Aftermarket CX-9 Exhaust tips?
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Looking for alternative option.
VXAR Exhaust Tip Stainless Steel for Auto Car Jeep wrangler (Silver 1P) on amazon is $93CAD now.
Is there any cheap option?
What size(diameter) do i need?
I'd love to buy corksport axle back but its too expensive and my wife will hate the loud exhaust lol.
VXAR Exhaust Tip Stainless Steel for Auto Car Jeep wrangler (Silver 1P) on amazon is $93CAD now.
Is there any cheap option?
What size(diameter) do i need?
I'd love to buy corksport axle back but its too expensive and my wife will hate the loud exhaust lol.
Same here from Ebay. Exactly what I wanted.
I like the look with the tip. Can you share what did you search on Aliexpress? Kind of want a black tip.
Super easy. Just slip-on.
Don’t these tips you guys are talking about make the car less loud?
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Nah, these are just cosmetic pieces that are either installed over the existing tips, or they replace the existing tip with a slightly larger one. They don't change the sound in any significant way. I think the things you're thinking of are silencers. Those restrict the output of larger diameter tips to reduce noise, and are usually found on aftermarket canister or "fireball-style" muffler replacements.
Oh! Well thank for clarifying that. Now I want to get a pair of these tips but MAN! Is impossible to find any in stock
They look like mines but mines stick out quite bit, they’re 7.5 long. I was wondering how yours look cause’ I’m not sure about leaving mines, maybe something shorter looks better. They stick out close to 3 inches btw.
Just installed these tips, let me know what y’all think. I can share the link from Amazon if you guys like them. Spent less than $50 for both
Curious if anybody has any more options to add to this list? I really like the bigger tips that come on the new Signature model, but it seems you would have to buy the whole muffler assembly.
Not really interested in cheap eBay/Amazon tips that will eventually rust.
Anybody found any good quality aftermarket tips that will work?
Not really interested in cheap eBay/Amazon tips that will eventually rust.
Anybody found any good quality aftermarket tips that will work?
The closest I've found on Amazon is:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/ (commissions earned)
But they don't get great reviews.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/ (commissions earned)
But they don't get great reviews.
I've spent many nights looking for the perfect exhaust tips for the CX-9 and ordered a whole range before finding the perfect ones.
They are matte black ceramic coated stainless steel and made in USA. The black coating completely eliminates the ugly soot stains that ruin the look of bright exhaust tips. These tips fit perfectly in the recesses in the CX-9's rear skirt, with an even and sufficient clearance of 0.6 inches all around. With the angled edge, they perfectly follow the contours of the bumper. The tips are long enough that when seen from the side, they maintain the 4" diameter all the way until they disappear from view behind the skirt. And they are so long and dark inside that the thin original exhaust pipe is not visible from behind the car, not even when you're looking into them from the low seating position in a Miata. We checked that
.The 4" tips don't seriously change the CX-9's sound or volume. If anything, there might be a slight, deep undertone.
The outer diameter of the CX-9's exhaust tubes (behind the short stock tips) is 54mm. That is extremely rare, and there are no exhaust tips available specific to this size. The "universal inlet diameter tips" with three bolts weren't an option, because they don't mount reliably (I've had two fall off from others cars long ago). They are also effectively open on both ends, and I don't like see-through exhaust pipes.
These black tips are 2.25" (57.1mm) inner diameter clampless style, so I milled custom reducer sleeves to install the tips on the CX-9's exhaust tubes. This way, they sit rock solid. Because of my former experiences with loosening exhaust tips, I also secured each tip to the muffler's mounting point with a stainless safety wire (yes, I build airplanes when I don't do exhaust tips
).That's why I used longer bolts and two top lock nuts per bolt. The safety wire gets looped around the bolt, in the space between the two nuts. But the tips stayed rock solid from the first moment until I took them off today and re-installed the original exhaust tips because we're returning our leased CX-9. The simple 54/55mm exhaust pipe connectors required to re-install the original tips are readily available online because this diameter is common on Audi, VW, and BMW exhaust systems, but only ahead of the muffler.
Since we don't need them anymore, the pictured pair of exhaust tips is now for sale. They are extremely well made and in perfect condition; the photos have all been made today. The custom reducer sleeves for the CX-9 are not visible from the outside. Since locking hardware should only be used once, the tips come with the pictured new stainless bolts and new top lock nuts.
Price: $190 + actual shipping costs
