Chattownranger
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- James
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So a few months back I chopped and hacked my factory exhaust up in order to have a little more clearance as well as get rid of the pipe hanging out the back of the truck. Not that it looks bad. I mean most every vehicle has exhaust hanging out somewhere but my preference is to have it hidden.
So anyway, I welded in a magnaflow muffler with turn down and it was a smidge too loud. Welded the factory resonator in there and sounded pretty legit. I would have been perfectly happy with it for the duration of owning my ranger except I stumbled upon this freaking beautiful exhaust made here in the USA by SPD Performance.
My package was delivered last Thursday and despite having strep throat thanks to my kid I still went out and installed it.
So after a week of driving around I can say that I am very happy with it. Itās freaking gorgeous even if no one will ever see it. It sounds great. In between the resonator and magnaflow and just the magnaflow without resonator as far as noise level. However, it is deeper and sounds way better at wide open throttle. I really dig the 2 tips as it is just a bit of cool factor for me I guess.
All the hardware was there and beefy. No complaints at all with anything except - the front pipe that mates to the factory downpipe is the exact same diameter, both inner and outer, as the downpipe. So it needed to be modified to slip over the factory pipe. Then there is a small locating tab on top of the downpipe that also wasnāt accounted for. No big deal really and I would buy it again in a heartbeat.
Overall I am super happy with the exhaust. It sounds great and looks fantastic even if it wonāt be seen by anyone.
Here are some terrible phone pics of my filthy truck but you get the idea.
So anyway, I welded in a magnaflow muffler with turn down and it was a smidge too loud. Welded the factory resonator in there and sounded pretty legit. I would have been perfectly happy with it for the duration of owning my ranger except I stumbled upon this freaking beautiful exhaust made here in the USA by SPD Performance.
My package was delivered last Thursday and despite having strep throat thanks to my kid I still went out and installed it.
So after a week of driving around I can say that I am very happy with it. Itās freaking gorgeous even if no one will ever see it. It sounds great. In between the resonator and magnaflow and just the magnaflow without resonator as far as noise level. However, it is deeper and sounds way better at wide open throttle. I really dig the 2 tips as it is just a bit of cool factor for me I guess.
All the hardware was there and beefy. No complaints at all with anything except - the front pipe that mates to the factory downpipe is the exact same diameter, both inner and outer, as the downpipe. So it needed to be modified to slip over the factory pipe. Then there is a small locating tab on top of the downpipe that also wasnāt accounted for. No big deal really and I would buy it again in a heartbeat.
Overall I am super happy with the exhaust. It sounds great and looks fantastic even if it wonāt be seen by anyone.
Here are some terrible phone pics of my filthy truck but you get the idea.
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