Ideas for the exhaust on my E430?

[Cliff_W140]

I've had my E430 for two days now and I'm in love with this car. I've been racking my brain and the only thing I can come up with to change is the exhaust. I don't want it to scream, I just want a nice deep V8 gurgle.

That being said, I've read about removing the resonators helping out a bit, without making it too loud. Where are the resonators? Are they the 2 seperate units, or is it the one unit in the back? If it's the 2 seperate units I was thinking about adding a crossover pipe in their place.

I'm open to ideas if anyone has any experience with this.

[BoomInTheTrunk]

the resonator is like a muffler. Under the car there is what is to appear to be a muffler toward the center on the car, that is the resonator. The back muffler is the muffler the center one is the resonator. give that a try if you are satisfied then try a muffler with the resonator back on. I say to put the resonator back on because you dont want it to scream. if you want the car to have a great rumble then go with borla, here is a link to get them on the cheap http://stores.ebay.com/Wicked-Nickys-Exhaust_Borla-Mufflers_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQfsubZ17QQftidZ2QQtZkm

[Cliff_W140]

I put her up on jack stands and from what I can tell there are dual cats, dual mufflers/resonators, a dual inlet dual outlet muffler, and another bigger, dual in dual out muffler right at the tips. If I was looking for a bit more sound, what would anyone suggest I take off? As small as the first two units are, I wouldn't think I'd get much by removing them. Any ideas??

[t walgamuth]

I wanted a bit of rumble in my 84 500sec and removed the rear muffler and replaced it with a clamp on straight pipe so I could put the original muff back on when I sold it along.

Worked like a charm. Rumbled a bit, got a little better mileage and possibly a horsepower or two and when I got ready to sell it I put the original muff back on.

The straight pipe cost me about $40 something.

Tom W