Cat back exhaust

[JJam2112]

Tom, how did this end up for you. What is your thoughts on the noise?

 

[Joenavy85]

When my factory muffler started rusting through I took a chance and cheaped out with a Cherry Bomb Turbo muffler followed by a 12" Glasspack. I was not disappointed. Sounds like what I would consider a factory performance exhaust, no drone during normal driving (flooring it produces some drone in the mid-rpm range), nice soft idle that you can actually hear, but not annoying in the least.

 

[tommudd]

Tom, how did this end up for you. What is your thoughts on the noise?

Hate it, sounds ok idling, but on the road going up hills etc too loud and annoying for me, loud enough not to be able to talk inside of the cabin with ease.
Old exhaust is going back on soon as I have time

 

[HoosierJeeper]

What's the old exhaust? Stock?

 

[tommudd]

What's the old exhaust? Stock?

Yes, muffler is thin in spots but sounds good yet

 

[Aceofspades]

Hate it, sounds ok idling, but on the road going up hills etc too loud and annoying for me, loud enough not to be able to talk inside of the cabin with ease.
Old exhaust is going back on soon as I have time

Extremely odd. Both mine are stupid quiet.

 

[tommudd]

Extremely odd. Both mine are stupid quiet.

Maybe I mounted it upside down inside out or something LOL

 

[Aceofspades]

Maybe I mounted it upside down inside out or something LOL

Actually funny thing is, my buddy installed his recently too, and guess what. He called me up and said he had an exhaust leak cause it’s loud.
I checked for leaks and there is nothing. Maybe the resonator isn’t packed right or yea maybe it’s backwards ?? Has me confused too

 

[tommudd]

Actually funny thing is, my buddy installed his recently too, and guess what. He called me up and said he had an exhaust leak cause it’s loud.
I checked for leaks and there is nothing. Maybe the resonator isn’t packed right or yea maybe it’s backwards ?? Has me confused too

Thing is, mine at least muffler is already mounted to the pipe that bolts on, so no way to install backwards.
I like the pipes, way they are made and run, everything looks good as far as looks
I even have ben driving the 05 for the past couple of weeks, but switched everything back to the 03 again so will give it a second chance

 

[Johnny O]

Hate to resurrect a corpse, but was any consensus reached? I’ve got a tired system ready for replacement

 

[tommudd]

Magnaflow
I had Flowlouder on the 04 , installed when it had about 200 miles on it
Lasted until it had maybe 10-11,000 and could not stand it any longer
( well could not stand it on long trips by 250 miles , still liked talking to the wife back then LOL
Installed Magnaflow, great sound, loud but not over loud just a good nice rumble on start up , down the road
Still on there
on the 03 after the stock one went a few months ago , installed Walker 18944 SoundFX Muffler
little rumble , not loud but sounds good , running it with a good 2.5 inch inside diameter tailpipe from Speed daddy. MBRP clone )
well and actually the same one on the 05 now as well
older I get, the quieter I like it, many times I have to sneak away, can't run like I used to 40 years ago LOL

 

[JeepJeepster]

Ever found a good stainless tail pipe that is hidden like the factory tail pipe is? Im not much on the exhaust hanging below the rear bumper.

 

[tommudd]

I never have
don't know how the speed daddy would hang with a stock rear bumper since I don't have any of those left
or even if you could buy one but has great mandrel bent pipe

 

[Dave_too]

Well after 16 years the muffler is starting to rust through on the 03, not loud and annoying,.....yet, but

Nothing loud, no cheap Flow masters or any of that junk just a good quiet/ semi-quiet cat back system

Anyone found some great deals here lately ?

Thanks

This wasn't recently, but I was able to pick up a Magnaflow catback a year ago for half of list-price on Amazon using camelcamelcamel. It did take 6 months of watching and waiting though!

 

[Johnny O]

Magnaflow
I had Flowlouder on the 04 , installed when it had about 200 miles on it
Lasted until it had maybe 10-11,000 and could not stand it any longer
( well could not stand it on long trips by 250 miles , still liked talking to the wife back then LOL
Installed Magnaflow, great sound, loud but not over loud just a good nice rumble on start up , down the road
Still on there
on the 03 after the stock one went a few months ago , installed Walker 18944 SoundFX Muffler
little rumble , not loud but sounds good , running it with a good 2.5 inch inside diameter tailpipe from Speed daddy. MBRP clone )
well and actually the same one on the 05 now as well
older I get, the quieter I like it, many times I have to sneak away, can't run like I used to 40 years ago LOL

I've no interest in a loud Jeep is why I resurrected. If I need more hearing loss I just drive the bug. Lol.

As I was down the rabbit hole teaching myself I kept reading catback. Funny how deep web dives always bring me back here.

 

[04Liberty]

Borla 14997 (if you can find one lol)

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Subtle but sounds good.

 

[tommudd]

Borla sounds great on a V8
Had that on my 93 GMC short bed low rider

 

[04Liberty]

Borla sounds great on a V8

They do, I have one on my Ram. Same kit for the past 15 yrs lol.

 

[Trainmaster]

If you use the Walker junk, drill a 1/8" hole at each end of the muffler to let the water out. No added noise at all but without them the muffler will rot out in less than two years.

 

[tommudd]

If you use the Walker junk, drill a 1/8" hole at each end of the muffler to let the water out. No added noise at all but without them the muffler will rot out in less than two years.

I have a buddy with a KJ he bought new in 03 so I know the complete history
His " WALKER JUNK " is going on 6 years now and still doing well, NO RUST