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Old May 6, 2005 | 12:23 PM
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I had a B&B Triflow on my Trans Am and loved it, so I'm considering a B&B for the truck. It's pricey, but it isn't obnoxiously loud and doesn't have a drone at 1800rpm. Just curious if anyone is using one and what your thoughts are on it.....
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Old May 7, 2005 | 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Jason2112
I had a B&B Triflow on my Trans Am and loved it, so I'm considering a B&B for the truck. It's pricey, but it isn't obnoxiously loud and doesn't have a drone at 1800rpm. Just curious if anyone is using one and what your thoughts are on it.....
I am running it on my extended cab with the duel rear tip exit. I will say it was no a true bolt on for the 4x4 with the 265/65/16's. It could not be adjusted to clear the spare tire and rear protective plastic shock slieve on the drivers side. Both have partially melted and I had to have spacers made to drop the tips b/c they were touching the rear bumper no matter how i adj the system. Even with the spacers it melted the plastic under the bumper.
Ole Billy Boat's company had no advice and just kept saying they would fit or just bring it to a muffler shop and have them bend it.
The sound is pretty good. A couple of people I know got B&B after they heard mine but like i said fit sucked and tech help was b/s. Oh the tips, where they are welded rusted big time, strange none of the other weld have any rust on them. I suppose some idiot used the wrong sticks to weld on the tips. These are all problems I can say ok with if it was alot cheaper than It was but for the price they should have been exact fit and better finish
I can't tell mutch about the drone, there is one, but I dynamated my interior about a month after I got the truck SO it is difficult to hear anything. Example, I put in a tq converted the other week and apparenty forgot to retighten the cat-back after the y pipe enough and the nuts lossened. It was lined up at idle but when at wot the pipe pulled backward about a 1/2 inch and no or very little was even going out the muffler. The only reason I figured it out was I opened the windows and I heard a slight rattle and when I tracked it down it was the exhaust flange.
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Old May 7, 2005 | 09:59 AM
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does B&B sell just the muffler? or are they like corsa - and you have to buy the whole catback?
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Old May 7, 2005 | 06:14 PM
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Originally Posted by revolution
does B&B sell just the muffler? or are they like corsa - and you have to buy the whole catback?
they sell universal 2.5"
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Old May 7, 2005 | 08:29 PM
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Originally Posted by DGGMimpala
I am running it on my extended cab with the duel rear tip exit. I will say it was no a true bolt on for the 4x4 with the 265/65/16's. It could not be adjusted to clear the spare tire and rear protective plastic shock slieve on the drivers side. Both have partially melted and I had to have spacers made to drop the tips b/c they were touching the rear bumper no matter how i adj the system. Even with the spacers it melted the plastic under the bumper.
Ole Billy Boat's company had no advice and just kept saying they would fit or just bring it to a muffler shop and have them bend it.
The sound is pretty good. A couple of people I know got B&B after they heard mine but like i said fit sucked and tech help was b/s. Oh the tips, where they are welded rusted big time, strange none of the other weld have any rust on them. I suppose some idiot used the wrong sticks to weld on the tips. These are all problems I can say ok with if it was alot cheaper than It was but for the price they should have been exact fit and better finish
I can't tell mutch about the drone, there is one, but I dynamated my interior about a month after I got the truck SO it is difficult to hear anything. Example, I put in a tq converted the other week and apparenty forgot to retighten the cat-back after the y pipe enough and the nuts lossened. It was lined up at idle but when at wot the pipe pulled backward about a 1/2 inch and no or very little was even going out the muffler. The only reason I figured it out was I opened the windows and I heard a slight rattle and when I tracked it down it was the exhaust flange.
Wow, that's the first negative thing(s) I've heard of a B&B. Strange, considering their f-body exhaust system was the easiest system I've ever installed and it had no drone or alignment problems. I guess they put more effort into their car systems than their truck systems...
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Old May 8, 2005 | 03:22 AM
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The B&B route looks the best to me because I like the true duals and I deal with the whole winter/salt deal and rust sucks. It looks like nothing holds up to the elements so B&B, Corsa, & SLP are the only options with t304. This is the first post Ive read with negative feedback but it seems like B&B isn't real popular mostly becuz of the price for their catback. Anybody else have negative feedback (besides price) ?
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