SL55/63/65/R230 AMG: SL55 resonators needed
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2003 E55, 2003 SL55, 2014 CLS63, 2018 q50 Redsport, 1968 Camaro SS, 1999 Trans am Firehawk
SL55 resonators needed
Anyone have any SL55 resonators they want to sell? I had them taken off when I had my headers put on (which eliminated primary and secondary cats) and the sound is just too loud and not to my liking. The shop kept the cats to give back to me but I guess had already sent the resonators off to scrap even though I told them to keep them for just this reason.
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2003 SL55 / 2002 SLK32
Anyone have any SL55 resonators they want to sell? I had them taken off when I had my headers put on (which eliminated primary and secondary cats) and the sound is just too loud and not to my liking. The shop kept the cats to give back to me but I guess had already sent the resonators off to scrap even though I told them to keep them for just this reason.
You may want to check with S Auto parts in Oregon (Slava81 on ebay). This yard breaks a lot of R230s (and I have bought more than a few SL55 parts from him over the years).
On my SL55, I kept the rear cats, resonators and mufflers (renntech mufflers) installed when I put on the mid-lengths and have been VERY happy with the sound.
Cheers,
Chris
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i shot them a message. in the meantime i also had the secondary cats put back on and that helped tremendously. the main thing i dislike about the setup now is that at lower rpms and lower throttle it is making a bit of a puffing noise. i'm not sure if that is b/c of the headers and primary cats being deleted or if that is from the resonators being gone. i test drove a SL65 at the dealer a few months back that had some sort of exhaust work done and it sounded very similar.
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i shot them a message. in the meantime i also had the secondary cats put back on and that helped tremendously. the main thing i dislike about the setup now is that at lower rpms and lower throttle it is making a bit of a puffing noise. i'm not sure if that is b/c of the headers and primary cats being deleted or if that is from the resonators being gone. i test drove a SL65 at the dealer a few months back that had some sort of exhaust work done and it sounded very similar.
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My setup - MBH long tube headers, delete primary cats and leave all the other **** on (secondary cats, resonators, mufflers). No huffing or puffing, no drone or obnoxious loud sounds. But when you go WOT, it sounds wicked!.
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well just finally found a set. cost me $350 shipped. will report back if it fixes the huffing and puffing noise
