I have a 06 tl. I removed ONLY the mid muffler. Sounds great but while waiting at a red light while the car is in drive, there is a loud drone. How do you fix this? otherwise the car sounds great!

 

Hmmm... Good question? I had my mid-muffler removed and replaced my resonator with a Dynomax model. No drone at all. I've gotten used to it now, and I'm kind of wishing that the note was just a little bit deeper myself.

 

what does removing the resonator (a peice that is supposed to quiet down the exhaust) with another resonator do?

 

I'm not sure, but I think you might be the first person to slap two resonators on a TL.

 

your misunderstanding me. I removed the mid muffler. Im saying IF I remove the resonator, and replace it with a dynomax one, what does it do!

 

makes it sound nicer, there is a bunch of threads about it in the performance section

 

Aye! My apologies, brah! Like myron said above, it alters the sound of the exhaust a bit more than just the removal of the mid-muffler. I think it makes it a bit louder, but I have never been able to compare the two "stages" other than some shitty audible bits on youtube. Search under performance for resonator delete. There is a really long thread that details everything that should help you decide what you want to do next, if anything.

 

do you have any vids of this resonator and mid muffler delete on your car?

any performance gains?

how much is it?

 

I forgot to ask, what will cancel out the drone when in drive (automatic) stopped at a red light?

I have heard of this dynomax resonator, but ppl r saying it's raspy, I wouldn't mind my exhaust a little louder, but i want the damn drone done!

 

my solution was.... putting the mid-muff back in a few days later. They muffler shop guy thought I was crazy.

 

there shouldn't be any drone at idle just from removing the mid-muffler. you may want to have them check for a leak. maybe they didn't weld the replacement pipe correctly.

 

I am pretty sure they welded it fine, and if there was a leak, why would a drone appear only at idle when at a red light?

what will putting a new dynomax resonator on do?

 

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those are pics of the "stainless steel pipe" installed, dunno if it is supposed to be rusted, as well I dont know what is causing this drone!

 

good god! I am glad I live in San Diego. That must be aluminized pipe and not SS. in any case the welds do look a bit rough. I have the mid removed and oem resonator replaced w/ dynomax resonator and no drone. salt FMFL

 

Well they say it is a stainless steel pipe, but in canada they use a shit load of salt, so I dont know really. The oem pipe is also rusted like that so I dont know what that is made out of. Either way I will have it check this week!

do you have sound clips of your dynomax resonator? im trying to decide between the dynomax and magnaflow!

 

A leak won't give you any sort of drone.

Dynomax will change the tone - may or may not get rid of the drone. It will sound more aggressive

 

Everyone is saying it's a leak, and it would cause a drone, so now I confused. lol

 

Take it to an exhaust shop to have someone look at it while it is in the air.