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Old Aug 13, 2011 | 02:54 PM
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Can you do anything to make these louder? I have the 1.5" baffle and its too high pitched. Can you do anything to get a deeper tone besides buying new ones?
 
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Old Aug 13, 2011 | 10:14 PM
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Louder and deeper will come if U just get the 1 3/4" or 2" baffles. U don't need new pipes just the baffles

If U try to mod the baffles U have U'll probably end up just messing them up. I'd just order a new set of baffles from Rush and do done with it.

U can always sell Ur 1 1/2 "er. Put them in our ads here in the forum. U'll probably sell them pretty fast and that'll help pay for the new ones.

U didn't say how old Urs are? Or what bike there on.
 
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 05:36 AM
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Thanks for the info. I bought them used so I dont know how old they are and they are on my heritage. I have a post in the wanted to buy section. I was hoping I could save some money.
 
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 05:50 AM
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High pitched? Hmm. Maybe because of the baffle size. Both my hubby and I have had Rush slipons and LOVE the sound because they DO have a nice rumble. But we have always had 2.00 ( a bit loud) and now on his bike (and the Street Bob I just traded in) we ran 1.75 and the sound is great. In fact we've had lots of compliments on the sound. Yeah, i would recommend just buying a different size baffle and sell the 1.50s
 
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 07:56 AM
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Originally Posted by s.ga.rider
Thanks for the info. I bought them used so I dont know how old they are and they are on my heritage. I have a post in the wanted to buy section. I was hoping I could save some money.

you're gonna need to figure out what system you have in order to switch out the baffles.

http://epiflex.com/bafflekits.html

most are between $50 and $70 so my bet would be just git what you want and swap them

how many other times can you add something for less than $100 that makes you smile on your bike?
 
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 08:59 AM
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Remove the paper. It gave me a deeper sound.
 
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 09:07 AM
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Originally Posted by kyroger
Remove the paper. It gave me a deeper sound.
There is no paper in the Rush pipes or on the baffles, there is the fiberglass wrap that goes around the baffles. thats what gives U the deep sound.. remove it and I have no idea what it'll sound like. IMO it won;t be good.
 
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 09:15 AM
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mine does not have the fiberglass, and they sound Good!!!
 
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My problem is I bought the slip ons for a good price but if I spend $70 on baffles I can get a used full exhaust off ebay. So do I buy baffles and hope I like the sound or sell them and pick up a v&h or supertrapp 2into2 system.
 
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 12:08 PM
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I removed my Rush Baffles completely and replaced them with BCT Baffles...Much better now.

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