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Old 08-25-2004, 05:32 PM
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Alright so I got a muffler at midus and they neglected to tell me that the one they were intalling would not look at all like my old one. I don't really like the new one cause it is circular instead of more rectangular like the old stock one and it is and inch larger in height when looking at it from the back. It also makes the dual tips hang lower and they are now .5" farther apart. I complained and the guy at midus said he'd put a honda one in and I'd just have to pay the difference in the price of the muffler which happens to be $110! I can't stand how it looks cause the muffler really stands out and it didn't used to. Should I do it? Here's a pic:

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Old 08-25-2004, 05:34 PM
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so buy a new muffler and have someone weld it on, it'll come out under 110.
Old 08-25-2004, 07:06 PM
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yeah, my muffler had a rust hole, and i had them put a stock one on... one guy grabbed this random huge circle thing that looked like that but bigger, i was like NO WAY. Thankfully they found one like stock.
Old 08-25-2004, 07:33 PM
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Originally Posted by aero3685
yeah, my muffler had a rust hole, and i had them put a stock one on... one guy grabbed this random huge circle thing that looked like that but bigger, i was like NO WAY. Thankfully they found one like stock.
like a fart cannon?
Old 08-25-2004, 07:38 PM
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hmm..now that you mentioned it, it does look kind of ackward. i am in washington too. noticed your wa plates.
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Old 08-25-2004, 11:36 PM
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man that sucks should complain some more and have them swap you a stock one NO charge
Old 08-26-2004, 05:32 AM
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On my old 92EX last spring, the muffler just fell off after 115k miles(I think it was the original), I went to Meinike and they told me they had two different ones(LX and EX I presume), I went with the suggested better one w/ the twin tail pipes as called for, they put it on fine and you really couldn't tell it wasn't the stock one. Sounded even quieter than the old stock one.
Old 08-26-2004, 04:36 PM
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ask them if they can order you an aftermarket one and install that, an SP or WS will look a whole lot better than the midas pos.
Old 08-26-2004, 04:40 PM
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i have an muffler for sale. 2.5 inlet outlet magnaflow
Old 08-27-2004, 06:34 PM
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it's not really that bad
but if you really don't like it change it
you could also paint it black with high temp paint so it's not as noticeable




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