hcoronado

I know..........

so i've done some research and came up with possible solutions:

car 2003 c240 v6

muffler posibilities
14618
14815
14816

all of the above are polished finish if you want to replace old muffler and not do a dual or quad setup routing one side of the pipe over to the other side of the bumper. These are considered universal application and work really well since a lot of member here have them installed. ( i've seeing all the youtube videos)

now for what i want to do:
setup inspired by guys like Roland, Frank, sb.legacy and many more! forgive me for not mentioning your name

muffler posibilities

12138 stainless 14x20 2.25 in/out
12251 stainless 18x24 2.25 in/out probably too big if adding chrome tips
12148 stainless 14x20 2.25 in 2.0 out
14223 polished 14x20 2.25 in/out

Now, I am leaning towards the 12138 / 14223 the only difference being the stainless vs polished finished.

now I wanted to order the chrome tips from magnaflow but wanted to hear from you guys and perhaps chime in. I would like to do a dual setup vs the quad setup but thats because I really like the oval chrome tips better.

rolled-oblong


Oval


thanks for your time reading and I hope it helps others

havoc_vulture

You could either do those tips or use another OEM tip on the other side and have the magnaflow with a dual with OEM tips.
If you must go aftermarket with tips I say the second one from those two pictures (oval)

draz.amg

id go with the stainless one. as for the tips if you cant get OEM thats not a big deal.. theyre pretty expensive and hard to find anyways. a good aftermarket one would do the job just fine. not sure about the mangaflow tips, though. theres always a good amount on ebay that resemble OEM. goodluck!

havoc_vulture

There is an OEM muffler with tip in the classifieds for 50 bucks right now from a fellow member. I believe it is EVOLVED

phister

I say get borla muffler! That's what I have and love the exhaust note it has. There's a couple of vid links on my sig to hear it

Milkm4n

why doesnt anyone use flowmaster? just asking

hcoronado

I have a flowmaster on the truck and love the growling it has to it. The Benz I want the sound to be a bit tighter (I am not sure if it makes sense) and I’ve heard with HD headphones most of the YouTube videos and the Magnaflow is the best bet (for the money). Thank you all for your input.

hcoronado

ok one more thing.

I have a friend who allowed me to measured the tip of her c230 and the dimentions are
5 inch by 3 1/2 oval type, I have the 2005 c230 bumpers and like I mentioned before i would like to go with one on each side but i am having a hard time finding anything that measures those same numbers. if i go quad what size should they be? for those of you with quad setup, do you the size of the tips?


thanks,

Harold

05 MB Komp

My quad tips should be here tonight. I can measure them when I get home and let you know. They are the AMG tips from a C32.


What muffler would you put on a c230K sport sedan? I don't want too much drone and need it to be single in and dual out?

Thanks

hcoronado

yes let me know the tip size when you get a chance. I am going with the 12138 stainless 14x20 2.25 in/out because it is a bit smaller and like i said, i would like the sound to be a bit more tighter than the flowmaster sound. good luck!

05 MB Komp

Does anyone know what size the piping is for an exhaust on a 2005 c230?

Is it 2.25" like the v6 models?

hcoronado

anybody needs some AMG tips?

W203E35

Siickkk!!! Was that at your muffler guy's shop?

W203E35

Cale did but I don't remember how it sounded. Update your sig man. That's like from 3 years ago.

phister

Cale has the flowmaster 50 Delta i believe. Its quieter than magnflow and borla. My borla sounds quieter than the magnaflow, so cales has a nice tone but had a good growl when he got on it.

giannidy

What part number Borla do you have? Watched your vids, and I like the sound!

phister

Borla Pro XS 40348

W203E35

Found Cale's video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kxkEns6NF4

phister

lol thats when he didnt have his headers welded yet. Straight open headers

05 MB Komp

That sounds great. Will I get a similar sound from my C230?

phister

it'll sound a little different since you have kompressor

05 MB Komp

Thanks,

Are the 2.5" inlet and outlets ok for my car? I am planning on doing the Quad AMG tips and there is not a lot of room to use a spacer pipe that changes the diameter.

phister

well with forced induction engines you can do 3" or more if you want since your engine really doesnt require back pressure. With NA engine you'll want back pressure. The OEM piping is actually 2.75" on NA engines, so I actually went down with the 2.5. You can actually get good hp gain if you do 3" piping. But if you do that I'd recommend getting a header and an intercooler and you'll get a pretty good increase in power once you get it tuned.

nrg_mike

Because you can always straight pipe it like you. lol

hcoronado

so today was the day to get the muffler done
so from this


to this




this little guy is going as far up as possible



some action


welding in place


one side


getting there


last adjustment


looks good


driver side


passenger side


go t to get her washed and more pictures



Now, I wanted to thank everyone who contributed to my post and to members who were kind enough to provide pictures on other posts. I know i am not the last person who will perform this mod. thanks everyone!