looking at putting straight pipe on 03 3500 what are advantage if any

 

It will be easier to make the neighbors angry!

 

my neighbor has a straight pipe on his 06. sounds like well not good. but mabey i'm to old.

 

well dont want to make anyone angry or wake them up making noise thanks for the help

 

There are other options besides straight pipes. I used a muffler replacement kit from MBRP. The price was reasonable and it sounded better without being too loud. Now I have stacks, and that is a whole other story.....

 

On a 2003, the exhaust is probably getting close to having some holes in it. The tailpipe on my 2004 was nearly rusted thru at the muffler. I went with a magnaflow pro 4" turbo-back exhaust.

 

I just put a 5" turbo back exhaust kit, including a resonator, on my truck. The tone isn't offensive at start-up and we don't notice it at all at highway speeds.

 

yep my muffler is rusting out at the bottom no cat on this one i like the resonator might try that thanks

 

On an '03 you just have 3.5" exhaust with a 4" tailpipe. I put on the exhaust elbow off the newer trucks along with the full 4" downpipe and fabbed up my own exhaust with a big donaldson and heavy truck parts. I used the stock tailpipe since it was 4". Easy to do and only $300 or so for parts. No drone and quiet for the Mrs.

 

03' no cat is pretty loud if you straight pipe it. Nice sound, but even a "kid" I know is thinking about putting a muffler back on. Lotsa drone towing and highway driving.
Trucks with a cat and resonator are much quieter, just a little rumble with no muffler.