Hey im new here and i was wondering if someone could tell me what/if there would be any kind of difference in my exhausts sound or anything if i cut it just before where it bends to exit behind the rear wheel? I want to simply just cut the bend off to make it straight.
Red line is where i want to cut:

 

Do it! :-) I honestly would probably cut it off at the muffler, makes it sound lots meaner and deeper!


Sawzall works fantastic to do it - takes less then 15 seconds to cut through with a decent blade.

 

yeah cut if after the muffler man. idk what it'd sound like with a stock muff. but i know it makes it sound a lot deeper and a bit louder on aftermarket mufflers

 

to be honest you prolly wont notice that much of a change. maybe a slight tone change but nothing major.

 

itll sound the same, i did it to mine but where it goes down after the axle. i got tire off mud getting caked on it and didnt like how the brown stood out, i also took some black bbq grill paint and painted all of the piping so the whole exhuast system doesnt stick out anymore

 

Is there anyone here that has cut a stock exhaust or have any pictures of someone that has? I really just dont like the look of how it comes out of the side like that i just kinda want it more hidden i guess lol. If and well i guess when i do it i hope it makes some kind of a deeper sound to it.

 

Would you happen to have any pictures?

 

ill try to get some pics later for you of how i did mine, im not nere my truck at the moment, but some as i get a chance i upload you some pics

 

Okay cool thanks man

 

yeah not a problem, well i gotta go to class now probably get you those pics around 3 or 4, and they will only be cell pics as i dont know where my camera is, so sorry in advance for poor quality

 

I cut it off around there and didn't notice a difference in sound with the stock muffler. Looks better than having that ugly pipe sticking out though.

 

Haha any pics would help me out, i mean as long as there not cell phone pics with no flash when its pitch black outside.

Okay, i mean im not terribly in need of the sound but just looking at that plain thing behind the tire is awful and it collects a lot mud and crap without mud flaps.

 

end of pipe where i cut it

 

^^^ that is exactly where I cut mine, no change in sound just looks better

 

Very nice!! Totally doing that sometime this week!! Thanks for the pics man!

 

your welcome, pretty easy to do too, i cut it off there with a pipe cutter, then just unbolted the last hanger to get the end of the exhaust pipe off

 

I'm going to do this tomorrow, I hate the stock pipe bend look. lol

 

So when I cut the end off like Kyle's what is holding the exhaust in place? I only seen the one hanger at the end?

 

I just cut mine off before the muffler, and seriously never been happier it sounds a little like a 5.0L! With the mods that I have done it seems to respond better, no loss of back pressure and some serious sound. I did have to add a hanger and a 90 degree elbow drop but the funnest thing I've done in a while. Now with the backfire it's a real head turner.

 

Got any pics of yours?

 

I was going to do this too but my dad and i looked at it and we were both like hmmm only one hanger haha.

 

there is another hanger in front of the rear axle that holds it in place

 

i had dual exhaust and i hated the way it looked so i cut them off too! looks good.

 

I cut mine today, was easy to do and there is a hanger on the muffler that holds it in place. It has a bit better sound, nothing huge but better then stock.

 

Where did you cut yours at?