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W203/CL203 Aftermarket Exhaust Thread - All you want to know
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I know it has two of each cat due to it being a V6- I was saying that it not only had secondary cats, but also a resonator. Meaning, I thought it was amusing that they (Mercedes) kept changing the fact they wanted a resonator/no resonator, secondary cat/no secondary cat- then when they got to 2006- they decided they wanted both.
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What up guys, about a week ago, i decided i wanted to do something with the exhaust. After looking around i finally decided to go with a dual look/style exhaust, similar to SilverC230ss - thanks again for the info 
After talking to a few muffler shops, i went over to AAA muffler shop off La Cienega & Venice(the only shop i felt comfortable doing this at.)
They cut piping after the 2nd cat i believe, mandrel bent the pipes into a magnaflow muffler, ran the right side outlet between the spare tire and bumper into silverline oval tips. They did the right side cutout, which looks great.
I think it sounds good. I didn't want it too loud, so its perfect for me.. Here are some pics...
After talking to a few muffler shops, i went over to AAA muffler shop off La Cienega & Venice(the only shop i felt comfortable doing this at.)They cut piping after the 2nd cat i believe, mandrel bent the pipes into a magnaflow muffler, ran the right side outlet between the spare tire and bumper into silverline oval tips. They did the right side cutout, which looks great.
I think it sounds good. I didn't want it too loud, so its perfect for me.. Here are some pics...
I like it- the tips and cutout look very good.
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Thanks Frank! Im still not sure about the diffuser. If i do get it, id want to wrap it in CF. But i kinda want to keep it more of a clean look, so i dont know... trust me deciding to get it or not has been keeping me up at night.. 
Thanks Splinter!!
Thanks bumpnzx3!! I think the shop did a great job, was kinda hard to trust a muffler shop to do the cutout, but luckily seen their work/referrals in this thread.
Thanks Splinter!!
Thanks bumpnzx3!! I think the shop did a great job, was kinda hard to trust a muffler shop to do the cutout, but luckily seen their work/referrals in this thread.
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What up guys, about a week ago, i decided i wanted to do something with the exhaust. After looking around i finally decided to go with a dual look/style exhaust, similar to SilverC230ss - thanks again for the info After talking to a few muffler shops, i went over to AAA muffler shop off La Cienega & Venice(the only shop i felt comfortable doing this at.)
They cut piping after the 2nd cat i believe, mandrel bent the pipes into a magnaflow muffler, ran the right side outlet between the spare tire and bumper into silverline oval tips. They did the right side cutout, which looks great.
I think it sounds good. I didn't want it too loud, so its perfect for me.. Here are some pics....
After talking to a few muffler shops, i went over to AAA muffler shop off La Cienega & Venice(the only shop i felt comfortable doing this at.)They cut piping after the 2nd cat i believe, mandrel bent the pipes into a magnaflow muffler, ran the right side outlet between the spare tire and bumper into silverline oval tips. They did the right side cutout, which looks great.
I think it sounds good. I didn't want it too loud, so its perfect for me.. Here are some pics....
That install bay looks familiar...LOL. Big ups to Pepe on making yours look just as clean as mine came out!
Looks good, ROLLNN!
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Roll'n, your exhaust set-up looks great! I want to ask you, is the tone loud or quiet? The reason I'm asking, is because I'm planning on doing an exhaust set-up on my car (2007 C230 Sport). I am looking for a muffler with a quiet tone since I'm to old (33) to be listening to a loud muffler tone while driving. My current plans are to get a Magnaflow muffler and adding the AMG tips off the 2008 S-Class AMG. The dual AMG tips that my car comes with are nice, but they are a little smaller than the S-Class AMG tips. I live in Long Beach and there are plenty of muffler and Motorsport shops around here, but I rather go with my set-up and have them install it. Any ideas will be gladly appreciated...thanks!
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Ok so I'm pretty sure that I'm gonna do a similar thing that Roland did, but I want a quad set up as opposed to the dual
Also, instead of having the pipes go to 2 mufflers I was thinking that I could put in a resonator (remus) just after the 2nd cat. and then just have piping go from the res. to the tips unless I can find a quad tip muffler
If you can follow that.....what do you think? I am just wondering how that might turn out
Also if you can recommend some good quad tips/muffler that would be sweet
btw: Yesterday I made my roof and "cut out" on my rear sport bumper black.....looks pretty dope
Also, instead of having the pipes go to 2 mufflers I was thinking that I could put in a resonator (remus) just after the 2nd cat. and then just have piping go from the res. to the tips unless I can find a quad tip muffler
If you can follow that.....what do you think? I am just wondering how that might turn out
Also if you can recommend some good quad tips/muffler that would be sweet
btw: Yesterday I made my roof and "cut out" on my rear sport bumper black.....looks pretty dope
Last edited by shivi1345; Aug 20, 2008 at 04:38 PM. Reason: got a new idea....
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Roll'n, your exhaust set-up looks great! I want to ask you, is the tone loud or quiet? The reason I'm asking, is because I'm planning on doing an exhaust set-up on my car (2007 C230 Sport). I am looking for a muffler with a quiet tone since I'm to old (33) to be listening to a loud muffler tone while driving. My current plans are to get a Magnaflow muffler and adding the AMG tips off the 2008 S-Class AMG. The dual AMG tips that my car comes with are nice, but they are a little smaller than the S-Class AMG tips. I live in Long Beach and there are plenty of muffler and Motorsport shops around here, but I rather go with my set-up and have them install it. Any ideas will be gladly appreciated...thanks!
