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Magnaflow exhaust with dual tips....pics and video

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Old Apr 3, 2008 | 03:17 PM
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Magnaflow exhaust with dual tips....pics and video

I bought a Magnaflow muffler and some stainless steel bends. These cars suck for space to run the exhaust to the passenger side. It definitely looks much better with duals out the back though.

Here is the muffler I used:


Here are the tips:


Muffler and tips:


I had to cut the tips short to help them fit:


Here it is mocked up. I forgot to take pics after cleaning and painting it and installing it for good:


Here is the outside view:





Here is the video:
CLK430 Exhaust

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Old Apr 3, 2008 | 03:48 PM
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Mind to tell me how much u paid for the muffler ??? someone cut the bumper for you???

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Old Apr 3, 2008 | 03:55 PM
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The muffler was around $85 if I remember right. I cut the bumper then sanded and filed it smooth.
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Old Apr 3, 2008 | 06:05 PM
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damn looks and sounds good...and for only $85?! ...feel like i got so beat for my eisenmann lol
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Old Apr 3, 2008 | 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by deyainrdy4ds
damn looks and sounds good...and for only $85?! ...feel like i got so beat for my eisenmann lol
Yeah, the muffler wasn't too spendy. The stainless steel bends add up quick though. Someone needs to come out with a kit for the duals and include a template for the bumper. It would definitely make it easier.
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Old Apr 3, 2008 | 07:35 PM
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What was the length of the tips when you where done? looks good and nice sound to. If you get a chance post pics of the finished underside
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Old Apr 3, 2008 | 08:38 PM
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Originally Posted by vizionautosport
What was the length of the tips when you where done? looks good and nice sound to. If you get a chance post pics of the finished underside
The length of the tips is about 4.5".
I'll get some pics the next time I have it on the lift.
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Old Apr 4, 2008 | 04:25 PM
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Looks great just what I had in mind. Question why is there so many welds on the pipe crossing to the passenger side? Isn't that just one piece to the other tip.
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Old Apr 4, 2008 | 05:48 PM
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Old Apr 4, 2008 | 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by NFSCLK
Looks great just what I had in mind. Question why is there so many welds on the pipe crossing to the passenger side? Isn't that just one piece to the other tip.
It's hard to tell from the picture, but those are where it changes angles very slightly. The pipe kind of curves up and back into the bumper.
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Old Apr 4, 2008 | 10:55 PM
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Sounds great...I'm very jealous.

But the tip is not very symmetrical on the passenger side. Your muffler guy should fix that for you. All he has to do is cut and reattach with care to make it nice and strait.
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Old Apr 5, 2008 | 01:46 AM
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Sounds great...I'm very jealous.

But the tip is not very symmetrical on the passenger side. Your muffler guy should fix that for you. All he has to do is cut and reattach with care to make it nice and strait.
Haha, I'm my muffler guy. I do need to tip that side out a tiny bit. I finished it up at 4:30am and had no motivation to change it at that point.
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Old Apr 28, 2008 | 08:34 PM
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Very nice. Got to be the best sounding 430 I have heard. I will be doing this sometime this week. What tips did you get?

How hard was it to cut the bumper? Is it noticeable?
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Old Apr 28, 2008 | 08:57 PM
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Nice, Im looking into cutting out my muffler and resonators.
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Old Apr 28, 2008 | 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by PixsouL
Very nice. Got to be the best sounding 430 I have heard. I will be doing this sometime this week. What tips did you get?

How hard was it to cut the bumper? Is it noticeable?
Thanks! I actually got the Hooker Headers dual tips and had to cut them down. I just ordered a different set of tips to see how they look.
These are the new ones:
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Old Apr 29, 2008 | 01:22 AM
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how long ago have you had that video?

I remember seeing that same video long time ago, like a few months back.

by the way, sounds great.
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Old Apr 29, 2008 | 05:59 AM
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i also remember seeing the video long time ago
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Old Apr 29, 2008 | 01:37 PM
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I made the video about a month ago.
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Old Apr 30, 2008 | 07:29 AM
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nice exhaust but just got one question for CLK owners



what's the hump next to the spare tire tub??
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Old Apr 30, 2008 | 10:49 AM
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i also remember seeing the video long time ago


Good thing someone agreed, I thought i was crazy.
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Old Apr 30, 2008 | 01:34 PM
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The Battery!
daMN!..stupid battery lol...thats the reason i couldnt just run another straight pipe to the other side from the resonator
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Old Apr 30, 2008 | 07:39 PM
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The Battery!
all that space for the battery??

relocation of the battery should be a cinch
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Old Apr 30, 2008 | 07:46 PM
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Originally Posted by ReZzZ320
all that space for the battery??

relocation of the battery should be a cinch
You are talking about cutting/welding/repainting. In other words "$$$"
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Originally Posted by deyainrdy4ds
daMN!..stupid battery lol...thats the reason i couldnt just run another straight pipe to the other side from the resonator
I ran another straight pipe right under the battery =)
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