'20 TRD Pro Exhaust

[Wolfrnr]

I thought the same when I installed mine but then put it next to a 2020 and confirmed it was in the OEM position. I wish I could tighten it up a little bit to the rear quarter panel.


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ok so I am not crazy! lol

I guess for the real OCD people you could bring it to a muffler shop and have the hangers in the rear cut and rewelded? Not sure how that would look aesthetically though...

 

[DallasTRDPro]

I find the drone with the TRD exhaust kind of annoying. I'm getting used to it, but some days its more annoying than others.

 

[MikesTE]

Just swapped the TRD performance muffler out today and kept the TRD Pro tailpipe. The shop welded the muffler/tailpipe joint together and just cut off the flanges. Length and height of the tailpipe exit/tip is the same. Most importantly, the loudness/drone under load is all gone. Now it's the rhythm of the tires!

 

[WISluggo]

Just swapped the TRD performance muffler out today and kept the TRD Pro tailpipe. The shop welded the muffler/tailpipe joint together and just cut off the flanges. Length and height of the tailpipe exit/tip is the same. Most importantly, the loudness/drone under load is all gone. Now it's the rhythm of the tires!

What muffler did you end up going with?

 

[MikesTE]

What muffler did you end up going with?

Believe it or not, factory. Ordered a Toyota one.

 

[DallasTRDPro]

Just swapped the TRD performance muffler out today and kept the TRD Pro tailpipe. The shop welded the muffler/tailpipe joint together and just cut off the flanges. Length and height of the tailpipe exit/tip is the same. Most importantly, the loudness/drone under load is all gone. Now it's the rhythm of the tires!

So I guess you lost about 50HP?? :bounce:

 

[MikesTE]

So I guess you lost about 50HP?? :bounce:

Truth! ha, ha.

 

[niadh0]

I installed TRD CAI and TRD Exhaust on my 2020 and the milage seem to have dropped. observed this over 4 weeks. anyone else notice this?

 

[AlbinoTRD]

Just swapped the TRD performance muffler out today and kept the TRD Pro tailpipe. The shop welded the muffler/tailpipe joint together and just cut off the flanges. Length and height of the tailpipe exit/tip is the same. Most importantly, the loudness/drone under load is all gone. Now it's the rhythm of the tires!

Would you happen to have a picture of this? I'd like to do the same thing

 

[WISluggo]

Wonder if you could swap the trd muffler for a Borla muffler and get rid of the drone?

 

[vipers28]

It won't with a Borla S, maybe the Touring version.

Wonder if you could swap the trd muffler for a Borla muffler and get rid of the drone?

 

[DallasTRDPro]

If there is no performance gains then I don't understand why Toyota just put an exhaust in to make it louder.

 

[MikesTE]

Would you happen to have a picture of this? I'd like to do the same thing

Picture a 3" or so long pipe welded in place of the flanges on the downstream (tailpipe) section of the exhaust. Actual tailpipe exit position unchanged.

 

[Chubbypanda]

I installed TRD CAI and TRD Exhaust on my 2020 and the milage seem to have dropped. observed this over 4 weeks. anyone else notice this?

How it it now since the install of both TRD parts?

 

[jasxn]

It won't with a Borla S, maybe the Touring version.

Did Borla ever get back to you about purchasing just the Touring version muffler? I have the S-Type and ready to cut it out and weld in something quieter. It sounds great outside but it gets annoying inside the cabin on longer road trips. Also, cant imagine the TRDP exhaust louder than the SType.



To All: Anyone want to trade their TRDP catback for the standard version?

 

[vipers28]

Yes they did get back to me. I asked about options and they sold me the Touring that bolted up to S type tail pipe. They don't recommend or have any options to fix the S except to buy a Touring. There probably is an option but I don't have the means to figure it out or the time to deal with it.

Did Borla ever get back to you about purchasing just the Touring version muffler? I have the S-Type and ready to cut it out and weld in something quieter. It sounds great outside but it gets annoying inside the cabin on longer road trips. Also, cant imagine the TRDP exhaust louder than the SType.



To All: Anyone want to trade their TRDP catback for the standard version?

 

[umidkusername]

My father said it sounded like i was driving a boat. I was so embarrassed.


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[Charles Bronson]

We installed the TRD Pro exhaust on my wife's 2020 TRD Off Road that we recently bought. The exhaust has been on for a bit over 6 weeks. I'd say the sound has mellowed out quite a bit during normal driving and isn't bothersome. However, going up a steady hill and the truck downshifts to 4th results in a significant increase in cabin exhaust volume when the rpms are in the 2500-3500rpm range. I'm shocked that Toyota would put this exhaust on a stock vehicle as it is surprisingly loud under certain load conditions. My tuned BMW M235 with downpipe and performance exhaust isn't as loud on the inside as the TRD Pro exhaust is.

My wife loves it so it stays. If it were my truck, I would have stayed with the stock system. I've learned over the years that it is very difficult to make a V6 sound good unless at full throttle and the rpms over 4,000. I told her need to keep the stock exhaust just in case she changes her mind. I feel bad for the TRD Pro owners that don't have this option.

I think a lot of sound from the TRD exhaust is a resonating/amplifying effect caused by rear luggage area. I do wonder if the sound could be reduced by sound deadening and/or the back loaded with gear.

 

[Mudballz]

If Toyota would just listen to my old 84 Alfa GTV then you all can hear the harmony of a singing Italian 6 cylinder at redline then then would sell millions not a 100k+:brick:
Mike

 

[DallasTRDPro]

For TRD Pro owners that have swapped to a stock exhaust, how much of a difference in sound is there?? And how much more exhaust smell is there?? I definitely want less drone, but I also don’t want more smell.