2017 Ram 1500 Mufflers & Resonators

After pulling the trigger on the Outlaw, it arrived quickly so I was really pleased with the CARiD service in that regard. With the help of my son we got it installed in a few hours, and like many other reviewers have said, the hardest part was getting the old muffler off, and mine wasn't even that rusty. Ended up just cutting it off with a Sawzall. After the initial fire-up, I was worried that it was going to be way too loud. The truck was backed up to the garage so it formed a kind of amphitheater that made the rumble reverberate conspicuously throughout the neighborhood. My son was totally stoked, but in my head, I was like in my head "Oh S*** I can't live with this, and not only that but I cut the old muffler off." But then the idle settled down after a minute, and ultimately it wasn't much louder at all than stock at that RPM. We took it for a spin and, in the final analysis on the initial impression, the muffler was a perfect balance between quietly rumbling when you want it to (idle, and just cruising around), and aggressively lively sounding when getting on it. In other words, it was only loud when I wanted it to be. I've now had the muffler for a few months and I have not a single regret. It always gives me grins when I fire it up on cold start. It's like the truck is saying, "Ok let's do this," even if you're just going to the store. I can also appreciate the many "moods" of the engine now that it can communicate better, depending hills, freeway acceleration, backing off the throttle and basking in the mild burble, or mashing the pedal to pass someone or just be a hooligan in private. It's never too loud.