tanabe universal mufflers

[2olforthis]

Looking for opinion on Tanabe Tuner mufflers. Anyone have any experience with them on Gen 4 and above camry? Any comments on sound level and tone would be appreciated.

[95camguy]

i like the tips from the gen5. put one of those one and you will get a better look with no crappy honda civic like coffee can exhaust noise. i have no experience with tanabe or any aftermarket exhaust but toyota mufflers last forever and sound quite good for stock.





edit: do a search, i believe someone has a pic of a gen5 tip on a gen4.

[2olforthis]

Tanabe tuner medallion is on and drones like a b***h. I was concerned about the fact that the muffler was not much more than half the length of the stock muffler on my 99 V6. Also thought that maybe the muffler was too small to muffle the exhaust sound from the V6 as opposed to the 4. Would appreciate any perspective. Maybe I'm too old to deal with the increased sound volume of a straight-through design. Its hard to imagine that anyone would want to drive with that droning sound rattling their skull. Of course, I don't have a 2000w system to drown it out.

[Luckynumber5]

do you have a resonator on there?

[2olforthis]

No. They sell a baffle for about $75 - which just happens to be half of what I paid for the muffler. The bafffle would probably add back pressure but would seem to defeat the whole purpose of buying the muffler. I'm wondering if the length of the muffler is too short/small to handle the load for a V6 and is droning under the pressure. Has anyone had a similiar experience and improved with a different size/style? Not looking for silent but passengers need to avoid jumping out on acceleration. May try sound-deadening in the trunk? I researched Tanabe and read very good quality/experience reviews.

[whocares04]

i have a straight thru oval Bosal muffler on my V6 that is the same length as stock and still has the droning but i guess i'm young and i have that audio system to drown it out (and it does very well!)

[Luckynumber5]

get a resonator put on there or use the old one from your stock setup, you will not loose significant horsepower and it will sound much better

[2wickedtoyz]

you do not need a resonator if your exhaust is tuned properly. i do not have one on my car but then again i do not have a glasspack muffler on my car either. get something that actually has chambers so you get a nice tone.

[Luckynumber5]

our cars will sound like crap with a single muffler and no resonator, at least in my opinion they do, my v6 sounded terrible with a single muffler and no res, unless you are going for an attention grabber put a res on it!

[2olforthis]

Outside exhaust note is very good. Not an attention grabber in terms of loudness but low enough to provide a sport-oriented sound. Inside sound is the real problem without baffle. Did some soundproofing that made the interior noise tolerable without a $2000 sound upgrade. Would recommend this product but with baffle for the geezers

[2wickedtoyz]

Originally Posted by Luckynumber5

our cars will sound like crap with a single muffler and no resonator, at least in my opinion they do, my v6 sounded terrible with a single muffler and no res, unless you are going for an attention grabber put a res on it!

funny my car has a nice deep sound.and it doesn't drone the interior so no need for a 2000 system. yours was probably a straight through muffler right?

[Luckynumber5]

no, it was a flowmaster, nice muffler but no res made it really loud and crappy sounding, it wasnt so bad when the roms were above 3k, but at idle and cruising it was terrible

[2wickedtoyz]

well like i said the exhaust must be tuned it took me some time to make mine right and alot of cutting and pasting

[2olforthis]

The tanabe is straight through. Bought the baffle for $75. Have to see how it goes. The whole baffle concept seems like a scam though. Half the cost of the muffler. They saw my old -ass coming

[Luckynumber5]

could have just used the resonator (baffle whatever) from your stock setup, they work fine