AFE 3" Catback Exhaust
02-21-2011, 01:41 PM
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AFE 3" Catback Exhaust
Does anyone have this exhaust on their truck or has any input about it? I am thinking about buying it and was wondering if its any good. There arent any reviews online about it. 05 F-150 5.4L. Thanks
02-21-2011, 01:52 PM
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Do yourself a favor and just get the tailpipe and the muffler of your choice and it will be a cat back for a lot less.
Tailpipe:
http://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1...1127d0c6f645aa
Tailpipe:
http://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1...1127d0c6f645aa
02-21-2011, 04:41 PM
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A different muffler and tailpipe are really all you are getting with a cat back. Why not make it the way you want and for less money? First let's look at what the aFe looks like:
Isn't that splendid: a tip, tailpipe, muffler, and some pipe before the muffler for $400. But wait you can have a stainless system for less by piecing it together, impossible!
-The tailpipe in the link I gave earlier is stainless for $100
-The muffler you choose to your wants in sound can vary in price but usually is between $40-$100 for a stainless muffler
- The tip can be longer than the tiny one in the kit, and look the way you want it and should be around $40
- Shoot I'll even add in a new piece of stainless before the muffler AND a new Magnaflow Y pipe for an advantage over the cat back. That will be about another $50
-Have the shop weld together the pieces, shouldn't be more than $100 in labor (and make sure they give you the stock system back)
Even with the new Y pipe that the cat back doesn't offer and throw in costs that estimates on the high side, you're still right at or below $400 and you get to choose exactly what you want and get it welded in, instead of clamped.
*Disclaimer
These are all my opinions and have no affiliations to any company or shops. If you're truly set on buying a cat back it is your choice, just trying to show all the options that are out there.
Isn't that splendid: a tip, tailpipe, muffler, and some pipe before the muffler for $400. But wait you can have a stainless system for less by piecing it together, impossible!
-The tailpipe in the link I gave earlier is stainless for $100
-The muffler you choose to your wants in sound can vary in price but usually is between $40-$100 for a stainless muffler
- The tip can be longer than the tiny one in the kit, and look the way you want it and should be around $40
- Shoot I'll even add in a new piece of stainless before the muffler AND a new Magnaflow Y pipe for an advantage over the cat back. That will be about another $50
-Have the shop weld together the pieces, shouldn't be more than $100 in labor (and make sure they give you the stock system back)
Even with the new Y pipe that the cat back doesn't offer and throw in costs that estimates on the high side, you're still right at or below $400 and you get to choose exactly what you want and get it welded in, instead of clamped.
*Disclaimer
These are all my opinions and have no affiliations to any company or shops. If you're truly set on buying a cat back it is your choice, just trying to show all the options that are out there.
