Considering Fister D Muffler

My stock mufflers are really tame. Considering Fister D Mufflers to replace my stock ('99 996 Carrera Cab 4) mufflers. Not looking for performance increase, just need more growl. Anybody have good experience with them?

I think everyone that has them likes them, a quick search will tell you that. For me, since my cab is a daily driver, I dont want any sound coming out, I want a ride thats as quiet as possible.

I just modded mine this week. I love the sound. Mine car is. Daily driver so didn't want anything extreme,and this fits the bill perfectly. Just cruising around the car sound nearly the same. When you open it up it sounds awesome! Do it you won't regret it.

No regrets. Excellent sound. Excellent quality. Excellent vendor to deal with. And Darin's a great guy. No droning. Better than any other aftermarket exhaust on any 996. Bold statement, but other exhausts seem to change the sound while Fister's simply makes a little (depending on size of bypass pipes) louder the already great engine sound.

Darin is awesome. Cruising you can't really hear it, but there's a big difference when you're really on it. There is also a noticeable difference on startup where it growls a bit and accelerating at low rpms in the lower gears it is very noticeable as well

BME = BEST MOD EVER

I have the IIs and they are great! Adds plenty of pizazz. Downshift and the world knows it. Cruise quietly, too. I recommend highly.

I have them on my Cab and I absolutely love them. I saved my original mufflers in case I didn't like the sound and now it seems silly. I've never heard of anyone going back to stock after hearing the FisterD's. It's a nice deep sound, not obnoxious.

Fister D sport mufflers are fantastic. It's a great mod. It makes your 911 sound like it should have sounded from the factory.

Just put on a new set of mod'd muffs from Darin. Perfect balance of quiet and authority. Had them at the track and really nice sound. Will try a 92 dB day in a couple of weeks. It will be close. Stock muffs put out 87 dB. Really nice welds. No way you will get welds like that at a local Midas. Darin also cleans them up real nice too. He can also fix rattling cans.

Just buy them. In addition to making a great product for a ridiculously low price, Darin Fister is one of those stand-up guys who is great to deal with.

I purchased the anodized set from Darrin about a year and half ago, and could not be happier. The workmanship is first class, and the sound gets better each time I start my car Fister is a first class company

Absolutely do it. You will not regret it. It gives you full control over how you want the car to sound: get on it, and it's a beast. Cruise and shift early, and it's quite low key. You won't want low key after a while

Got them 8 months ago love the sound. Great mod.

its a must have +1

Do it, you will not regret the sound, the service and did I mention, the SOUND?

Well worth adding these even if it was twice the price.

I shipped my mufflers to Darin and don't regret it a bit. It changes the sound even more than I expected. Darin is extremely customer service oriented and was a complete pleasure to deal with. I give him a 10 out of 10.

Ordered mine on May 17th. Waiting for the call as we speak!

Mine came with the car when I bought it and it just makes the car that much more fun to drive. I hope it will make it under the 90DB limit a Laguna Seca for a trackday in Sept. I just love running the car through tunnels or underpasses. The sound is intoxicating.

Fister D = music to your ears! A symphony of awesome sound (when you get on it) and the smile won't stop! You will not have any regrets, period. As has been stated, Darin is the best and his workmanship is second to none.

Whats the difference between Fister D mod and Gundo Hack mod ?

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Darin has perfected the operation and has done hundreds, maybe thousands of them. The Gundo hack attempts to duplicate that process but generally falls short, especially when it come to the quality of the welding. As they used to say in Vaudeville - "Pay the two dollars".

I listened to the fister videos posted on youtube and realized I've heard them before on a 993 at one of our local meets. That exhaust sounds incredible! Too bad this wasn't available back when I purchased my GHL's. p.s. Watch the vids where the person is actually driving. Garage and driveway revs sound awful.

