Resonator delete....ALL 550C OWNERS NEED TO DO THIS (PICS) (SOUND) (GTIH)
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The sound, the burble... for something so easy and relatively cheap... On a E350, I dunno... had a 2012 and it had a wonky sound at best. I had an xpipe on my C350, meh - wasn't impressed...
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He's obviously referring to the sound as being amazing......it's a piece of pipe...i posted pictures, there's really not much more to see.
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2003 E500 sport (sold), 2009 GL450, w213 E63 (waiting for ordering guide)
I did it to my w211 e500.. I got 70k miles and its an 03'. The resonator delete was a great idea I did it about 2 years ago and loved it more ever since. I have a friend with a 2006 ml500 who removed the resonator along with his mufflers, man from the outside it sounds like a damn SLR or something, but inside it really does have this drone sound when your just cruising through rpms, its annoying after a while and it doesn't sound like a benz should. So I recommend resonator removal but don't touch the mufflers. Il put the video up on youtube of my e500 and the ml500 so you can see the difference
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I had this done on a pre-2012 550 as an experiment am quite impressed. I was a little apprehensive at first, sounded a bit raspy at WOT and I thought it may be a bit obnoxious so I had a friend rip up and down a parking lot so I could listen (sorry, no sound clip). Ultimately I couldn't be happier with the sound, no highway drone, subtle rumble at low rpm, and that raspy/farty AMG sound at WOT. The only bad thing is that at idle the car sounds a little weird from the rear, like there's an exhaust leak or something. Apart from not having the backfire pop during up/downshifts, it sounds similar to dads SLS, albeit a little quieter. The shop that did it put in straight pipes to replace the resonator, and only charged me 112$
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I had this done on a pre-2012 550 as an experiment am quite impressed. I was a little apprehensive at first, sounded a bit raspy at WOT and I thought it may be a bit obnoxious so I had a friend rip up and down a parking lot so I could listen (sorry, no sound clip). Ultimately I couldn't be happier with the sound, no highway drone, subtle rumble at low rpm, and that raspy/farty AMG sound at WOT. The only bad thing is that at idle the car sounds a little weird from the rear, like there's an exhaust leak or something. Apart from not having the backfire pop during up/downshifts, it sounds similar to dads SLS, albeit a little quieter. The shop that did it put in straight pipes to replace the resonator, and only charged me 112$
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Annoying sound while idle
I installed straight pipes in my 10 E550 coupe and I must say I love the sound while driving. Even sounds great when it starts up for about 30 seconds. After that it sounds like a terrible exhaust leak. It sounds even worse after driving for a while and then letting it idle. I am seriously thinking of putting the resonator back in. I park some place where I leave the car running for a minute and its sort of embarrassing. I would like to buy different mufflers but don't want to spend 3k or 4k just to get a little growl out of it and not much HP gains Not to mention I have 2 kids in college. Trying to get your wife to co-sign 3 grand on a working car might be a hard sell lol.... I have seen replacement tips on Ebay but I am not sure if that will fix my exhaust leak sound. Has anyone had this issue after pulling out their resonator? What did you do or purchase to fix without spending too much $$$.
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I installed straight pipes in my 10 E550 coupe and I must say I love the sound while driving. Even sounds great when it starts up for about 30 seconds. After that it sounds like a terrible exhaust leak. It sounds even worse after driving for a while and then letting it idle. I am seriously thinking of putting the resonator back in. I park some place where I leave the car running for a minute and its sort of embarrassing. I would like to buy different mufflers but don't want to spend 3k or 4k just to get a little growl out of it and not much HP gains Not to mention I have 2 kids in college. Trying to get your wife to co-sign 3 grand on a working car might be a hard sell lol.... I have seen replacement tips on Ebay but I am not sure if that will fix my exhaust leak sound. Has anyone had this issue after pulling out their resonator? What did you do or purchase to fix without spending too much $$$.
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Sorry to hear your feedback. I went with a X-pipe which I previously had great success on my X5. Start up sounds great and really enjoy the throttle. I'd imagine that the straight pipes deliver louder deeper tone, but that leaking noise at idle could really get annoying.
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So yes I cut out the resonator and went straight pipes back to the factory mufflers. I think part of my problem is it baffles off those exhaust tips attached to the diffuser. I might try to get some Quad replica AMG tips welded on to see if that helps. Ebay has some but I have to figure out what actually will fit since most of them come from Asia. Might be hell to get a refund. I see them for no less than 300 bucks
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Sorry to hear your feedback. I went with a X-pipe which I previously had great success on my X5. Start up sounds great and really enjoy the throttle. I'd imagine that the straight pipes deliver louder deeper tone, but that leaking noise at idle could really get annoying.
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Need Resonators
Is there anyone out there that has a pair of resonators from a 2014 E550? I will buy. Please email me at bwright5510@gmail.com