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Ok, i have it narrowed down to a Flowmaster 40 Series muffler, single in, dual out, with 3 inch tips. im also thinking about making my tips black some how....??? Paint???

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BLACK TIPS WOULD BE PIMP!!....i have flowmaster 3 inch tips that say flowmaster on them....and man get u a pair of them.. and have them painted black...that would be cool...and very diffrent...and i'm running that same set up single in dual out 3 inch tips.. but i'm runing it on a 4 banger lol sounds nice a deep though
 
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you really think the black tips not a glossy black, but just flat black would look badarse?

my tag says BLCKOUT .... im going with the blckout theme.... but i dunno, i might stick with chrome
 
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i honestly think it owuld look kick ***....i'v never seen tips painted before and wouln't know what to tell u about how to or where to take them to get it done..but yes black chrome would look sick....but thats just me any one else wanta chime in?
 
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it would look good but it might not last too long... i would stick with chrome personally... what size pipes are you going to use?
 
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im not sure tell ya the truth on the pipes..... what SHOULD i go with?
 
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i'd say no bigger than 2.25 and then run a 3 inch pipes...it's what i have and sounds nice and not ricey...and i have the 2.8 it should sound good with the 4.0 lol anyway good luck on you choice and let us know what u deside
 
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i have the 4.0 and the set up you want. my tips are .5 bigger thier 3"

i have an auto too..

u can hear it here
http://fomocoedge.com/Vid/work.wmv

and um, i say 2.5" piping, thats what i have. 2.25" is stock for the 4.0
 
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all the way from the cat? run 2.5 to the muffler, and then dual 2.5 to the tips?
 
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i have had black pipes, and trust me... chrome and aluminum look 100x better..
 
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all the way from the cat? run 2.5 to the muffler, and then dual 2.5 to the tips?
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what about 3inch from muffler to the tips?
 
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FoMo, get on AIM so we can talk
 
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I was on, then you signed off. my bad
 
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I was thinking more along the lines of Black chrome? hmmm o well...i still think it would be diffrent but your probally right chrome would probally look as good as black
 
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I have 2.5" piping on my Flowmaster 1-in-2-out 40 series, leading to 12" long 3" rolled stainless steel tips and it sounds great. It would probably sound better yet on a 4.0L.

 
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