man this sucks, i was getting my car fixed and my exhuast sounds horrible now

hans007

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Feb 1, 2000
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my car had been in an accident before i bought it, and well i got it cheap since it was a repo. anyways, it got fixed up , but they didnt really fix the exhaust piping and muffler well, so today i got around to paying $170 to get a new muffler a piping. i've got a 2001 nissan altima btw. not exactly a super fast car. anyways i go to this muffler place that a nissan dealership i had been buying parts from recommended. they are a very reputable place in town, and well are pretty reasonable. so i go in and ask for a new muffler and new piping since the hangers and stuff in my car underneath were all bent up and clanked around. so i ask for a standard quiet normal muffler. anyways i play my music pretty loud as it is. so i didnt notice anything about the car that was wrong. so at night i go to pick up my friend and he sees my car go by when i'm turning around. I already knew i had a chrome exhaust tip that i guess the muffler place decided to give me, since i had gone there for a fix before and it wasnt fixed all the way. so he comes out laughing at me and i'm like why? so he goes in my car and revs my engine in neutral, and well they had put on some quasi performance ricer muffler on my car. i got made fun of all night for that. i guess its a good conversation piece.
 

vegetation

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Feb 21, 2001
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Get an OEM muffler. If you go to the dealer, expect to pay some $$. Otherwise go to a salvage yard and find one from a wreck.

Don't ever go to a "muffler shop" asking for a low price setup, as they put the cheapest POS in there. We're talking LOUD and highly restrictive, plus it will develop holes from rust in no time at all.
 

hans007

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Feb 1, 2000
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well they wanted $300 for a nissan one. and well, this muffler is actually bigger than my old one, since well this isn't some regular muffler place, its a performance car rice boy modding place. people told me they were good. i mean $300 for a factory one is insane price. cant get a junkyard one since well they dont really junk late model altimas yet. ohwell, i guess i'll live. i didnt really ask for a low price one, i just said i wanted a normal one that was quiet, and i guess this rice rocket thing was their quietest.
 

Technics1200

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So you're pretty lucky. The other day I was driving my girlfriend to work and my muffler fell off the car. As usual I don't even bother if it's hanging off, but it got stuck and it got entrap with the bumper and it was like making my car go up a little and my girlfriend started panicking so I had to pull over. Now I drive without a muffler. Sounds terrible.