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I removed the resonator a while back mostly for appearance but have been wanting more v8 soundtrack. Recently put on the magnaflow direct fit muffler. This route is cheaper than a full cat back, but not better. The truck is very loud on start up. The first few minutes (2-4) of every drive, a bad frequency makes its way into the cab and even rattles one air vent. While that sucks, once the engine is up to operating temps, it all smooths out and sounds great. Parking, having it cool off some but not completely and driving again this cold frequency phase is absent.
I’d suggest keeping the resonator if using this muffler or* just doing a quality cat back from the start. I’m not unhappy with my result and will be keeping it, though the cold characteristics are unpleasant and something I’ve not ever experienced with past vehicles/exhaust modifications. Hope this helps someone.
 

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I did something similar, but went with a local shop. Used a Jones Turbine Muffler, removed resonator. I have a tiny bit of drone like you do, but I liked the price over the Borla or other spendy options.
 
oppizzippo said:
I did something similar, but went with a local shop. Used a Jones Turbine Muffler, removed resonator. I have a tiny bit of drone like you do, but I liked the price over the Borla or other spendy options.
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I’m probably at 1/2 cost for a nice cat back. The shop that removed my resonator and gave the bobbed high cut exit offered to do a “generic” name brand muffler and weld it in. I was on the fence at the time and ended up with the magnaflow direct fit because I’ve had great experience with the brand previously, and it’s rated as “mild” by them and others I’ve seen. I’ll have to attribute the extra noise to the missing resonator although it didn’t have much effect on its own.
Overall the nuisance clears up quick, cruising is fine, and it sounds beefy on throttle so it’s still a win but were I to start fresh I’d do it a bit different.
 
Rockcrawlindude said:
Not surprised. Every magnaflow I have ever had sounded like absolute crap.
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All subjective, but that’s not my prior or current experience. I had a magnaflow overland on my GX and it was ideal. This is far from crap, so hopefully that’s not what I conveyed in trying to articulate my opinion. It’s louder than expected and the cold frequency isn’t nice but it quickly clears up. Maybe I’ll take a video but audio never comes across well especially on a cell. My wife has yet to complain for another metric some might find helpful.
 
Poolmonkey said:
Quiet power is luxurious IMO. Meh
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I selectively agree with something that is otherwise sedate and understated like a Range Rover or a car meant to blend into the herd like a beige Toyota Camry. Even a ram 1500 tungsten.
These trucks are lifted, enormous, giant aggressive grills, big lights bolted to the roof, monster truck size tires and even most have splashy graphics saying “power wagon” covering half the side. Short of an orange Lamborghini, it’s one of the loudest, most in your face vehicles for sale. A quiet exhaust on a power wagon is as out of place to me as a quiet muscle car. Though I’m sure they exist too.
 
Black Widow muffler w/o resonator. If you're looking for aggressive, 100% the solution. However, there is drone at 1800-2100 rpm. Insane sound though. Also, go with the quietest muffler lol
 
After limited consideration, I accepted I made a $400 mistake (not my worst by a long shot) and decided to cut away from the direct fit magnaflow. Borla S-type is on it now. No complaints, exactly as I wanted and wish I started there but hindsight is what it is. I still maintain the direct fit would work nice with the factory resonator if trying to save a few.
 

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I did a custom exhaust set up with a magnaflow 16" straight through muffler that's dumped under the bed. It is loud. It resonates a bit but it's raunchy and I love it.
 
That is likely similar to what I had. I could have lived with it as a love/hate affair but I’m 100% pleased with the Borla. All of the good with none of the bad. The rear side exit is more vulnerable off-road but I won’t lie about how shamefully little this hog does off pavement.
 
HarryDangler said:
After limited consideration, I accepted I made a $400 mistake (not my worst by a long shot) and decided to cut away from the direct fit magnaflow. Borla S-type is on it now. No complaints, exactly as I wanted and wish I started there but hindsight is what it is. I still maintain the direct fit would work nice with the factory resonator if trying to save a few.
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Had the Borla S on my previous 2500, absolutely loved it. Will be on my 22 PW soon
 
I bought my 24 used with 6,000 miles on it. PO has installed a tiny muffler that sounded cool in an annoying high school kinda of way. It was super loud on cold start and that annoyed me and my neighbors. I had a local muffler shop cut that out and weld in a bigger and more subtle sounding muffler. It still sounds good when pinned and it isn’t super annoying on the freeway.
 
Onefin said:
I bought my 24 used with 6,000 miles on it. PO has installed a tiny muffler that sounded cool in an annoying high school kinda of way. It was super loud on cold start and that annoyed me and my neighbors. I had a local muffler shop cut that out and weld in a bigger and more subtle sounding muffler. It still sounds good when pinned and it isn’t super annoying on the freeway.
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So you ruined it?
 
I'm very close to pulling the trigger on a Borla S-type, but I have a semi-related question.

I have a pair of 4000lb ramps (2k lbs per ramp) which are probably 15 years old (polypropylene/plastic, not metal) - is that weight capacity okay for the 2500's? Do they deteriorate over time at all?

In theory, if I back onto them to help get the old exhaust over the axle, less than 50% of the truck's weight will be on them. I'd just rather not push it for extremely obvious reasons, especially if Tractor Supply sell 6-ton ones for $70. I do also have jackstands I could use with them to be safe, too.
 
I am also very close to pulling the trigger on this kit.

I probably wouldn’t use those type ramps. I have a set but I’ve never put the truck on them.

You should be able to install the exhaust without the truck in the air but it is always nice to have a little more room. It may be easier with the RR tire off.

I just checked out an install video and they use a lift but they do not even remove a tire and they lift the vehicle by the control arms so the suspension isn’t even drooped so they’ve gained no room to work over the axle.

 
Hmm, yea.. The video I saw was a couple of dudes doing a driveway install, and the struggle seemed limited to getting the resonator + over-axle pipe over the axle itself. They ended up using a jack (in the wrong jack point) and were able to get it angled enough they could eek it over, but it seemed like that extra height from the ramps would make that one piece far easier.

That being said, I might just see if my local mechanic wants to install it for me instead. Frankly, the idea of trying to hold a heavy muffler in place with one hand while lining up isolators seems challenging without a second set of hands or a lift + jack like they had in your video. Was a solid video too, thx for posting it.
 
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