TRD Pro Exhaust

You need the whole exhaust from cat back the Trd Pro has 3 bolts at the bend over at the resantor in your picture #18 that attaches it together where as the OEM has only 2, you can't mix and match unless welding

 

I have a oem exhaust I removed the other day. Let me know if your interested. It’s from a ‘16 Limited. But they are all the same.

 

It looks like that's probably the stock stuff, so you'd need 11 and 16 for sure. Just in case, grab an extra 12 just in case. I put my TRD exhaust on my SR5 about half a year after getting it though with reduced mileage due to covid, and I was able to reuse the gasket that is 12, but better safe than sorry. You may also need to pick up a 17 and a few 18s depending on what you're getting. My TRD exhaust was a kit and came with the equivalents of those parts, but you might not get that 17 gasket and the 18 bolts. It looks like the nuts are welded to the pipe in that diagram, so you'll probably not have to worry about nuts. I know reusing the welded on nuts for 13 and 14 is how it goes, and you'll be reusing 13 and 14 anyway since you already have them. Just make sure you get them tight enough when you put them on or you'll end up losing them like me and my first time exhaust change newbie self last summer.

 

I don't think I posted in this topic before the one right above, but I've had my TRD exhaust installed since last August, and it's been fine. The sound isn't bad, and it's silent most of the time. I'm not getting a drone that bugs me all the time. If I'm getting up to speed or going uphill, then it makes more noise, but it's fine. It also alerts morons who aren't looking both ways before crossing the road that you're coming since they can hear it before they see you.

 

Thank you everyone for the replies, exactly what I needed to know.

 

I have a '21 TRD exhaust for sale with 200 miles on it. $400.00 Pittsburgh, PA area.

 

Piston engines are basically air pumps. The point of a tuned performance cat-back exhaust system is less restriction to the exhaust flow, not the sound. Does the huge OEM muffler restrict the exhaust flow?

 

Has anyone worked with a dealer to make this swap? I have a 2021 TRD Pro and I contacted my dealer today regarding installation of an OEM non-TRD Pro exhaust and they indicated it would be several thousand dollars due to the price of the parts. I'm curious if anyone has done this and what they paid/were quoted?

Thanks,

 

Lmao they're trying to fuck you. All 5th gen exhausts are the same so any stock exhaust will fit perfectly with no extra parts needed.

 

Save thousands and do it yourself.
https://youtu.be/C1tYozOszgw

 

Thanks, but has anyone actually purchased the OEM exhaust? I have the TRD Pro exhaust already that I want to remove, but would need to purchase a stock exhaust. That's where the quote is coming in high; for the parts.

 

Hi Justin,
As stated by other posters, all you really need are the two exhaust parts to replace the Pro one, plus the gasket rings between them. I was quoted $1100 for these parts by my local dealer, but Toyota of Colorado Springs will sell these parts for a lot less. https://parts.toyotaofcoloradosprin...-0l-v6-gas/exhaust-system--exhaust-components

 

Best solution is swap with a non pro locally. If your in the Bay Area .. I’ll give you my stock exhaust

 

17420-31360 Muffler $540.65
17430-31870 Tailpipe $282.75
90717-A6001 Gasket $18.10
17451-31020 Gasket $45.83

$82 PT932-89180-02 Toyota Genuine Parts - 4Run Exhst Tip Blk (PT932-89180-02)

PT932-89180-02 Black TRD Exhaust Tip $79.00

Total RETAIL Price = $966.33 These are current list prices. You should be able to purchase much less at labor should be around an hour. Stock exhaust fit fine and sounds very quiet. I just did mine last week.

 

If I were paying to upgrade my exhaust, I'd go Borla over TRD.

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/bor-140760

 

Thanks everyone for your help thus far. To get rid of the drone sound, do you just need to replace the muffler and tailpipe and not the entire exhaust?

Dalez40, did you do your own install or have the dealer do it?

Thanks,

 

Yup, you don’t need the entire exhaust. Where are you located? I’m sure there is someone out there that might want to swap exhausts with you.

 

I'm located in Malvern, PA.

 

The Trd muffler is only two pieces, muffler and tail pipe.

so yes you need to replace these parts if you want to get rid of the loud exhaust

 

just put a add up that you want to exchange your Pro exhaust for non Pro you will find someone that is willing to swap and pay you for your exhaust at max its 1/2 hour to an hour job and any mechanic shop can do it I did mine the other way around it helps to have lifts good luck

 

Hi all,

I wanted to share an update in hopes that it will save others time in the future. I went to two local Toyota dealers (dealer I purchased from is ~400 miles away) and neither would install the the standard (non TRD) muffler and tailpipe on my 21 TRDPRO. They agreed that logically it made sense and that the non-TRD parts would fit, but that they would not perform the work because when my VIN is entered it pulls up replacement/repair parts for the truck which would be TRD exhaust as opposed to stock exhaust and that “Toyota” would not approve putting “non-factory” repair or replacement parts on the vehicle.

I drove 2 miles down the road to an auto body shop that will buy the non-TRD muffler, tailpipe, gaskets and exhaust tip from Toyota and perform the install…...

 

All,

Yesterday I had the Pro exhaust swapped to the standard exhaust and I couldn’t be happier. The total cost was roughly $1100, but worth every penny to me.

Thank you to the previous posters that helped me figure this out.

 

Don't they like money?

Also, $1,100 to swap to the standard exhaust? Holy shit. My TRD exhaust cost $620 for the parts alone. I can't imagine the standard exhaust costing much more, if any more at all. $500 labor to do a catback? I'm in the wrong line of work.

 

Hey Gamma Ray,

The breakdown on the parts was:

Muffler 540
Tail pipe 283
Gasket 18.60
Bolt 2.76
Blk tip 79.0

I purchased the parts from Toyota dealer. The labor charge was 1 hour at $125.00. Curious the discrepancy on price in mine and yours.

 

well good for you all that matters that your happy put the TRD Pro exhaust up in the market place and you will recover 1/2 what you spend good luck

 

I happen to love the exhaust sound on my 2021 TRD Pro...

 

Morning Bomtest,

Curious the type of elevation you live in? On a flat road I didn’t mind the sound so much, but in the area I live in there are frequent elevation changes and the truck would drop a gear and that’s when it bothered me more.

I ask because when I first switched from my old 4Runner to the Pro and started reading online, it seemed there was a correlation in how people felt about the exhaust and the area of the country they live in.

Thx,

 

I live at sea level right now, in Southern California... but I bought my Pro in Minot, North Dakota. I then went on a road trip through North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Nevada and California. I loved the exhaust sound through that whole trip and all those different elevations, and I love it every time I step on the gas. We are moving to Steamboat Springs CO next year and I bought the Pro in anticipation of that move...

I have to admit that my previous car was an Audi RS3, which is known for it's throaty exhaust sounds and pops and cracks on deceleration... The first time I heard the Audi start up, I knew I had to have it. I didn't buy the Pro for the exhaust sound, but I'd be disappointed if it wasn't there.

 

Sick! I got rid of my B7 S4 but boy did I love the sound of that thing especially at start up. The sound of the TRD exhaust is music to my ears, but I love the throttle response that came with it.

 

I'm in a similar boat. '21 ORP came spec'd with the Pro exhaust. I spend a lot of time on the highway and on the phone. I've already committed to installing sound proofing. I like the side exit of the exhaust. I hate the drone. Is there an aftermarket cat-back that will allow me to keep the Pro exhaust routing but won't add additional noise? Or at least minimize the noise compared to the OEM Pro? Magnaflow? Other?