How long has your muffler lasted?

[Runaboveit]

I was just wondering the intervals in which you guys have had to change your mufflers?

I got my alero back in November with 218k, now 233k and I was wondering about the exhaust. It looks like the factory exhaust style, aside from me polishing up the tips with some eagle one never dull (great stuff btw).

How quiet were the factory mufflers? I'm not really sure if mine needs replaced. Does anybody have any videos to compare? I do know It's louder than my old beretta 3100 right after I had replaced the muffler on that (it was SO friggen quiet, kinda miss it lol)

As far as I can tell the car has lived in Nevada and or the west coast its life, no rust.

And a muffler rusting would be the only thing that would cause it to get louder right?

[Philbar71]

I dont know about everybody elses, but my factory exhaust is extremely quite. Like sometimes when I pull up to a stop sign and stop, I cant hear my car running and I'm like "did it just cut off on me?" lmao.

Also baffles could break loose and cause some rattle or raspy-ness.

[alero_bmxer]

Six months till today when it fell of on the expressway on my way to work. now i get my magnaflow single in dual out next week :)

[alero_bmxer]

Six months till today when it fell of on the expressway on my way to work. now i get my magnaflow single in dual out next week :)

[Redog]

They usually rust away before failing

Living in Nevada you kinda don't have that problem :lol:

[leroBob]

exhaust is one thing i can say i have never had issue with! 99, 113k+ miles and still the original exhaust and quite as ever.

[freeze12]

I still have My 2001 Alero that I bought new & it still has the original exaust 70,000 mi. 2.4L

[cherrington17]

my exhaust is still in great condition. and i've been parking outside in the rustbelt for like... 6 years. 82k miles now.

[hok666]

the life of my car and keeps going!

[alero_gls]

ive had the same muffler since 2001

[hok666]

same year as me 2001, but it is still stock from 2001 when I bought it.

[colonel6632]

mine is stock from 2002, and it had 153xxxkm on it, before it got ripped off when pulling my car out of the ditch. now the muffler just sits in the shop

[zzyzzx]

I've never had to replace a muffler. Ever. On any car. Even my 1995 Escort has it's original muffler, and it has over 192,500 miles on it.