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Old 05-08-2017, 04:56 PM   #1
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After getting the DASC installed, I have been driving the car a lot more, Noticed a bit of a rattle on my exhaust and upon inspection, clearly it is at the end of its life. Anyone out there have a recent OEM or other aftermarket? Rather not spend $800-900 for a new one for a car that just isn't worth that much relative to the car being worth 4k. And not looking to wake the neighbors or having a 4" pipe sticking out the back. I searched through the "sticky" for exhausts, and most of the links seem old and lost. Most of the more recent posts/links reflects m/s/50/52 swaps.
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Last time I checked, Autozone carried an oem replacement cat back for around $250.

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Never very confident in non OEM, OEM parts.
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Understood. Price went up anyway, it's now 315 for the Walker. They also carry a Bosal for 323.

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Stromung is available and quality aftermarket. Personally best sounding is Supersprint or Eisenmann. Both hard to find and NLA I think. My local exhaust shop and made a 3" header back system for roughly $150. I purchased the mufflers I wanted and made it work. Try a custom setup before dropping big money on catback.
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Not afraid of going custom, but most of those "aftermarket mufflers" in my experience sound like Japanese cars. At least in a sense of "performance type.

I keep coming back to Supersprint, but its so hard to imagine spending 8-900 on an old cheap car.
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Super sprint is truly the best imo. Mine lasted roughly 10 years before rotting out. As for aftermarket mufflers sounding Japanese it's the nature of a 4. You need to create an actual cat back not just replace the rear muffler. The diameter of exhaust will play a role in tone


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The aftermarket OEM replacements are all crush bent. They are a downgrade from stock.

Magnaflow has a replacement high flow cat (the likely source of your rattle) and a performance cat back. You can buy both sections for less than the cost of the Supersprint cat back and the fit is perfect. It is however a little loud. I have a customer that had the full Magnaflow exhaust but replaced the cat back with a Strommung unit to quiet it down a bit.

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The cat itself looks very good (clearly replaced previously) But the muffler itself is rotting at the seams. And I'd rather go stock than something absurdly loud, like Magnaflow.
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The cat itself looks very good (clearly replaced previously) But the muffler itself is rotting at the seams. And I'd rather go stock than something absurdly loud, like Magnaflow.


I wouldn't use 'absurd' to describe it but I understand what you're saying. The Magnaflow cat back with the stock cat would probably sound pretty nice.

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I'm in this same camp. I've lusted over the Supersprint exhaust since I owned my E30 17 years ago. I settled on the Scorpion cat back in 2004, and loved the sound. However, that was the M20B25. M44B19 sound is different, and avoiding the fart-can sound I frequently hear in SoCal is premium.

However, I agree, Supersprint, Eisenmann sound good... But $$$. I'm also exploring Ulter exhausts, which I know little about (picture attached).

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I just checked realOEM.com and the OEM stock cat back is about $500, although all the usual spots seem to indicate that or more (plus shipping I assume). Maybe Supersprint isn't that far out of the question. Looks like the Stromung is about $500, but on one FS post here recently, it looks like the pipe is already rusty (ergo not stainless).
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Just had a Magnaflow #23996 cat and #16528 cat-back installed. Looks and sounds great - nice mellow sound - not tinny.
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