I had a new back box and central pipe fitted by a chain / dealer. The new exhaust sounds way louder than the one previously.
It's not a hole or bad fitting - the noise is coming out the tail pipe.
The guy who fitted it said that sometimes there are faulty silencers where the packing was not settled right but in his opinion the noise is as it should be. He said he could order another one but it would probably sound the same.
Could the new exhaust be faulty?
Could he have fitted the wrong part? (maybe the diesel 2.0 is different from the petrol 2.0?)
Are exhausts now louder in general?
This Xsi never sounded meaty but this new exhaust does make it sound a bit boy racer-ish. I wouldn't have minded if I was in my 20's but it is a bit annoying driving around - especially on motorways.
Edited by Pugugly on 09/05/2008 at 22:35
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