You have to take into consideration, you have a V6 while i have an i4, so it might be a little louder on yours. You might want to check youtube for some sound clips.
hope this helps...
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Thanks Drex!! Pepe, Louie, and one other guy didn't get his name, did an excellent job and excellent customer service. I went there on Tuesday during lunch, and Louie gave me a ride back to work and then picked me up after work... when i got back i noticed the right tip was a little crooked, so they told me to come back on wed. during lunch and i did and they fixed it right up... They are highly recommended....
First time I took my car to him, he was telling me how when my Kleemann Muffler was first put on, the mounts weren't done properly (and too lose). He welded them more securely and I never had probelms with a clamp breaking ever since.
I noticed that once I started driving more, my exhaust settled in a 'bit and moved slightly. I may go back to have them adjust it, but it's so slight that you can't really tell unless you look really close.
Either way, the guys over there know their stuff.
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Ok so I'm pretty sure that I'm gonna do a similar thing that Roland did, but I want a quad set up as opposed to the dual
Also, instead of having the pipes go to 2 mufflers I was thinking that I could put in a resonator (remus) just after the 2nd cat. and then just have piping go from the res. to the tips unless I can find a quad tip muffler
If you can follow that.....what do you think? I am just wondering how that might turn out
Also if you can recommend some good quad tips/muffler that would be sweet
btw: Yesterday I made my roof and "cut out" on my rear sport bumper black.....looks pretty dope
Also, instead of having the pipes go to 2 mufflers I was thinking that I could put in a resonator (remus) just after the 2nd cat. and then just have piping go from the res. to the tips unless I can find a quad tip muffler
If you can follow that.....what do you think? I am just wondering how that might turn out
Also if you can recommend some good quad tips/muffler that would be sweet
btw: Yesterday I made my roof and "cut out" on my rear sport bumper black.....looks pretty dope
you mentioned 2 mufflers, i didnt do 2 mufflers, no need to with our cars...
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Ok so I'm pretty sure that I'm gonna do a similar thing that Roland did, but I want a quad set up as opposed to the dual
Also, instead of having the pipes go to 2 mufflers I was thinking that I could put in a resonator (remus) just after the 2nd cat. and then just have piping go from the res. to the tips unless I can find a quad tip muffler
If you can follow that.....what do you think? I am just wondering how that might turn out
Also if you can recommend some good quad tips/muffler that would be sweet
btw: Yesterday I made my roof and "cut out" on my rear sport bumper black.....looks pretty dope
Also, instead of having the pipes go to 2 mufflers I was thinking that I could put in a resonator (remus) just after the 2nd cat. and then just have piping go from the res. to the tips unless I can find a quad tip muffler
If you can follow that.....what do you think? I am just wondering how that might turn out
Also if you can recommend some good quad tips/muffler that would be sweet
btw: Yesterday I made my roof and "cut out" on my rear sport bumper black.....looks pretty dope
- Why would you ADD a resonator, when there's already a secondary cat?
You're making it WAY TOO complicated. Weltmeister already offers a quad-tip setup. FrankW has the setup on his C32 and there are a few others that have done it as well.
Easiest way to do a Quad tip setup is to replace the muffler w/ the Weltmeister, have the rear valance cut to fit the quad tips and you're done.
The amount it would cost for you to do all of the above-mentioned work, would end up being close to the same price of getting a "custom" quad tip exhaust.
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did you want to get rid of the muffler and just run a resonator after the 2nd cat into a y pipe to the quad tips?
and im kinda dumb so I thought that you would put a muffler with each tip
Easiest way to do a Quad tip setup is to replace the muffler w/ the Weltmeister, have the rear valance cut to fit the quad tips and you're done.
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Since obviously you don't want to spend any money on the setup, the easiest way for a shop to do a custom quad setup is do the piping EXACTLY like ROLLINN did. Only difference would be that you'd have to get an aftermarket muffler with dual exits. All the shop needs to do is weld piping for 1 exit, then for the other exit, they run the piping from that all the way to the other end where they'd weld dual exits on the other side (JUST LIKE THE WELTMEISTER DESIGN).
Again, you're making it WAY too complicated.
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Kinda? Dude, what you were "thinking" of doing would've cost you more than just buying the Weltmeister!...
Since obviously you don't want to spend any money on the setup, the easiest way for a shop to do a custom quad setup is do the piping EXACTLY like ROLLINN did. Only difference would be that you'd have to get an aftermarket muffler with dual exits. All the shop needs to do is weld piping for 1 exit, then for the other exit, they run the piping from that all the way to the other end where they'd weld dual exits on the other side (JUST LIKE THE WELTMEISTER DESIGN).
Again, you're making it WAY too complicated.
Since obviously you don't want to spend any money on the setup, the easiest way for a shop to do a custom quad setup is do the piping EXACTLY like ROLLINN did. Only difference would be that you'd have to get an aftermarket muffler with dual exits. All the shop needs to do is weld piping for 1 exit, then for the other exit, they run the piping from that all the way to the other end where they'd weld dual exits on the other side (JUST LIKE THE WELTMEISTER DESIGN).
Again, you're making it WAY too complicated.
All I wanted to know was if it could be done another way, and I now that it pretty much shouldnt be done any other way
thanks (no sacasm intended)
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that looks great. now just paint or vinyl the diffuser part 