The sound is pretty nice, I just made my own, started with the PSE hack, wasn't quite what I was looking for then did the fister D mod, depending on what your skills are like as a welder, or your if you know of a good exhaust shop may be worth getting them to do it. I would consider myself more competent then the average welder, so the $20 I spent on a 180deg bend and a few dollars in tig rod were worth the work to have it completed in the same day. Dont have any pics of my fister hack, but here are some of my PSE hack

For those of you that have the Fister D Mufflers how did you sequence the install. Did you have a shop remove your stock mufflers, ship them to Fister for modification and then install on your 996? Or did you buy a modified set from Fister, install them on your 996, and then ship Fister the stock mufflers for the "Exchange"? Did any of you get the optional ceramic coating? How's that working out? What finish color did you go with? What made you pick Fister over the other makes? Gil

I bought a set of used 996 mufflers from a fellow rennlister. I had them shipped directly to Darin Fister for modification. I opted for the ceramchrome ceramic coating. I'm pleased with the choice. I subsequently sold my mufflers to another rennlister. I picked Fister because I wanted the car to be louder and sound better, but I was concerned with the reports of drone from some aftermarket mufflers. I was also quite pleased with the price. My logic was that if I didn't like them, I won't have invested too much in them and I can buy some other mufflers. I'm very happy with them.

I pulled my mufflers off my car, as it has low mileage, becuase I wanted them back. You don't know the mileage of the ones that arrive from Darin (not that there are any problems, that I am aware of.). Darin was awesome. I bought two wardrobe boxes, and packing stuff, sent them to Darin. We discussed his timeframe for work and the posibility of getting them ceramic coated, but in the end. I decided against the coating. About 2 1/2 weeks later my mufflers came back form Darin. Took about an hour to install.

I thought the Fister D was the PSE hack? Whats the difference?

The Fister D mufflers weld a pipe between the muffler inlet and outlet plumbing, effectively acting as a partial muffler bypass. The PSE hack welds a pipe between the cap in the muffler case and the outlet plumbing, bypassing one chamber of the muffler just like the PSE system does. It produces a slightly different sound.

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Still waiting . I hope this very positive thread is not holding up my order. Maybe Darin is on a well deserved summer vacation.

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Thanks Dennis, I wonder why Porsche didnt do the Fister version is it sounds better than the PSE sound?

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My guess would be that the Fister bypass completely bypasses the muffler which can be illegal in some places etc. there is a reason that cars come with mufflers from the factory and not strait pipes. with the PSE style the exhaust still enters the muffler, just doesnt follow all the way through the muffler, similar to how sport exhausts work on other exotic cars. The PSE hack is a little more quiet and reserved sounding versus the Fister mod. I say combine the two for the best sound (PSE hack not worth it if only 996.1 3.4L cans)

I'm planning to keep the Fister mufflers and try sport cats with them for my next exhaust mod. I think that will be perfect.

I received a bunch of great reviews............I think Im gonna order one............Is it best to get coated? Gonzo911 I see you ordered yours a month ago...........Darrin must be busy.............Hope this thread doesnt hold up ya order.

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PSE passes sound at laguna seca. cat delete does not have fun!

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Yeah....I was afraid that might happen! I hope Darrin goes by the date the order was placed. He sent me an email a few days later saying they were backed up a bit. From this thread it certainly sounds like the Mod is worth waiting for.

My order for Darin was on june 8th. I'll stop reading your good review...I can't wait anymore... It's torturing me

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Got the call today. My Fister D's on their way! Darrin is a super nice dude (and busy).

I just pulled the mufflers off my car and sent them to Darin. 1 to 1.5 week turnaround without ceramic coating. That seemed like the quickest and easiest way to do it to me.

I am interested in the mod too. Darin said that because of the popularity, there is a waitlist, consequently a delay in completing the order.. but the end-product rocks!

thanks

I have the fister 2's on my 993 and the sound is awesome. That said, another option to sending the mufflers and bieng w/o a car is to ask Darin if he has any cores and can just send them to you and then you send yours. I have done this with 2 997 sets so far. Just a thought.

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Exactly what I am doing. They arrive tomorrow. I will get them installed next week, pack the old cores into the same box and ship them back to Darin. Would not want to be without my car for that long.

Hey guys, great thread BTW! We custom make each set for each individual order. We get the orders out as fast as we can. Part of the delays are the amount of orders we get.... and the amount of time it takes to do the core exchange. Some cores are not returned for over a month I want to thank everyone for their patience, as we will get your order filled as quick as we possibly can. Hopefully you will find it worth-the-wait. Darin Fister

Ceramic coating looks AWESOME !

boman993 has an awesome video on youtube illustrating the difference between the stock pipes and Fisters: You Tube Worth checking out!

Just welded my mufflers up with something similar. Sounds great.

