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Originally Posted by TwoPairsofBoots
...My local mechanic said he'd charge me $100 to re-route the tailpipe off to the side, instead of out the back. I'll be doing that later this month. Hopefully that helps reduce the exhaust that gets sucked back into the cabin.
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So I got this done a while after originally posting this. I've been driving around for the past several months with the tail pipe rerouted to the side ... it's
FANTASTIC. Now I almost never notice any smell whatsoever. The shop I brought it to had to cut off the resonator to make space for the curved pipe, so the exhaust sounds ever-so-slightly "throatier." Nothing to annoy neighbors or even someone right next to it; I'm saying only if you drive your 4Runner all the time, then you might notice a difference in the sound.
Honestly, I don't know why Toyota didn't design it this way to begin with.
(Ignore the scratches... they were my fault a long time ago, not from when the shop did the work.)