no problem. I've searched long and hard into this stuff, still have not got a guarantee that my '04 wont throw a CEL but whatever if it happens it will be fixed eventually, the sound is worth it

 

hummm....it shouldnt throw a code..as long as the 2 o2's arent reading the same then it shouldnt come back on...but if it does you can just get a computer and delete the code and it should stay off...i did that to mine with no cats but it keeps commin back on :/ OH WELL!!! but yea ive been lookin in to gettin hi flows and my exhaust guy said $250a piece and i was like never mind! i can get em online for like $60!!!

 

Yeah $250 each thats way too much. Im hoping it wont set the CEL off. If so, i'll find a way to get it off. Autozone should be able to do it, hopefully with no b/s.

 

thanks for that whole write up you gave me earlier darren! i love that clean deep sound yours has. will those true duel maggy 11" be THAT much deeper than my current super44? i think if i do do the true duels i would use maggy because i like that clean sound better. gotta think quick i have $30 off any purchase from summit racing dont want it to expire lol. hmmmm either do new exhaust or buy new 285s.....if i do exhaust then my 265s will have to go on haha. decisions decisions. thanks for the help tho guys

 

id do the exhaust man..thats just me tho..i love sound..dont care to much for muddin or big tires..just makes mpg's go down

 

yea autozone or somethin or someone that has a computer can just delete the code..takes all of 30 seconds lol.but yea hopefully they dont charge what a ford place charges for a dignostics (like 40 bucks) or maybe u know some one u could give like 10 bucks to..if not free to take it off

 

yeea man i love sound too. just the 285s make truck look better IMO. i have em now but they are just about gone and i just have 265 revo's in garage. ehh ill figure it out.

 

if it were me.....this is just me....i would get the exhaust..throw the 265's on there and then start savin up for 285's or bigger if you want....just me tho

 

No problem man glad to help out. Oh yeah definitely, almost any Magnaflow would be deeper than any Flowmaster. When the guy finished installing my F150's system at the shop and started it for the first time, I was amazed at that deep growl it gave. I expected there to be some rasp, but nope, I almost have a true dualed Roush Off-Road system Just a bit quieter and deeper sounding.

The Flowmasters are supposed to have a louder sound rather than deeper, while Magnaflow is the exact opposite. Though the deep sound is loud, it can be heard. I have about 200 miles on my exhaust now and I can sorta tell its still breaking in & loudening up. I can also hear the dual rumble in cab more now all of a sudden, that 1600 - 2000rpm range rumble I mean. When I got the exhaust installed you couldn't hear I at all inside ( disapointed me, but put the window down, there it was lol ) But i'm hearing it inside more, good sign

I would definetely say get exhaust before tires. Do your tires have 10k more miles in them? Keep rotating them and getting full life out, and enjoy a better sounding exhaust

 

ok. called the shop i go to for exhaust work today, very good place by the way. he said i cannot do true duels on my truck because it will cause a CEL and i will lose a ton of power. he said he will do it but if something happens its not on him. meinike even told me awhile back "a good way to open up these trucks is true duel system". and the shop told me over the phone that if i went with a larger tip like 4 instead of my 3.5 i have now, that i will get a little more osund from my current setup. is that true?

 

yea man meinike is right true duals open the truck up more and if you throw a X pipe on there you will gain some of that torque you will lose..so i hear idk much about x pipes...and yea if you put 4" tips on it, it will have more sound than the 3.5" tips cuz when you go from 2.5" pipe i believe to 4" tip it echos more off the tip than a 3.5 the bigger you go the more sound you get..but if you go to big say 5" or up then your gettin in to the tacky mode..and no one wants that..unless you have a old truck with straights..then your good

 

or a diesel lol. 4 would be the biggest id go on my truck, like you said bigger than that would look tacky. maybe ill just do that then see how i like it. will i notice THAT big a difference?

 

notice yes. you will notice a SLIGHT difference in sound but since you already have perfectly fine (unless their broken or rustin out) 3.5" tips..id save my money and use my 3.5's i wanted to do 4" tips on my truck but i had perfectly fine 3.5's so i saved about 70 bucks and used the 3.5's again..thats what id do man..you wont notice THAT much change in sound..id save the money on tips for these tires you want, use the 3.5's again and get you some new 285's when you get the money

 

yeah ill just end up doin that. my tips are basically new so it would kind of just be a waste of money right now. eventaully im gonna change the exhaust though for sure

 

yea thats the thing to do...and i am never satisfied with my exhaust i wanna change mine every day lol i heard a truck with magnaflow muffler today and made me wanna do magnaflow lol ill just keep my flowmaster 10's tho ive spent enough