Hambonehead
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A little background:
I was looking for a muffler for my ‘19 Ram 1500 that would give it a little deeper tone and slight increase in overall sound. Now we pull a 7,500lbs travel trailer fairly frequently so I didn’t want something obnoxious while traveling with the family for several hours and while traveling through the campgrounds. I’ve looked as several options and everything seemed to loud. The Flowmaster FX seemed the closest to what I was looking for but I’ve never been a fan of the Flowmaster sound. I almost took a chance on the B2 Moderate but only found one video and wasn’t to sure. After doing a lot of searching I found the Proven Ground C&L cut and clamp muffler replacement with 5” tips for $370 shipped. After reading several reviews it seemed exactly what I was looking for but could not find any video online. I found some forum and FB posts where people had purchased it but never any feedback. Well for the price I figured what the heck, I’ll give it a shot. Worst case I have the muffler and I at least have some 5” tips now.
Well I ordered the muffler late Tuesday night and it arrived Thursday from americantrucks.com and the package and components all looked good. Welds and materials all looked to be of good quality. One of the tips had a very small and minor scuff but where it was located it would never be seen once installed so I didn’t fret it. I did read in some of the reviews people mentioned they were better off reusing the factory tip clamps so I just went ahead and used the factory ones to try and avoid any headaches. Instructions were easy to follow and included pictures and the cut and removal of the factory muffler went fairly easy. The factory flange bolts did break on me but I didn’t try using any penetrating oil and did use a half inch impact so yeah. Cleaned up the cut on the factory tail pipe with a file and deburring tool and the new muffler slid right on and into location easily as expected. In all the total install took about 1.5 hours but I wasn’t in a rush.
Initial reaction:
Well it’s a little louder than I had hoped for but does sound good and in the cab it’s not bad. Waiting on the high temp RTV to dry that I put in the resonator weep holes before I take it for a drive. I’ll try and get the cold start video uploaded soon.
I was looking for a muffler for my ‘19 Ram 1500 that would give it a little deeper tone and slight increase in overall sound. Now we pull a 7,500lbs travel trailer fairly frequently so I didn’t want something obnoxious while traveling with the family for several hours and while traveling through the campgrounds. I’ve looked as several options and everything seemed to loud. The Flowmaster FX seemed the closest to what I was looking for but I’ve never been a fan of the Flowmaster sound. I almost took a chance on the B2 Moderate but only found one video and wasn’t to sure. After doing a lot of searching I found the Proven Ground C&L cut and clamp muffler replacement with 5” tips for $370 shipped. After reading several reviews it seemed exactly what I was looking for but could not find any video online. I found some forum and FB posts where people had purchased it but never any feedback. Well for the price I figured what the heck, I’ll give it a shot. Worst case I have the muffler and I at least have some 5” tips now.
Well I ordered the muffler late Tuesday night and it arrived Thursday from americantrucks.com and the package and components all looked good. Welds and materials all looked to be of good quality. One of the tips had a very small and minor scuff but where it was located it would never be seen once installed so I didn’t fret it. I did read in some of the reviews people mentioned they were better off reusing the factory tip clamps so I just went ahead and used the factory ones to try and avoid any headaches. Instructions were easy to follow and included pictures and the cut and removal of the factory muffler went fairly easy. The factory flange bolts did break on me but I didn’t try using any penetrating oil and did use a half inch impact so yeah. Cleaned up the cut on the factory tail pipe with a file and deburring tool and the new muffler slid right on and into location easily as expected. In all the total install took about 1.5 hours but I wasn’t in a rush.
Initial reaction:
Well it’s a little louder than I had hoped for but does sound good and in the cab it’s not bad. Waiting on the high temp RTV to dry that I put in the resonator weep holes before I take it for a drive. I’ll try and get the cold start video uploaded soon.
