Topic: Exhaust Q's

[jwalls4x4]

Situation:  I was leaving CVS on the way home and my Jeep suddenly went from a little loud to LOUD   I climbed under it and it looked like the cat had fell onto the skid plate.  I decided to hack the cat off and get a test tube and take it to the local muffler shop to weld it up.  The next time I got a chance to look under the Jeep I realized that it already had a test tube and the test tube had slipped off  Also, besides the stock muffler, it has a resonator or small glass pack instead of a tail pipe tip out back

Quandary:  (1) Should I have the local shop weld the test pipe on and cut the resonator thingy off and replace it with a tip?  Or, (2)  Should I have the test pipe fixed and have a turn-down muffler put on that dumps after the skid plate?  Would this rust out my Jeep or cause problems other than a few in cab fumes in the winter?  I have herd yes and no on the rust.  I like loud, but I don't want to mess anything up.

[Bounty Hunter]

Catco converters run about $50, I'd have one installed with a new muffler.  I'm getting ready to put a converter back on mine, tired of the obnoxious smell.

I ran a turn-down right behind the muffler with no problems.

[Castr8r]

Install a cat and a free flow muffler, dump it out the back and to the side to keep fumes to a minimum.

[FourbangerYJ]

I ran a turn-down right behind the muffler with no problems.

Does it sound louder inside the Jeep running it like this?

[jwalls4x4]

  Thanks guys.  I went with the glasspack with a turn down.  So far I like it.  Anyone know of a spark arrester a can temp. clamp on for when I go to the national forests?