Borla? Corsa? Flowmaster?

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Deinonychus

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Ok Just installed Borla Cat back! I like it, wish i could say i love it. Didnt blow me away with sound. sounds good, rumbles but not that loud. I was expecting louder. What to do next? cut baffles out if thats an option.

One question, one comment, and one suggestion:

Question: How do the Borla tips look? Are they as nice on the truck as they appear in the ad?

Comment: It is my experience that the Borla has a nice exhaust note at a fairly low dB level.

Suggestion: Get a muffler shop to swap out the Borla muffler for a Flowmaster or Magnaflow muffler. That should up the dB level. Of course, you will have a number of different versions of each brand's choices to reach the loudness that you're looking to have.
 

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Ok Just installed Borla Cat back! I like it, wish i could say i love it. Didnt blow me away with sound. sounds good, rumbles but not that loud. I was expecting louder. What to do next? cut baffles out if thats an option.

You could always install long tubes......I'd leave messing with muffler as a last resort cuz other wise what did you spend all the money for.....just sayin, but to each their own
 

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I personally love my Corsa, lots of balls when you step on it, mean idle, but wont annoy you when your driving normally. It has a great tone that isnt just "noise" like I feel many truck exhaust tones are.

My $.02, ENJOY UR NEW TOY
 

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Ok Just installed Borla Cat back! I like it, wish i could say i love it. Didnt blow me away with sound. sounds good, rumbles but not that loud. I was expecting louder. What to do next? cut baffles out if thats an option.

Everyone that gets a Borla (on a Raptor) says that. You could've had the same sound at half the price via Magnaflow.

Dont get me wrong, I love Borla, have em on my Z06, but for the Rap, Magnaflow: looks great, sounds great, $450 shipped.
 

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Just got my new 2012 Raptor. Very new to vehicle modification and in fact I've never owned a truck before. Would like to get a Catback and have narrowed my choice to two possibles. The "Corsa 14387 Single Side Exit Cat-Back Exhaust System with Pro Series Tip" or the "Borla 140383 Cat-Back Exhaust System Kit".

I use my truck mostly for driving around town and to the beach. I also live in a built up community so don't want to upset the neighbours. I'm looking for a grunty aggressive sound but not an obnoxious noise. Also no Cabin drone on the highway. I can get both at a very similar price.

Anyone have experience with both systems for a recommendation. I'm really stuck on these two. Wish I could have two Raptors so I could get both.

Thanks for helping a newbie.

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Ok Just installed Borla Cat back! I like it, wish i could say i love it. Didnt blow me away with sound. sounds good, rumbles but not that loud. I was expecting louder. What to do next? cut baffles out if thats an option.

I have the Corsa and Love it...you can love yours also...Just add a single DMH cut out right after the resonator. You will end up running with it wide open 99% of the time. It's not that load because when wide open placed in line after the resonator, you get about a 70/30 split due to the Y pipe. It does not divert 100% of the exhaust to a different path, it simply lets most of it bypass the rest of the exhaust system. I put the switch on the side panel of the console. blends right in.
 

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