I am planning on getting the gibson catback system this spring, and i know there are a few threads on the install and initial thoughts regarding the system, i was curious, however, of the people who have had the system for a while, what are your thoughts, still notice the sound? still happy you got the system? any issues/rattles/squeeks lingering around? now that it is "broken in" does it sound any different?
Thanks!
Long term Gibson owners
Moderator: volvite
I say don't bother and wait for a better system to come out. Here's why:
1. Fitment. Everyone who got the system has had some sort of issue mainly around the rear crossmember area. I seem to have gotten it the worst from all my findings but noone has any amount of room back there. I feel a few more bends of very few degree's would help that situation a lot and not have a negative effect on flow or back pressure.
2. The system is not full stainless steel. The hangers are regular mild steel, welded to stainless then sprayed with silver/aluminized paint. On my kit I am 99% sure the front Y pipe is not stainless but aluminized steel as the last time I was under there it looked like it was discolored and starting to rust.
3. The sound to me is not all that good.
Take that with a grain of salt, I may have been a victim of a shitty system. My stuff was on backorder supposedly because Gibson ran out of a portion of the SS kit. So maybe I got a junk kit that was rushed into a package and had a poor QA team assigned.
I'm sure I'll be switching out in the future if anyone comes out with a better setup.
1. Fitment. Everyone who got the system has had some sort of issue mainly around the rear crossmember area. I seem to have gotten it the worst from all my findings but noone has any amount of room back there. I feel a few more bends of very few degree's would help that situation a lot and not have a negative effect on flow or back pressure.
2. The system is not full stainless steel. The hangers are regular mild steel, welded to stainless then sprayed with silver/aluminized paint. On my kit I am 99% sure the front Y pipe is not stainless but aluminized steel as the last time I was under there it looked like it was discolored and starting to rust.
3. The sound to me is not all that good.
Take that with a grain of salt, I may have been a victim of a shitty system. My stuff was on backorder supposedly because Gibson ran out of a portion of the SS kit. So maybe I got a junk kit that was rushed into a package and had a poor QA team assigned.
I'm sure I'll be switching out in the future if anyone comes out with a better setup.
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ralphwiggums
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I just got my Gibson system installed this weekend. I had it professionally done and they said it was a pain for the pipe that goes over the axle.
sound is definetly louder and there's a bit more power. I wouldn't say 10%, more like 3-5hp.
They could have tuned the sound to be a bit more growly, but given that it's only a 6 cyl. there's only so much to work with.
One thing i notice is slight rattles when I'm idling at a stop light - I'll look into that on the weekend if the weather's nicer (not worth crawling under a dirty wet truck to fix something small)
sound is definetly louder and there's a bit more power. I wouldn't say 10%, more like 3-5hp.
They could have tuned the sound to be a bit more growly, but given that it's only a 6 cyl. there's only so much to work with.
One thing i notice is slight rattles when I'm idling at a stop light - I'll look into that on the weekend if the weather's nicer (not worth crawling under a dirty wet truck to fix something small)
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