After discussing exausts on this forum quite a bit i had been pretty stuck on getting a borla exaust system.. however i was told last week that the best exaust for 4runners these days is Gibson? And that Gibson has been developing exaust systems for TRD and what not. Is this true? I am pretty sure Gibson is significantly cheaper... i guess i dunno if that translates into less quality or not. But what's the good word?

 

I have a borla cat back system on my 94 4runner and i love it. it sounds great and i picked up a little gas mileage when i installed it and the headers. hope this helps

 

i agree with philly. many of us, including myself, have gone with the cheaper magnaflow/dynomax exhaust. i love my dynomax, it sounds deep and loud enough to tell you have done something..but not toooo loud

 

There's a joke in there somewhere...

 

You can't go wrong with the Borla. Sounds great, adds a little power and mileage, and is stainless so it is the last one you'll have to buy.

 

LOL!

Cebby, I know where your mind is....
(mine is there too )

 

Has anyone built their own exhaust from manifold to tip. THinking of doing my own. Not sure if its feasible!

 

Don't try it unless you have access to a mandrel pipe bender. You don't want those "ripples" in the bends. It will slow down exhauset movement and kill your performance.

By the way... I believe that Borla actually makes all of the TRD exhaust systems.

 

Click on my sig for a $52 idea. There is also a link to Corey's exhaust page there.

 

i'd love to just go ahead and buy a borla.. and at some point that may be the case.. but i'm payin for other things at the moment.. and i haven't found a single place that sells it for less than $500... and i don't really wanna settle for the less expensive approach.. I was hoping this Gibson nonsense would be true.. seeing how much cheaper they go for.. but apparently that is not the case.. thanks for the replies

 

Get the Borla.
I have a '91 4 runner v6 and I put the Borla on in '94 at 45k miles. Now 9 years later at 158k everything is still the same.
No holes, no leaks, and still sounds cool.
I think the factory cat will rust out first.

 

Amen. Phil is right. Take it from someone who overpaid for a Borla.

 

I've been to Corey's site many ah times.. but it doesn't really help me out much.. the majority of them sound good. The thing about just getting the high performance muffler is.. 1) I am doing the whole sha-bang.... new converter, cat to back, headers.. goin all out when i do it.. so i don't just want a muffler- i want the whole deal. Plus, the borla isn't particularly hard to install.. uses all the factory hooks.. me and a variety of my buddies like ta put everything in ourselves.. and if i just go w/ the muffler.. that means i gotta weld right? I have my own shop.. but it doesn't consist of welding equipment.. i dunno.. the price really isn't a problem in the long run.. i'll have no issue forkin up the extra change when the time comes.. just can't fork it up @ the moment. Just got back from an 8 day vacation.. really emptied the pockets temporarily.. haha. thanks again everybody...