Has anyone replaced big factory muffler for sports type?

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I called into a exhaust shop today to ask there advice on a slight note for the Prado. The guy suggested cutting out the crapola factory beast like muffler and replacing it with a smaller magnaflow unit. Anyone done anything similar? I want just a slight noise with nothing loud and farty he said should sound very nice ????$350 might be worth giving it a crack.

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Yes. Lots of us did. There are a couple if threads on that subject, but have a look at my rig build where I have detailed how I went for me on the D4D. But if you pay more than $200 you have paid too much. I paid $150


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Yes. Lots of us did. There are a couple if threads on that subject, but have a look at my rig build where I have detailed how I went for me on the D4D. But if you pay more than $200 you have paid too much. I paid $150


Steve

All I could find was exhaust threads on diesels. I couldn't find much on the V6 I wanted to know if there was any drone etc.
Was yours a magnaflow muffler or another brand?

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Mine was the muffler that the exhaust guy fitted. Have no idea what brand, just that it was a straight through and it helps helped a lot. That was on a D4D though.


Steve

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If you come visit me at work Daz you can have a listen of mine, mine is a full system though.
Otherwise the guys at RAMP were very good and knew what they were doing... (if you wanted a recommendation)
mine is a 120 though, but should be similar.

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If you come visit me at work Daz you can have a listen of mine, mine is a full system though.
Otherwise the guys at RAMP were very good and knew what they were doing... (if you wanted a recommendation)
mine is a 120 though, but should be similar.

Thanks Timmay....any drone? I would do a full system but it's a mostly straight 2.5" stainless system from the factory.

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Tyres are noisier than the exhaust...
I originally had a magnaflow 2.5 cat back, but it was too drony, and I didn't like the way it went into the 1 pipe from the 2.
had it changed to a larger muffler and then a resonator at the back, much better.

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Thanks Timmay....any drone? I would do a full system but it's a mostly straight 2.5" stainless system from the factory.

I assume yours is a petrol KAKADAZ, and you will have the drone/resonance noise unless you have a second small muffler at the rear.

Have a stainless system on my GXL petrol, back from the 'Y' junction of the 2 manifold pipes. The muffler is about the same length, but about 19cm wide and 12cm high, through to a small muffler at the rear. No drone, however, the noise is deeper, and mid range acceleration is a bit quicker.

The installer told me that Toyota fit some sort of wire gauze in the 'Y' piece, so he removed this from mine.