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Saw a craigslist ad for 3" truck exhaust installed, called the shop (I had the day off from work), I told him I looking for an exhaust little louder than stock, no drone, free flowing. The says he has everything from Flowmasters to Borlas, but he recommended the Jones Aero Muffler. Says it'll sound a little quieter than a straight through Magnaflow or Ultraflo because it there is more packing and the muffler body is 20" long. I drove over to check it out. The guy let me look at different mufflers he had including, but not limited to Magnaflow, Dynomax, Borla, Flowmaster, etc. He even had a GMPP muffler her removed from GM truck as the owner wanted a flowmaster. The Model 170 Aero muffler was 3" inlet (Y's into 2 then back into 1 inside the muffler body) to 3" outlet, polished stainless. The new muffler, new 3" mandrel bent tailpipe, and tip was $190 installed so I pulled triggered. It sounds just like the guy said, outside its louder than stock but not even close to obnoxious. Reminds me of the way a touring muffler sounds on trucks on you tube. Inside my ext cab, its a little louder than stock, I went on the freeway and set it on cruise from speeds 65 - 80 mph. Sounds really good, no drone resonance inside. I went up the hill by my house and there is very little drone if any at around 1800-1900 rpm. This is the sound I wanted in my old age. Any louder, I would probably not be happy with it.

 

the aero muffler and new tailpipe

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inside the muffler

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pic of stock under vehicle

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stock muffler removed

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pic of new exhaust under vehicle

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