Skip the muffler shop $100 exhaust, you get what you pay for... pinch bent pipes, reverse flow mufflers, etc.

The factory exhaust really is not that expensive new from a dealer with good pricing (I paid just over $500 for mine on the 300SEL from MB Sugarland in Texas)

Or just search around for someone parting a car and buy either the resonator or rear muffler if one is bad on that car, then buy the other new. You may become lucky and buy both in good used shape for nothing. Used typically go for about $50/ea.

Check the cap and rotor, the 300SEL buzzes down the road and eats up the accessories more quickly than most vehicles.

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'85 300SD 245k
'87 300SDL 251k
'90 300SEL 326k

Six others from BMW, GM, and Ford.

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