downer, just being realistic.
09-02-2013, 09:55 AM
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I mappreciate your frankness, Nantaru.
I'm going to point out that it does not matter what yours sounds like, his will not sound the same, no matter if he gets the 2.5" or 3"
As I've pointed out numerous times in exhaust threads, the 3.6 is a COMPLETELY different beast.
When people come in to an exhaust thread recommending the exhaust they have on their 3.8 for someone that has a 3.6, prepare for it to sound not anything alike.
Getting the 3.6 to "sound like a V8" is pretty much an impracticality.
It was much easier on the 3.8, and even then, you can say it sounds like a V8 all you wan't.... it doesn't.
Not trying to be a debby downer, just being realistic.
As I've pointed out numerous times in exhaust threads, the 3.6 is a COMPLETELY different beast.
When people come in to an exhaust thread recommending the exhaust they have on their 3.8 for someone that has a 3.6, prepare for it to sound not anything alike.
Getting the 3.6 to "sound like a V8" is pretty much an impracticality.
It was much easier on the 3.8, and even then, you can say it sounds like a V8 all you wan't.... it doesn't.
Not trying to be a debby downer, just being realistic.
That's why I stated I had a 3.6. I know they sound different and I know getting one to sound like a V-8 really won't happen. The deeper tone I'm talking about really sounds more like a sports car-type sound but at idle it does have that V8 burble. I just want to make sure I don't get the type of sound I heard on a friend's 3.6 (with a Corsa catback) that sounded like one of the kid's tuner cars. Rather leave her stock than that. The best I've heard off Youtube (which I'm skeptical of the accuracy of) are the 2 Gibsons: the Metal Mulisha and the Gibson Dual axel-back exhaust. They both sound good with the Mulisha sounding deepest. But I've read quite a few negatives things on the Mulisha tips, which are a big selling point for them, in that the tips corrode, discolor and the badging on them ends up looking like crap after a few winters of Michigan-type weather. I had a dual Borla setup on a Caddy I owned and had no probs with the chromed tips holding up through the winters. At my age with a crummy back I won't be doing any hard-core type 'wheeling, more along the lines of light playing in the snow, sand and a little mud. So I'm looking for the sound and the appearance since my 2014 Wrangler Sport is kind of a Driveway Queen, although still quite capable off the pavement. I've got the best lift I've ever had on this Jeep and Bilstein shocks which I'll always keep from here on. I'm a chrome-nut, which goes back to my teenaged years driving muscle cars ('67 Goat, '72 Chevelle, etc.) so I put really beautiful chromed 17" American Racing wheels wrapped with 35X12.50 Toyo M/Ts. Also put a chrome grill-slot kit on it, a chrome gas cap cover and some chrome windshield KCs that I recycled from my last Jeep, an '07 Unlimited. Gotta say, she looks purty sweet. Thanks for the honesty, Bro.
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