Favorite Exhaust

[jaqalnp]

Whats your favorite exhaust for the CTS?

Also, what do you guys think about magnaflow?

[bigdawgfoxx]

Can someone, in the process of answering the above question, explain what the hell a catback system is? I can buy an X Pipe, Mufflers, Tips, and Cats for like $300-400. A catback system is basically that stuff but with piping. Why does it cost $1200??? It doesn't make sense to me..

[YuraB]

cat back exhaust system means everything from the cats back, it's really that simple.
You know where your cats end, all the piping from the end of the cats to your tips is a cat back exhaust system.
That is why it's more expensive then just mufflers.

[tommy compton]

got borla with a magnaflow x-pipe couldn';t be happier, everybody that gets in my car loves the way it sounds.

[bigdawgfoxx]

Originally Posted by YuraB

cat back exhaust system means everything from the cats back, it's really that simple.
You know where your cats end, all the piping from the end of the cats to your tips is a cat back exhaust system.
That is why it's more expensive then just mufflers.

So it doesn't even include new cats? All it includes is like the piping, mufflers, and tips???? I can buy those parts from magnaflow individually for $200!!! Why would anyone pay $1,200???

[YuraB]

I don't know why they would pay $1,200.

[tommy compton]

the higher priced cat backs are usually made of stainless steel, which don't rust and usually have a lifetime warranty. borla and corsa would have a nicer sound to them over magnaflow.
just stainless steel piping alone would probably cost almost 200 bucks.

[YuraB]

Hey I love my Magnaflow mufflers.

[bigdawgfoxx]

Ok then with stainless piping mufflers and tips, you can buy the parts for around $500...crazy that people spend >$1000

[YuraB]

I know.
Imagine if we had a tunning parts maker like Lorinson or Brabus is for Mercedes?
Their parts cost an arm and a leg.

[tommy compton]

then is that prefab, or you have to do all the bending yourself? i see the labour running several hundered dollar more for tube bending ect.
magnaflow makes me think of f150 and dodge ram trucks. but i'm sure they sound nice with a good resonator, not so sure about an xpipe and magnaflo mufflers. might not sound like a cadillac anymore, or might sound like one that needs new mufflers.

[YuraB]

Well I just got 2 Magnaflow mufflers and it just sound deep. So deep actually that on certain RPMs my whole interior shakes. Whether that's a good thing, I am not sure.

[Carl Wood]

If want a good sound but not to loud and very little drone then go with Dynamax Super Turbo mufflers with a good set of 7 inch long tips. You can do the whole thing for around 300 dollars and still get 30% better flow.

CW

[TagApl4]

I like the tips on the Corsa system but I agree not worth $1k