Originally Posted by tashspop
the shop held up every muffler they had to my car before the install. everything from cherry bomb to ebay ricer specials, to flowmaster. the aero sounded best to me, but i pretty much had my mind set when i got there. the flowmaster race muffler was closest to the sound of the aero, but the aero didn't leave any gurgle or popping when you let off the throttle and the flowmaster had a little bit. my cousin listened to it when i got back home and he noticed the air blowing sound hidden in the exhaust note that made me really like it. he described it as a turbo sound, but i hate that term and i'm sure i'll get some good snake oil/ricer comments now that i've posted it.
anyway i like it, i have better throttle responce and my car feels like it pulls better through the rpm range. i'm going to fill up and see how it effected my fuel economy.
wow that was nice of the shop to do that, most of them will not go the extra mile to make customers happy.