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This forum was extremely helpful with my floor mats! Now I'm beginning research on after market exhaust. Before I get too far along in my search....how would modifying my exhaust affect my warranties? Any suggestions at all? I don't want anything obnoxious. I just want it to sound "nice" when it starts up. Just slightly more than factory.

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cbrsilv15 Senior Enthusiast

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I went with the borla gmpp sport muffler and cut off my resonator. Sounds perfect to me. Not loud, but sounds great at startup and when you get on it. No drone on the expressway either.

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I went with Corsa. Love it,but may not be for everyone. Dont worry about the warranty. A little drone,but not annoying imo. Sounds amazing on a cold start. Barely noticable on the highway.Not obnoxious to me anyway. Nice crisp sound.The above post seems to be a popular choice as well. GM approved. So no warranty issue.

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I went with Corsa. Love it,but may not be for everyone. Dont worry about the warranty. A little drone,but not annoying imo. Sounds amazing on a cold start. Barely noticable on the highway.Not obnoxious to me anyway. Nice crisp sound.The above post seems to be a popular choice as well. GM approved. So no warranty issue.

I also went with the corsa. Brownsfanhere pretty much nailed the description. It does have a little drone, but it's not bad. Pretty sure it's only when it hits v4 mode. I haven't heard the GM Borla in person, but I think its quieter than the corsa from the videos I've seen online. That's why I went with the corsa. I wanted a more aggressive exhaust. Dealer says the exhaust won't void the warranty. I've had exhaust on all my vehicles and I've never had a issue with a warranty because of it.

 

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ChevyRoofer Senior Enthusiast

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This forum was extremely helpful with my floor mats! Now I'm beginning research on after market exhaust. Before I get too far along in my search....how would modifying my exhaust affect my warranties? Any suggestions at all? I don't want anything obnoxious. I just want it to sound "nice" when it starts up. Just slightly more than factory.

 

Welcome new member. We do have a pinned topic on this already! 100+ pages of good reading.

 

http://www.gm-trucks.com/forums/topic/155832-2014-exhaust-systems-mufflers/

arcasey Enthusiast

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You could just cut out the muffler and keep the resonator, flapper valve, etc. This will give you a little deeper sound but not obnoxious. Leaving all the other components will help prevent the "crappy sound" everyone complains about with the V4 mode on an aftermarket exhaust system. Here is a link to a video of a 2014 5.3L with just the muffler delete:

 

 

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I went with Corsa. Love it,but may not be for everyone. Dont worry about the warranty. A little drone,but not annoying imo. Sounds amazing on a cold start. Barely noticable on the highway.Not obnoxious to me anyway. Nice crisp sound.The above post seems to be a popular choice as well. GM approved. So no warranty issue.

 

 

I also went with the corsa. Brownsfanhere pretty much nailed the description. It does have a little drone, but it's not bad. Pretty sure it's only when it hits v4 mode. I haven't heard the GM Borla in person, but I think its quieter than the corsa from the videos I've seen online. That's why I went with the corsa. I wanted a more aggressive exhaust. Dealer says the exhaust won't void the warranty. I've had exhaust on all my vehicles and I've never had a issue with a warranty because of it.

 

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Count my vote for the Corsa as well. Take it from someone that's ran Flowmasters on all previously owned trucks. I absolutely love my Corsa setup, and even with long tube headers, it's quiet on the highway (I have AFM deleted so almost 0 drone at all). When you get on it you'll think you're in a car. If for some reason you decide against Corsa, I also highly recommend Borla.

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Count my vote for the Corsa as well. Take it from someone that's ran Flowmasters on all previously owned trucks. I absolutely love my Corsa setup, and even with long tube headers, it's quiet on the highway (I have AFM deleted so almost 0 drone at all). When you get on it you'll think you're in a car. If for some reason you decide against Corsa, I also highly recommend Borla.

Your truck is nice!! can i suggest tow mirror

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1) Any exhaust should not effect your warranty except on those parts you replaced obviously. It would be up to GM to prove the exhaust ruined something which is so highly improbable it borders on impossible. I guess if you were choking/restricting the engine but you would be opening it up so physics wise it will do no harm.

 

2) You will find as many opinions as replies when it comes to aftermarket exhaust. I personally would not recommend the Borla's and instead say go with Flowmaster but that is only an opinion since they both do the same thing in essense. What I really recommend is sitting down with some decent speakers and checking out various videos of the different options and deciding what you think sounds best to you.

 

3) IMO The only real difference is in the true dual set ups vs. a single pipe into 2 set up which is very common. True dual will cost more.

KARNUT Senior Enthusiast

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Id start with muffler delete some like some don't. Not really loud cursing nice burble starting up. Any muffler you add will make it quieter. Full new exhusts is a waste performance wise even stock they flow enough.

Justin Arms Enthusiast

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1) Any exhaust should not effect your warranty except on those parts you replaced obviously. It would be up to GM to prove the exhaust ruined something which is so highly improbable it borders on impossible. I guess if you were choking/restricting the engine but you would be opening it up so physics wise it will do no harm.

Service manager at Beaman GMC in Nashville was adamant that an aftermarket exhaust would void my warranty. I even brought up to him that the only mods would be after the cats and in no way would harm the engine. He still, rudely insisted that it would void the warranty. I guess it just depends on the service dept you're dealing with? Not sure. I completely agree with you, but just sharing what I was told not even a week ago.

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