hey HT after i got my new to me 94 hatch to run good today i decided to drive it around after i changed the oil and my exhaust is annoying at times i love the sound but after a certain rpm i can stand it, it makes my ears ring. i dont wanna buy another exhaust it has a cat back apexi 3" exhaust which sounds awesome but too annoying after 30 mins of driving. what can i do to enjoy driving my civic instead of hating it cause it makes my ears ring.

 

You could put "dynamat" in the trunk hatch(don't know if i spelled that right) a lot of audio guys do it. It's basicly extra sound deadning costs/weighs a bit but how much you put is up to you. There have been posts like this before end result was some sort of dynamat installed.

 

Change the muffler or add on some resonators. 3" exhaust is overkill if you're not turbo.

 

APEXI comes with a resinator. A different muffler won't change much he's running 3'' exhaust. Dynamat is the simplest solution with out messing with the exhaust which i don't think he want's to do.

 

You could toss a turbo on it. That'll quiet it down, and give you an actual reason to have 3" piping.

 

Dynamat won't do ****. I had a Z6 coupe that used to be boosted and had 3" exhaust. Did lots of fatmat and it was hardly any quieter.

My hatch has atleast 2.5 with a resonator and it is pretty quiet. Factory cat is still on though. Not having a converter on the car will make it much louder than any exhaust will.

 

replace the whole exhaust!

 

Just noticed OP's sig im assuming he's running a 3 inch on a D15 ??. What's the point of that get a 2.25 exhaust and you won't have that droning.

 

Post a pic. Sometimes if the muffler isn't sticking far enough past the underside, you get drone inside/under the car bouncing the sound back into passenger area. Versus it sticking out just enough to where the sound is actually going straight out the back

 

Maybe it's just a 3" tip. Can't see why you would need 3" piping on a stock D.

 

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Your new exhaust needs to be as thick as the OEM pipe. If go to the cheapest guy on craigslist he has to cut corners some how. If you get thinner pipe it will ring/vibrate/resonate/etc...

 

He says catback in his post.

 

its 3" cat back, i have no clue what size it is header to cat.

 

Just looks like the tip and not the piping. Even if it is just have a muffler shop install another resonator.

 

how much will that cost?

 

Parts and labor.

 

what brand resonator should i go with? i found one for $89 3" resonator off some site all i did was google it and first site i found. and how much would you say it would cost for labor and parts?

 

Before you rush off and buy parts maybe you should actually get under the car and VERIFY what you actually have installed. Then call or trot over to a local muffler shop and get a quote from them, not us.

I can tell you all day long what it will cost here but pricing across the country isn't the same.

 

Change it out for a Cherrybomb.... Then you can annoy everyone including yourself :-D!

 

 

I got to use ear plugs. No Panels and no back seats = ear drum damage

 

I will never understand why people want such loud **** on their slow N/A Honda. Every car I've purchased with loud exhaust I hated it.

 

What he said.





I am guilty of buying a free low exhaust. Enjoying the music for a few years and then want something quieter but still produce more power than OEM. I never did find the unicorn exhaust.

 

That would be 2.25 pipe with a s2000 muffler

 

Was this for me?

I was mostly talking about other car 94 rx7 I had set up for the track.

Now I have 93 hatch/gsr motor that is a little on the noisy side.

Would this S2000 muffler work on my car?