Slyder
Newish Member
When I was checking out tips for the 2022+ models, I came across those resonators. I think they've come to realize that so many people are running cat-less secondaries which will either create drone that was never there before or make the drone even worse for people who say they experience drone with the MBRP exhaust by itself.
For me personally, I did experience drone for the 1st couple hundred miles when I first installed the MBRP exhaust. I just remember every time I had a passenger in the car and did a cold start, we couldn't hear each other talk (or ourselves for that matter) for about the first minute or two. It wasn't that the exhaust was loud, it just matched the same frequency as our speech. It reminded of how a good set of headphones cancels out surrounding noise. After a couple hundred miles, it completely went away (I don't know if there is such a thing as "exhaust break-in period," but that's the story I'm going with
) . I still got tips on my car long after this and didn't notice a single change in exhaust sound (tone, decibels, or drone).I wonder if the rattle was the exhaust tip of the MBRP resting on the Stinger's fake exhaust tips? I had that problem on my passenger side. It didn't matter how many times I loosened those damn band clamps and tried adjusting the exhaust to be centered in the Stinger's fake tips, it never worked. I could get them centered, but after the I drove the car, they would sag down and touch the fake tips, making a constant rattling sound. The driver's side was perfect. Even before tightening the band clamps, the exhaust would only sag down far enough to be perfectly centered inside the fake tips. This was my primary reason for buying aftermarket tips that actually connect.
Once I get to the point of doing secondary downpipes, I think I'll add some Vibrant 1792 Resonators as I don't want to create drone, nor do I want the "raspy" exhaust sound either. I like the deeper tones that the MBRP gives, but maybe just a little louder.
