I bought a used OEM RSX muffler off a someone thinking it was going to be the 05-06 black muffler...no dice, it was a 02-04...no biggie. I searched and searched the archives and I coudn't find a a DIY so I decided to do my own!

Supplies needed:

- Sandpaper
- Rattle can 500 degree+ paint
- Soap & Water + Brush
- 2 hours of time








The sandpaper was an assortment pack, I only used the 320 & 400 grit. Rattle can was Semi Gloss black...choose whichever black you'd like. As you can see, the muffler itself was pretty dirty but in great shape so I went to work with the soap and brush (soap solution was simple green) then broke out the 320 grit and wetsanded it down.



First pass (320 grit)...




After that, cleaned it up with the soap and water and broke out the 400 grit...




By this point, I was wondering how this thing would look if i just went for broke and polished it. Naw.

Check out my little helper in the background




Time to rattle can this bitch. Just as the can says, two light layers with 10 mins of dry time between each then a final medium coat.

First coat:





Second coat:



Third & final coat. I went for ******* broke, used almost the rest of the can lol.



All in all it came out fantastic. No runs and I got just the amount of shine I wanted out of it.

All done!







I spent all of 1 hour cleaning/sanding and 1 hour sparying. For 2 hours total and approx 8 bucks I definitely give this a

- The Spectacle

 

looks good. anyone know if you can clear a sway bar on an eg with one of these mufflers?

 

nice, what car's that going on? do you know the size of the piping?

 

looks good

personally when i see people pick up the OEM mufflers from other cars and put them on there cars i'm not too crazy about it.

THe best exhaust i've ever owned was an ES muffler ( which looks IDENTICAL to OEM euipment and has AWESOME FLOW

but whatever floats your boat

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by fventura03 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">nice, what car's that going on? do you know the size of the piping?</TD></TR></TABLE>

my girls 4dr Ek. She has a fart can on it it now and i'm tired of hearing it/looking at it.

piping is ummm...small. probably 2 in at the most.

 

ehhhh

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by spectacle &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

my girls 4dr Ek. She has a fart can on it it now and i'm tired of hearing it/looking at it.

piping is ummm...small. probably 2 in at the most.</TD></TR></TABLE>

oh ok nice. nice toes btw.

 

i would have polished it hehe

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by spectacle &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">my girls 4dr Ek. She has a fart can on it it now and i'm tired of hearing it/looking at it.

piping is ummm...small. probably 2 in at the most.</TD></TR></TABLE>

You do know that muffler is from a BASE RSX right? (or does it not matter Type S or not?)

The Type S mufflers ARE indeed black from the factory, the BASE RSX mufflers are not.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by blackdc5 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

You do know that muffler is from a BASE RSX right? (or does it not matter Type S or not?)

The Type S mufflers ARE indeed black from the factory, the BASE RSX mufflers are not.</TD></TR></TABLE>

eh...I used to have a Type S. I don't remember what color it was lol. Either way I was looking for the 05-06 and I didn't get it so this was the best I could do.

I'm happy with it.