Before/after pics of a C55 resonator delete?
MBWorld Fanatic!
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 1,545
Likes: 6
From: Washington DC
1999 E320 4matic Wagon, 2005 C55 AMG - sold, 1998 VW Jetta TDI - sold, 2006 C230 Sport - Totaled :(
Junior Member
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 47
Likes: 3
05 BMW M3
Bumping a very old thread but I am having difficulty finding an exhaust shop that uses stainless steel. It seems everyone uses aluminum.
For those who have done a res delete, are you using stainless or aluminum?
For those who have done a res delete, are you using stainless or aluminum?
Senior Member
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 329
Likes: 16
From: Jeffreys Bay,South Africa
2012 C63 AMG Coupe
Stainless, strange using aluminium. That's unheard of to me using aluminium for an exhaust.
MBWorld Fanatic!
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 1,481
Likes: 310
95 SL600
I’ve done it a few times, and it has lasted for a long time. Can’t get it too close to the manifolds, and flex couplers are recommended. I wouldn’t use it for the area around the converters, but resonator back. Aluminum mufflers are more difficult to find and more expensive. Weight savings over a stock exhaust can be 50lbs or more. With a light gauge stainless it’s much less of a difference.
MBWorld Fanatic!
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 1,481
Likes: 310
95 SL600
You are confusing aluminum and aluminized pipe. The aluminized pipe is steel with aluminum coating so it doesn’t corrode on the outside. It corrodes from the inside out. Most exhaust shops use this, as it is easier to bend than stainless. Most exhaust benders aren’t equipped to bend metric sizes either.
Junior Member
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 47
Likes: 3
05 BMW M3
You are confusing aluminum and aluminized pipe. The aluminized pipe is steel with aluminum coating so it doesn’t corrode on the outside. It corrodes from the inside out. Most exhaust shops use this, as it is easier to bend than stainless. Most exhaust benders aren’t equipped to bend metric sizes either.
