Help with exhaust mod guys
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From: JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
Yeah, muffler city on Sunbeam was one of the places I went. They wanted to rip out my stainless set up and go all aluminum. I told them I wanted to keep as much of the stainless as possible and even offered to bring the stainless in with me to replace what I am removing. They had no clue. I had to laugh! lol
I told them thanks, and walked out. The other issue is nobody has a mandrel bender so......I think the best route is a prefabbed x pipe and then remove the rear resonators and replace with mufflers of choice with tips. Keep as much stainless as possible! Buy a Magnaflow X pipe and 2 offset mufflers with tips and have them weld it in. Done. P.S you gotta watch these lame shops around here, if they can't identify stainless from aluminum, they will probably try to weld stainless to aluminum if you piece a system together and will use the incorrect method of welding the two together. Heads up!
I told them thanks, and walked out. The other issue is nobody has a mandrel bender so......I think the best route is a prefabbed x pipe and then remove the rear resonators and replace with mufflers of choice with tips. Keep as much stainless as possible! Buy a Magnaflow X pipe and 2 offset mufflers with tips and have them weld it in. Done. P.S you gotta watch these lame shops around here, if they can't identify stainless from aluminum, they will probably try to weld stainless to aluminum if you piece a system together and will use the incorrect method of welding the two together. Heads up!
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From: JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
Called Magnaflow, the part number they gave me for the muffler is 14226, FYI
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/mpe-14226
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/mpe-14226
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From: Illinois
I was planning to try the Gibson axel back maybe this summer. I think it's just crazy to rip out stainless to put stainless back. The Gibson is stainless and meant for our vehicles. Also might get some black tips to put on. I'm afraid to remove the suitcase as my wife will flip out if there is any drone. She rocks the radio so loud I'm not worried about her knowing it sounds different but drone you can't hide. She drives the D 60 miles round trip m-f so drone would blow.
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Called Magnaflow, the part number they gave me for the muffler is 14226, FYI
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/mpe-14226
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/mpe-14226
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From: Gunnison, co
When they say they want to replace your stainless pipes with "aluminum" it is actually "Aluminumized" similar to galvanized. Cheaper steel pipes with a coating to prevent rust. Factory stainless pipes are much better and will not rot through like regular steel pipes will.
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From: Old Bridge,NJ
I hear ya..we are always in the wifey's Acadia and my truck sits because I'm an OCD idiot which is why i'm parting out in the hopes I drive it with the kids and puppy or actually let her use it for all the running around she does!! 
. But the kids are in the Tank Sequoia 95% of the time and she knows these days that the D is my 4th baby, so nothing surprises here these days when it comes to my obsession with the black beauty.
Don't let the OCD ruin your life....I'm not allowed to talk, breath, Forum, Ebay, ect around my wife. She has had it with the hours of online searches, Forum chating and so fourth....LOL We have two cars in the garage that don't leave it until all the snow,salt, and road debri is gone and even then only on clear sunny days when the roadways are completely dry. Then there's the DD that now sits too, because I have a work "minivan". she is now another queen of the driveway (need third garage bay) so I can get her inside out of the cold too, Blahahahaha