Just received email from Darin at FDMotorsports...my order is ready for shipping !! I'm putting a chair in my driveway and waiting for UPS

Tres Magnifique! I know you will love them, perhps you will be at LCMT in August?

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You will NOT be disappointed. Just ran an errand, top down, RPM's up. They sound so amazingly good!

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It's going to be install as soon as they arrive ! I had never track my car so far and did not assist in a DE Event yet. One of these day maybe. And for Tremblant in august, surely interesting but I won't be able to make it. Thanks

Absolutely the single best mod I have done to any car I have ever owned. The sound is great, it is loud when you want it to be, and quiet when you don't. I couldn't think of a better mod for the money.

Just remember!!!! it takes about 200 miles for the sound to settle After that, you are off to the races

I installed them on my 997S last week myself and they are great. I echo all the other comments about Darin and his company - great to work with and a great product. Sounds just as good as the PSE did on my 996 and that's what I was after. I look forward to starting up my car every time!

Thanks for all of the comments to my thread. Yes I received MY Fister D's from Darrin and had them installed by my indy mech....Wow, they sound Great.....The Beast within my Porsche has been RELEASED!!! They are tame when you wanna chill and a Beast when you hit the Gas...Wow Wee!!

Well I don't know if I should have gone with the Fister D's, but I had a local shop do the work for me and the sound was no different than stock. All of the videos I hear sound much louder than mine. I paid $240 for all the work, since he took down the mufflers at his shop and what not. Now I noticed that the Fister D's have a small pipe welded in the middle of the outlet/inlet, whereas other mods I saw had them cut the 3rd outlet and weld a pipe from there to the outlet pipe. This is what I had done. I had him install a 2-1/4" pupe so I'm not sure if this is the reason why. In any case, the only difference I did notice was a slightly faster throttle response. So at this point, I am now considering some used muffler bypass pipes. Suggestions????

I cant speak for what your local shop did. My indy Porsche mech switched my old mullfers for Fistsr D's and did the work in one hour and charged me $75, thats it, he didnt add anything else. I was not looking for performance increase, just more Growl, and I definitly got more Growl. I would recommend calling Darrin at Fister D. GL

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Don't "Mod" the Mod. They are perfect out of the box.

I know what you guys are saying. And it seems like there's 2 ways to go with this mod: the outlet to inlet or the selaed end to outlet, which is what I did. In any case, I think I'm just going to go with some bypass pipes so hopefully something will come through.

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Thanks for the great feedback I'm glad you like them Time to release the beast! I like that I would start with a fresh set of mufflers and have us do the mod for you. Then sell your current mufflers on ebay and get some of your money back. Bypass pipes sound cool but are pretty darn loud. Many find them to be too much over time, but who knows you may like them!

I just have to say that I have the Fister Mod with the Eurocup GT twin intake... And my car sounds absolutely amazing... IMO! I can drive quiet, or gun it and be nice and loud, or gun it under a bridge or in a tunnel and sound like a BEAST! -Go for it.... You won't regret it I promise!

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Chriswit how do you like your intake set-up? In combo with th exhaust have noticed any improvement in throttle response, etc...

Just sent my request in - kind of excited because of what I am reading here. Also, with my car being in the shop since I bought it, its like getting a new car again! Question - I am interested in a cooler sound but no too loud. Not so loud that it wont wake the family up upon start up in the garage - Is there something specific I should be asking for when they contact me? Thanks!

I'm intrigued by this mod to the stock mufflers, but I'm on a fence. My recently acquired 2003 996 C4S had a bunch of mods done by one of the previous owners - but with much of the wrenching more towards the shadetree level of professionalism than I would have liked. I'm just done pulling the mufflers on my way to installing new spark plugs, and both the mufflers and stainless headers look aftermarket. I haven't a clue as to the brand/quality/effect on sound/performance (especially relative to the Fister mod), so if anyone can give me some feedback that would be helpful. And those tailpipe tips may be a clue to a common source. The car also included the original mufflers, so the fence-sitting is whether to send the stock ones to Fister for the mod, or to appreciate and enjoy the ones that came on the car. Thanks for the input.

I think it would depend on how it sounds now. If you like it, I would say keep it.

I looooove my new Fister D's. And I looooooved the tubi exhaust that came with my 99. Between the two I liked the tubi a little better but the price comparison is no contest.

Anyone recognize those mufflers? Possibly from Agency??