Experience with Gibson Exhaust???

**Firebirdjones** · 06-03-2008, 08:36 AM

Looking at a car equipped with a Gibson exhaust system.

Anyone have any experience with it?? Sound, quality, etc....I never see mention of it here.

Would this be a crossflow muffler type system or an inline bullet style muffler????

Any comments or input welcome. I've heard the name but never heard the system. Curious what the sound would be comparable to. Thanks.

**Insert** · 06-03-2008, 08:49 AM

never installed a gibson system on a f body.

But we use them on quite a few trucks. IMO they are damn nice systems. The stainless steel systems look real sharp. and they sound damn nice on trucks ... although i never installed any on a f body.

as for whether they are crossflow or not.... i shall check.

**Firebirdjones** · 06-03-2008, 09:08 AM

Thanks, tried their website but it sucks. Get the main page but once you start clicking around you get nothing but errors...

**Insert** · 06-03-2008, 09:18 AM

yea, i dropped in there to check too... got the same thing, i'll take a look through catalogues tomorrow, when i go to work, i'll post up tomorrow night.

**Firebirdjones** · 06-03-2008, 09:28 AM

Cool thanks, I appreciate it. Never dealt with them so I have nothing here on it.

**jamessr** · 06-03-2008, 02:05 PM

My brother put one on his Dodge truck. Sounded really nice.

**Sarge** · 06-03-2008, 02:52 PM

Cheap. Will not last like a quality product. You get what you pay for.

**bigrondownhiller** · 06-03-2008, 03:00 PM

I have had one for 4 years on my truck. Nice sound and fit fine.

**0verkill** · 06-03-2008, 04:50 PM

some of my buddys have used them on trucks and thay all say that thay suck and will never get another one.

**WS-6** · 06-03-2008, 05:31 PM

I had gibson on my 4.3 sonoma and I was very happy overall. The only problem is I only got 4-5 years befor it rotted off however it was a daily driver in all 4 seasons so the salt had a lot to do with it.

**lvgoldie** · 06-03-2008, 08:13 PM

Firebirdjones, I sent an email regarding how they sound. I got the polished stainless steel (like the borla, but reasonably priced) catback. I like it fine.

I just tried their site, it is bad with errors????
I found some info here...
http://www.racepages.com/products/in...7222+2495+1258

search my posts for the sound clip - "post up your rear view exhaust tip pictures" page 11

**Firebirdjones** · 06-04-2008, 03:11 AM

Originally Posted by WS-6

I had gibson on my 4.3 sonoma and I was very happy overall. The only problem is I only got 4-5 years befor it rotted off however it was a daily driver in all 4 seasons so the salt had a lot to do with it.

Did you go with the stainless kit??? I have found they offer kits in both stainless and coated steel.

**Firebirdjones** · 06-04-2008, 03:12 AM

Originally Posted by lvgoldie

Firebirdjones, I sent an email regarding how they sound. I got the polished stainless steel (like the borla, but reasonably priced) catback. I like it fine.

I just tried their site, it is bad with errors????
I found some info here...
http://www.racepages.com/products/in...7222+2495+1258

search my posts for the sound clip - "post up your rear view exhaust tip pictures" page 11

Thanks,,,I appreciate it.

**WS-6** · 06-04-2008, 01:43 PM

Originally Posted by Firebirdjones

Did you go with the stainless kit??? I have found they offer kits in both stainless and coated steel.

I am not positive but pretty sure it was stainless, the weld at the muffler is what rotted and I welded it up and got another 6 months or so out of it.Sure enough that weld rotted as well other than that the rest of the exhaust was in tact so I added a cherry bomb turbo muffler to the gibson tail pipe and all is still great and that was three years ago.

**jigger1166** · 06-04-2008, 03:48 PM

I installed a Gibson stainless system on my 05 GMC 5.3. It fits and sounds good. Not really loud enough for me.
http://memimage.cardomain.com/member...359_5_full.jpg

**Insert** · 06-04-2008, 05:39 PM

Originally Posted by Firebirdjones

Looking at a car equipped with a Gibson exhaust system.

Anyone have any experience with it?? Sound, quality, etc....I never see mention of it here.

Would this be a crossflow muffler type system or an inline bullet style muffler????

Any comments or input welcome. I've heard the name but never heard the system. Curious what the sound would be comparable to. Thanks.

well i checked the catalogues at work today, and all they advertise is that the systems are use very free flowing mufflers. They dont mention anything about it being a crossflow muffler. their site would probably have more info, but last i checked it was full of errors.

other than that, we have installed many of them on trucks. never dropped one on a car. they are generally nice systems, the stainless system is what i would recommend, even with the extra bit of weight, it'll last forever.