REAR MUFFLER REPLACEMENT

[Hokie99]

I thought I detected a slight leak in the exhaust today after looking around with soap and water I found where the rear muffler is coming apart at the seam.

Rock Auto has Bosal and Walker for 60 bucks....are these decent replacements? Edited and Corrected Pic attached.

The dealer wants $350, no thanks.

This will be my first muffler replacement, any special tools are gaskets I need to get?

Thanks in advance

 

[saucebox]

That's the resonator. The muffler is something like 3-4 times that size.

If it's your resonator with the hole, cutting it off is your cheapest action. I think I paid a local exhaust shop something like $40 to cut mine off and bend up a side exit.

As to quality, I have no idea on that Walker. But at 20% of the cost of the Toyota part, I wouldn't hold my breath.

 

[Hokie99]

That's the resonator. The muffler is something like 3-4 times that size.

If it's your resonator with the hole, cutting it off is your cheapest action. I think I paid a local exhaust shop something like $40 to cut mine off and bend up a side exit.

As to quality, I have no idea on that Walker. But at 20% of the cost of the Toyota part, I wouldn't hold my breath.

Yes, so sorry, brain is like mush today. The muffler assembly is indeed what I need and it's $110..Ansa, Bosal, Walker

IS this something that I can change out fairly easily since it's the assembly or am I Missing something?

Any brand of the 3 above that any of you all have experience with?

 

[94SRUNNER]

Does the dealer want $350 for just the muffler or resonator?

 

[suprarx7nut]

Yes, so sorry, brain is like mush today. The muffler assembly is indeed what I need and it's $110..Ansa, Bosal, Walker

IS this something that I can change out fairly easily since it's the assembly or am I Missing something?

Any brand of the 3 above that any of you all have experience with?

This might help if it really is the mid-section muffler you need. The rear-most "thing" is not a muffler - that is a resonator on our 100 series.



It's been about 5 years since I installed that. So far, so good. My LX will need a muffler soon, but I might spring for OEM.

 

[abuck99]

A 24” stainless Magnaflow is about the same money- (better performance & not loud or droney) with install your looking at $150-200+\-

MagnaFlow: 12286

Theres a good thread here in the forum on mufflers- Got Direct Fit Muffler Replacement Experience

 

[87warrior]

I installed a Bosal at the tail end of 2019.

It fit (sort of) and is still under the Cruiser. I used new Toyota gaskets, bolts/nuts and clamp to secure it. All of the OEM hardware had to be cut off to remove the muffler. The flanged ends of muffler pipes on the Bosal were not in quite the right position which made for a frustrating installation. It did fit better than any Walker brand exhaust product I have used in the past. After 10k miles the exhaust tone has gotten echoy and tin-canny with the Bosal. Sounds like a mid 90's Chevy now. I'll replace it in the future by welding an aftermarket muffler to the OEM muffler pipes.

 

[Hokie99]

Does the dealer want $350 for just the muffler or resonator?

Muffler

 

[94SRUNNER]

Muffler

Was that for OEM or aftermarket?

 

[Hokie99]

Ow

Was that for OEM or aftermarket?

oem

 

[94SRUNNER]

Wow! That is a really good price for an OEM unit. If I could, I would drive to where you live and have them change out my muffler at that price!

Not sure your model year, but for my 06', OEM MSRP is ~$724 and from discount sites ~$554. Although PartSouq has it for ~$303 less shipping ($467 shipped to SW Ohio)

 

[TheLCProject]

I did an oem-like magnaflow for $230 installed.

 

[gregnash]

I did an oem-like magnaflow for $230 installed.

Which magnaflow did you go with?
I have been debating on putting together my own system and deleting the resonator. Thinking about having it dump out behind passenger rear tire instead of all the way to the back. Did the same on my 60 and was a fun little project. Found out that I cannot pie-cut for #$%*. LOL

 

[Leandro]

I have the Bosal and it works great.
Only thing is that I had to take it to a exhaust shop and cut the flanges and weld it. The bolts were fused into the flanges after 20 years of rust. But would had to that anyway if it were an OEM.

 

[Hokie99]

Wow! That is a really good price for an OEM unit. If I could, I would drive to where you live and have them change out my muffler at that price!

Not sure your model year, but for my 06', OEM MSRP is ~$724 and from discount sites ~$554. Although PartSouq has it for ~$303 less shipping ($467 shipped to SW Ohio)

They quoted me incorrectly over the phone, when I showed up to order the muffler and other items it was closer to 600....

 

[94SRUNNER]

They quoted me incorrectly over the phone, when I showed up to order the muffler and other items it was closer to 600....

To bad you couldn't hold them to it.

 

[Hokie99]

So in regards to the magnaflo my muffler guy said there’s the big body and the regular. The big body is oem quiet and the regular has more of a rumble...according to him

I’d like a little rumble but not anything over the top

anyone have experience with either?

 

[gregnash]

So in regards to the magnaflo my muffler guy said there’s the big body and the regular. The big body is oem quiet and the regular has more of a rumble...according to him

I’d like a little rumble but not anything over the top

anyone have experience with either?

I know that @TRAIL TAILOR has installed magnaflow on a couple of his trucks, not sure if he has on one of the 100s though.
Personally, on my 60 I went with a clone of the short. Did a Thrush Welded on her, did a high flow cat and then upped the piping from 2 1/4" to 2 1/2" at the down pipe then had it exit just behind drivers side rear tire. I felt like the sound was great, nice little rumble/burble to it. Nothing over the top, but enough to it that most people that heard it asked if I had a low key V8 installed. Absolute zero drone at highway speeds but with windows open, at least that I could tell. So I have been contemplating going back to that and deleting the resonator.

I did find, as I had created a short axle dump pipe, that the longer run of exhaust tubing from the muffler to termination will quiet things down. So depending on where you place the muffler and how long the tubing run is after that you MAY make it quieter.

 

[TheLCProject]

I did an oem-like magnaflow for $230 installed.

I wish I knew

Fast forward to 1:10 in the video:

 

[abuck99]

So in regards to the magnaflo my muffler guy said there’s the big body and the regular. The big body is oem quiet and the regular has more of a rumble...according to him

I’d like a little rumble but not anything over the top

anyone have experience with either?

There are two versions people are installing here, #12256 18"body (24"overall) or #12286 24"body (30"in overall which is near OEM length). I edited my post above to reflect the one I installed which is the longer version (24" body). The shorter version is louder. See the link to the exhaust discussion thread I linked above if you want to see more dialog on muffler options.

Magnaflow 12286 5"x8" Oval Muffler, 2.5" Inlet/Outlet, 24" Body, 30" Length