BJK's '02 Protege sedan

[JDM323]

you could put a hotdog in line.

[bjk]

Originally Posted by HAIGHIE

let it set in for a week, first and then you could dynamat the boot floor if it doesn't go away
or stuff the muffler with steel wool

I'll see how the settling goes. What exactly does it do, like what's happening to the exhaust? I'll save my "what's dynamat" question for google so I'm not so typically gen-Y.

Is the steel wool thing serious? lol

Originally Posted by shaley323

you could put a hotdog in line.

What is a hotdog and what does it do? cost?

Asides from the edible variety.

[JDM323]

a hotdog is a small straight through muffler/resonator that cuts down the drone without sacrificing flow much.

as for steel wool pot scrubbers or rolled up chicken wire were the too loud to pass roadworthy solution in the day.

[xeon8]

+2 for the hotdog. I've got one installed, makes all the difference. Way less drone (without the hotdog, the exhaust droned heaps) and a little quiter too.

[xeon8]

As promised

[bjk]

Are they much to guy/install? Where did you get yours done xeon8? Because you're in Adelaide!

[xeon8]

I got my exhaust done at Profix, took them just over an hour to bend and weld everything up. I also just got a generic Lukey muffler from them. The catback just went straight from the cat to the muffler; no resonator or hotdog to quiten the sound. The guy finished welding and started the car up just as the shop was closing, and by far it was the loudest thing I have ever heard; easily defectable in that state. As they were closing, they told me to come back the next day and they would install a resonator for me, totally free of charge.

Based on that, I can't exactly tell you how much a hotdog or resonator will cost including labour, but if I was to take a rough guess I would say anywhere from $50 - $75.

[HAIGHIE]

your exhaust shop will have to weld it into your exhaust system
and yes what shaley323 said, i told my mate to do it when he got EPA'd and he passed just hahah,

to be totally hounest i don't know why but i gess it takes the comuter to set in to not having as much back pressure but it settles in a bit happened to ben and matt, and to my brothers commo, but if you haven't gotten a hotdog in there i would suggest it

[swift jimmy]

you'll hate ur exhaust for like 2 weeks until it settles in.. whne i got mine done was ready to rip mine off that nite so loud and droney but now its sweet

[HAIGHIE]

...^^^^^ what THIS GUY said lol

[bjk]

Thanks for the encouragement and advice guys! I'll wait and see how it settles. Although if it's still too loud (for me, or more likely my brother haha) I'll look into a hotdog.

And don't show it to me with looooowww! I can't afford that shizzz.

[HAIGHIE]

Originally Posted by bjk

And don't show it to me with looooowww! I can't afford that shizzz.

hahah good bye future money lol

[Clean_Cookie]

There's a way cheaper and way easier solution than dynamat for reducing noise too btw (dynamat is a rubbery sticky sheet of aluminum which is used to add weight to panels to reduce the vibrations.) It however doesnt do a great deal for quieting down the car unless you spend heaps like me (4 boxes @ $210/box)

[bjk]

What's that?

[bjk]

Took a few snaps of the exhaust last night. Tip leans a little to the right, but at a distance you can't really tell.

[Zenki]

Welcome another Adelaide member

[bjk]

How many of us are there? Should do a meet and cruise sometime soon!

[Zenki]

Not many BJ owners that I know of except xeon8, meet & cruise sounds good

[bjk]

Originally Posted by Zenki

Not many BJ owners that I know of except xeon8, meet & cruise sounds good

At least we won't lose track of each other, haha. Your protege looks uber clean, what wheels are those?

[Zenki]

Originally Posted by bjk

At least we won't lose track of each other, haha. Your protege looks uber clean, what wheels are those?

Hehe, try to keep it as clean as I could

They are 16'' speedy fin from bob jane