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Stupid question, Will a 2015 OEM wide glide exhaust fit a 2009 FXDC?

  • DangerLaef
    DangerLaef
    5 years ago
    Will a 2015 OEM wide glide exhaust fit a 2009 FXDC?
  • Grease Monkey
    Grease Monkey
    5 years ago
    If you have the brackets the exhaust will fit, your 09 02 sensor's won't though, 09 be 18mm, 15 be 12mm.
    Could change the bungs out of course but I got ask why would you? That wideglide header system ain't that great.
  • DangerLaef
    DangerLaef
    5 years ago
    Quoting Grease Monkey on 13 Apr 2019 03:24 AM

    If you have the brackets the exhaust will fit, your 09 02 sensor's won't though, 09 be 18mm, 15 be 12mm.

    Could change the bungs out of course but I got ask why would you? That wideglide header system ain't that great.

    ".. but I got ask why would you? "

    I'm trying to find a quieter exhaust than what mine came with. I saw the wide glide one at a good price.

    You've talked me out of it ;)
  • Grease Monkey
    Grease Monkey
    5 years ago
    Well it's for the best :)
    What do you have now? Might be able to quieten that, what sort of noise level are you looking for? Put it out there, that's what this joint is for.
  • DangerLaef
    DangerLaef
    5 years ago
    It's got set of Freedom Performance 2 into 2 sharp radius.  They don't look to have removal baffles, if they did I'd look at repacking them.
  • Nutty
    Nutty
    5 years ago
    06-08 FXDWG exhaust will bolt straight on to 06-14 FXDC FYI. 
    Cheers, Pete.
  • Ratbob
    Ratbob
    5 years ago
    No stupid questions here mate. 
    A bit of googling reveals that Freedom and others make a quiet baffle for the sharp radius. There’s a YouTube clip too, not that it helps much. Have a listen.
    While I’ve not had direct experience with Freedom, I’ve experimented with many designs trying to quiet Vance and Hines Big radius pipes, all to no avail. Yes you can get the noise to a cop pleasing 93dB at 2500rpm but as it’s happening within a 51mm pipe it’s achieved by restricting the gas flow which impacts on high revs, rather than by deflection and absorption as within a fat muffler. 
    Another way is to double the length of the existing baffle and triple the height of the flutes, you can get it down to 92dB, the gas flow rate doesn’t seem to restrict high revs but it sounds fucking awful, like a choof choof chaff cutter. 
    A bit of googling also reveals pics of an FXDC with Wideglide pipes so they fit but as Grease Monkey stated you’d need to find a set with 18mm sensor ports and also make sure you buy a set without the exhaust sound valve, not sure what year those abominations were introduced.
    Keep watching Ebay etc, FXDC systems aren’t that rare and then you get the choice of many slip ons.
    Last FXDC system I saw sold for $150. 
    You might stick an add in the forum’s parts wanted section too.
    Good luck.


  • Grease Monkey
    Grease Monkey
    5 years ago
    Been messing with harley exhausts since 96, no expert mind just learnt a bit off others and trial n error.
    Quiet power is a hard one but I've eventually realised there are only two cost effective ways to have it, a full bagger system with big volume mufflers or a noise cancelling system like SuperTrapp do, I've spent more money and time over the years on this shit than I care to admit to myself but in the end I ended up running a two into one with a Trapped muffler.
    I don't really love the sound but it's the best compromise between outright noise and performance I've found that looks decent enough to live with, so if you are thinking of changing exhausts because of db's that's my take man.
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