Please help................
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From: columbus,ohio
'99 c43, (c220,c280)sold
Please help................
I went to three different muffler shops today. One shop said they could not do a resonator delete because it's against the law. (lame excuse) The other two shops said they don't know what a resonator is. These are "reputable" shops that are all over Ohio. I could not believe this. It has definitely discouraged me into doing this mod. Does anybody know where in central Ohio I could get this done? I have read threads on deleting the resonator. It was easy, half an hour and about $100. Is it illegal? Emissions? Thanks in advance.
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Joined: Feb 2006
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From: NorCal
'99 C43, '12 C63, '13 E350, '14 Sprinter
Wow...
Here in California where we have the strictest of emmissions laws you can remove the resonator. It adds nothing to emmission control and only serves to "tone down" the exhaust note. If the shops you're going to don't know what it is, here is what Wikipedia has to say about them:
Automobiles
A resonator is one part in exhaust systems that works with the muffler to reduce noise, by making sound waves "cancel each other out"[1]. The "exhaust note" is an important feature for many vehicle owners, so both the original manufacturers and the after-market suppliers use the resonator to enhance the sound
Sure seems to me that it would be something a decent muffler shop would know about.
Here in California where we have the strictest of emmissions laws you can remove the resonator. It adds nothing to emmission control and only serves to "tone down" the exhaust note. If the shops you're going to don't know what it is, here is what Wikipedia has to say about them:
Automobiles
A resonator is one part in exhaust systems that works with the muffler to reduce noise, by making sound waves "cancel each other out"[1]. The "exhaust note" is an important feature for many vehicle owners, so both the original manufacturers and the after-market suppliers use the resonator to enhance the sound
Sure seems to me that it would be something a decent muffler shop would know about.
