Does anyone know who makes the OEM muffler for a 2000 Accord (EX coupe)? A few of the online parts companies list Bosal as OEM but I didn't know if that was just an OEM replacement or the true OEM manufacturer.

A local shop just put a replacement muffler on my car (no name brand, just what they stock) and my car sounds like it has a performance muffler (deep sound when generating torque) and I want the car to sound as close to stock as possible.

Thanks!

 

any regular muffler would sound the same as the factory muffler. its just that they gave you a "performance muffler". just tell them to put a regular a muffler on and you dont want any sound coming out of it.

and i wouldn't pay 4 times as much just to get the oem.

 

Bosal is an aftermarket OEM type replacement. If you buy it from Autozone, it comes with a lifetime warranty and is a direct fit, meaning, not a bunch of clamps holding a generic muffler in between pipes. I use Bosal and have had good fit and relatively good life out of them (3 to 4 years).
For Honda OEM you can obviously go to the dealer or buy online from Majestic (also a dealer, but cheaper)-hondaautomotiveparts dot com. I don't know the brand of Honda's though.

 

I have a 2002 Honda Accord LX Coupe (4cyl). My car sounded like absolute crap, and it turned out I had a hole on the top of my muffler(probably from the short trips). I took it to a muffler shop, and they installed/welded the Bosal Muffler for around $30. My car now sounds like the day I first bought it. The part numbers are listed below(bought the muffler and gasket from autopartswarehouse). However, I do not know who the OEM manufacturer is for the muffler, but the Bosal has a lifetime warranty and sounds just as quiet as OEM.


1998 - 2002 Honda Exhaust Gasket Price: $5.95 Qty: 1 Part #: BO256193

1998 - 2002 Honda Muffler Price: $97.95 Qty: 1 Part #: BO163095

 

Thanks for the info. I'm tempted to try the Bosal.

The shop I went to tried two different mufflers and I had the same results. I talked to a Honda dealer and they, of course, said I was getting deeper noise because I didn't use a Honda muffler. They said that the honda mufflers were tuned to the RPM range of car. I realize that the muffler they put on was probably generic in the sense that it will fit a number of cars but I have a hard time believing that only a Honda muffler will quiet my car. Any thoughts?

 

just go to (theaccordstore) http://www.secureleadercom.com I replaced all my muffler pipes from there.

 

honda dealers will tell you crap just to sell you their own stuff and to make you believe that they are the only right way to go.

 

how much is the shop charging for an OEM exhaust?

You can get an aftermarket brand with a silencer. That'll kill all sorts of tones. I know this is offered by Comptech and a few other leading mfgs.