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Received my Flo-Pro 4" Catback setup today from Dales Superstore. Here's my opinion so far...
Install: SUPER easy. I have never removed or installed exhaust before. My biggest concern was I wanted to remove the stock exhaust intact (no chopping or cutting) just in case I had a problem with the new setup or I just didn't like it. I was working in my garage, alone, and without the benefit of experience or a lift. I figured out pretty quickly that the easiest way to remove the exhaust was to unbolt the hanger mounts from the frame rather than try to manipulate the hangers out of the mount. There is just enough clearance to get the back end of the exhaust up and over the rear axle. Within an hour I had the stock exhaust off the truck in one piece. That went so well I thought surely the worst was yet to come.
When I ordered this exhaust, I read that I may have to cut one section in order for it to fit the 145" wheel base truck. As it turns out, all I had to do was leave out one section and it fit perfectly for my truck (pretty excited about that as the only tool I have to cut a 4" pipe is a hack saw). I began piecing it together from front to back. Someone on this forum (don't remember who, but thank you) recommended not tightening anything completely until the whole system was assembled. That was good advice and no doubt saved me lots of time. Took me a little over an hour to have the new exhaust installed and tightened down. I couldn't have asked for an easier install. REALLY HAPPY!
Now is when the not so happy part starts. I quickly learned first hand what "drone" means. This exhaust is WAY louder than I thought it would be. The only reason I decided to upgrade the exhaust was strictly to improve the performance, not make it louder. I tow a travel trailer many times during the summer and I can only imagine how loud that will be. Not sure what to do now. I like the look of the exhaust, and I'm assuming it will perform as advertised...I just don't like the noise. Like so many ecoboost haters love to say..."it sounds like a rice burner!" I like a loud Harley or hot rod...not a loud V-6. Any guidance or suggestions would be very much appreciated. After spending nearly $400 on this setup, I'd rather not spend several hundred more if possible (wife wasn't exactly thrilled that I spent the $ to begin with!)
Install: SUPER easy. I have never removed or installed exhaust before. My biggest concern was I wanted to remove the stock exhaust intact (no chopping or cutting) just in case I had a problem with the new setup or I just didn't like it. I was working in my garage, alone, and without the benefit of experience or a lift. I figured out pretty quickly that the easiest way to remove the exhaust was to unbolt the hanger mounts from the frame rather than try to manipulate the hangers out of the mount. There is just enough clearance to get the back end of the exhaust up and over the rear axle. Within an hour I had the stock exhaust off the truck in one piece. That went so well I thought surely the worst was yet to come.
When I ordered this exhaust, I read that I may have to cut one section in order for it to fit the 145" wheel base truck. As it turns out, all I had to do was leave out one section and it fit perfectly for my truck (pretty excited about that as the only tool I have to cut a 4" pipe is a hack saw). I began piecing it together from front to back. Someone on this forum (don't remember who, but thank you) recommended not tightening anything completely until the whole system was assembled. That was good advice and no doubt saved me lots of time. Took me a little over an hour to have the new exhaust installed and tightened down. I couldn't have asked for an easier install. REALLY HAPPY!
Now is when the not so happy part starts. I quickly learned first hand what "drone" means. This exhaust is WAY louder than I thought it would be. The only reason I decided to upgrade the exhaust was strictly to improve the performance, not make it louder. I tow a travel trailer many times during the summer and I can only imagine how loud that will be. Not sure what to do now. I like the look of the exhaust, and I'm assuming it will perform as advertised...I just don't like the noise. Like so many ecoboost haters love to say..."it sounds like a rice burner!" I like a loud Harley or hot rod...not a loud V-6. Any guidance or suggestions would be very much appreciated. After spending nearly $400 on this setup, I'd rather not spend several hundred more if possible (wife wasn't exactly thrilled that I spent the $ to begin with!)