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Yesterday I gleefully drove down to the local muffler shop to make a slight alteration to my newest purchace.The SLP Loudmouth exhaust system. After installing this marvelous piece of stainless tubing to the tune of $340.00, I found the sound to be a little overwhelming. The drone at 2000 rpm was unbearable and I hated the rapp created from not enough back pressure.SO I decided to add a 4" magnaflow muffler($100.00) into the area that SLP put the pseudo glass pack bubble. The muffler guy gently cut the tube out and welded in the new muffler in its place, I started it up. Ah, yes thats the sound I was looking for! Deep throaty tone and just the right volume. As I drove away I throttled down and let the rest of the world hear how great this thing sounds. I was so happy. I couldnt wait to hit the highway to really open it up and enjoy my new sound. As I cruised along all the stress I had encountered over the last few days had been lifted from my shoulders. Excited to be back in my car with the perfect exhaust note I raced up to 70 mph and quickly came to my exit from the freeway. As I pulled off I was smiling and enjoying the nice rumble of the car decellarating until all of the sudden I hear a strange clacking noise, and then the rear of the car starts hopping. I quickly pull to the side of the road to see what is going on. I swing the door open and quickly look at the rear of the car. At first I didnt see anything. no flat tire, nothing out of place. I pulled the car forward about five feet and reinspected the rear tires, and there to my horror, a 4" long jagged piece of rusty steel, suspicously looking like a piece of someone elses muffler bracket is sticking out of the top of my BF Goodrich G-Force TA! My beautiful tire with only 800 miles on it has been ruined. Not thinking, I angrily tugged the rusty knife like object out of the tire only to expose the large gash which is now hissing like a bomb ready to explode.Desperation was setting in. Fortunately, I was only blocks from home. Like a lame horse I sadly limped home, driving 5 mph and waving traffic around me. After having a tantrum and being in shock for an hour, I started calling tire dealers to find a new tire. One day later and $365.00 poorer, My tire is back.What a day. Sometimes the highest highs come with the lowest lows.
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quote:Originally posted by XLR8NSS: Yesterday I gleefully drove down to the local muffler shop to make a slight alteration to my newest purchace.The SLP Loudmouth exhaust system. After installing this marvelous piece of stainless tubing to the tune of $340.00, I found the sound to be a little overwhelming. The drone at 2000 rpm was unbearable and I hated the rapp created from not enough back pressure.SO I decided to add a 4" magnaflow muffler($100.00) into the area that SLP put the pseudo glass pack bubble. The muffler guy gently cut the tube out and welded in the new muffler in its place, I started it up. Ah, yes thats the sound I was looking for! Deep throaty tone and just the right volume. As I drove away I throttled down and let the rest of the world hear how great this thing sounds. I was so happy. I couldnt wait to hit the highway to really open it up and enjoy my new sound. As I cruised along all the stress I had encountered over the last few days had been lifted from my shoulders. Excited to be back in my car with the perfect exhaust note I raced up to 70 mph and quickly came to my exit from the freeway. As I pulled off I was smiling and enjoying the nice rumble of the car decellarating until all of the sudden I hear a strange clacking noise, and then the rear of the car starts hopping. I quickly pull to the side of the road to see what is going on. I swing the door open and quickly look at the rear of the car. At first I didnt see anything. no flat tire, nothing out of place. I pulled the car forward about five feet and reinspected the rear tires, and there to my horror, a 4" long jagged piece of rusty steel, suspicously looking like a piece of someone elses muffler bracket is sticking out of the top of my BF Goodrich G-Force TA! My beautiful tire with only 800 miles on it has been ruined. Not thinking, I angrily tugged the rusty knife like object out of the tire only to expose the large gash which is now hissing like a bomb ready to explode.Desperation was setting in. Fortunately, I was only blocks from home. Like a lame horse I sadly limped home, driving 5 mph and waving traffic around me. After having a tantrum and being in shock for an hour, I started calling tire dealers to find a new tire. One day later and $365.00 poorer, My tire is back.What a day. Sometimes the highest highs come with the lowest lows.
Sorry to hear about that. Atleast the rim didn't get ruined. Last week when I was installing my control arms in my driveway I look over at my tire and see a nice size screw and a staple in the tire. I was so pissed. Luckly the staple didnt do anything and they were able to patch up the screw.
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The muffler shop should reimburse you if thew culprit chunk of metal came off their floor. That's what brooms are for. I think you would have a legitimate argument with them and they should pay for your new tire using their insurance. Give it a try. Did you save the piece?
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If that's the worst thing to happen to you you'll have a great life!
Glad it didn't blow out and do lots more damage.
Would love to hear your loud mouth one day.
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We have a screw stuck in the rear tire of our '90 IROC right now.....It's holding the air in, so I'll be driving it tomorrow to get it repaired......It's only a few miles and if I air it up fully before I go, It'll be o.k. until I get there. Thank goodness it's an old tire and not one of the new Comp T/A's we just put on the front!
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I dont believe it came from the muffler shop. I drove 20 minutes before anything went wrong. If I thought I picked it up there I definataly would complain. It was just a stupid coincidence that the metal fragment came from another car or truck. In retrospect Im thankful it didnt happen to come apart at 70 MPH. I do love the sound of my loudmouth/flowmaster. Its the perfect combo.
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Uh, no I actualy installed it myself. The cost of the Loudmouth was $340.00 and the addition of the Magnaflow muffler was $100.00. The big slap was the cost of the new tire. You know what they say though, "you want performance, you gotta pay" BF Goodrich TA KD 275/40/17 aint cheap!
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