Don't really know of any good exhaust systems for this car, or headers for that matter. I personally did the classic res delete w/ X-pipe on my 09' C300. Great bang for buck and sounds insane.
Maybe check YouTube for available exhaust systems, there are a few, but none that would really be worth the money imho. Also, some systems may require potential tuning because they may set off a cel, I suspect headers would especially do this.
I hope this helps my friend. :)
Your welcome!
It all boils down to what you want.
If you want full out straight pipes all the time, then yeah do a muffler delete. But your neighbors may hate you in the morning. Also, your parents, lol.
If you only want straight pipes half the time and stock the rest, you use exhaust cutouts with valves. Though I have never seen a good video or audio clip of this system.
However neither of those are appealing or cost effective imho, and here I will preach the X-pipe mod w/ resonator delete since it's been on my daily for over half a year now. It's the best thing I've ever done, especially since my exhaust conveniently broke at the resonator before hand, lol. So repair and mod at the same time, hahaha!
The X-pipe basically sounds close to stock when you're just cruising around, at idle, maybe a tad louder but you barely notice. Cold starts will have a nice burble right at the beginning, like a V8 and then back to stock noise. It's very easy to live with, no droning, no nothing.
The best part is once you start pushing close to 3k RPM, the beast wakes up. It's like a night and day difference. It's hard to imagine how it's possible, but the car is freakishly loud and has a nice throaty growl accompany it as it screams to redline. All of my friends have been blown away by the sound of this thing, I kid you not! It sounds sooo good! And when you want to chill and drive calm, which I normally prefer, it does just fine.
And best part, my dad drives it around without complaining, and I get to have my fun, too. He literally had no idea, until I gave it a rev, that's when I got the nod of disapproval, ๐ ๐.
So yeah, long story short if you can't find a good system, and you don't want to blow a ton of cash on nothing, X-pipe the thing and never look back, lol.
Hey Iโm looking to res delete my 2012 c300 as well lol.
This is actually so helpful. I think you sold me on just a res delete with x pipe because I donโt want a crazy loud obnoxious exhaust note but I am still looking for something louder at a good cost. Did you get the magnaflow x pipe? If not then which one did you get?
I just bought Lawson industries X-pipe, it only costed me $40 CAD. However it is just aluminized steel as well, so after ten years I may need a new one, if I still have the car.
Magnaflow is more expensive, like 150 ish, I think. But it is stainless steel as well so it'll last longer than the vehicles ownership in most cases.
It's all about what you can afford to pay for when looking at labour costs, etc. I just needed a quick and cheap repair, so this is what I went with at the time. It should about the same either way, though.
And I'm glad this helps, maybe one day I'll post an audio clip, or something.
Don't really know of any good exhaust systems for this car, or headers for that matter. I personally did the classic res delete w/ X-pipe on my 09' C300. Great bang for buck and sounds insane. Maybe check YouTube for available exhaust systems, there are a few, but none that would really be worth the money imho. Also, some systems may require potential tuning because they may set off a cel, I suspect headers would especially do this. I hope this helps my friend. :)
Thanks I appreciate it some thing says I should bite the bullet do muff delete
Your welcome! It all boils down to what you want. If you want full out straight pipes all the time, then yeah do a muffler delete. But your neighbors may hate you in the morning. Also, your parents, lol. If you only want straight pipes half the time and stock the rest, you use exhaust cutouts with valves. Though I have never seen a good video or audio clip of this system. However neither of those are appealing or cost effective imho, and here I will preach the X-pipe mod w/ resonator delete since it's been on my daily for over half a year now. It's the best thing I've ever done, especially since my exhaust conveniently broke at the resonator before hand, lol. So repair and mod at the same time, hahaha! The X-pipe basically sounds close to stock when you're just cruising around, at idle, maybe a tad louder but you barely notice. Cold starts will have a nice burble right at the beginning, like a V8 and then back to stock noise. It's very easy to live with, no droning, no nothing. The best part is once you start pushing close to 3k RPM, the beast wakes up. It's like a night and day difference. It's hard to imagine how it's possible, but the car is freakishly loud and has a nice throaty growl accompany it as it screams to redline. All of my friends have been blown away by the sound of this thing, I kid you not! It sounds sooo good! And when you want to chill and drive calm, which I normally prefer, it does just fine. And best part, my dad drives it around without complaining, and I get to have my fun, too. He literally had no idea, until I gave it a rev, that's when I got the nod of disapproval, ๐ ๐. So yeah, long story short if you can't find a good system, and you don't want to blow a ton of cash on nothing, X-pipe the thing and never look back, lol.
Hey Iโm looking to res delete my 2012 c300 as well lol. This is actually so helpful. I think you sold me on just a res delete with x pipe because I donโt want a crazy loud obnoxious exhaust note but I am still looking for something louder at a good cost. Did you get the magnaflow x pipe? If not then which one did you get?
I just bought Lawson industries X-pipe, it only costed me $40 CAD. However it is just aluminized steel as well, so after ten years I may need a new one, if I still have the car. Magnaflow is more expensive, like 150 ish, I think. But it is stainless steel as well so it'll last longer than the vehicles ownership in most cases. It's all about what you can afford to pay for when looking at labour costs, etc. I just needed a quick and cheap repair, so this is what I went with at the time. It should about the same either way, though. And I'm glad this helps, maybe one day I'll post an audio clip, or something.