is it worth adding resonator?

Recently installed a factory TRD catback,
and it seems a bit primitive, and with a drone. The system looks kind of simple, basic, and unrefined.

Just piping and a big muffler.

Is it worth welding in a resonator? I hear those can help with drone.
Can't help but wonder if the Tacoma uses caveman cheap technology vs a BMW that will have way more of everything underneath; probably 2 resonators, x-pipe or h-pipe, 2 mufflers with vacuum actuated valves, and so on.
A finely tuned music instrument. Whereas the TRD part seems more basic unfortunately.

Would a resonator help with that?

I just saw an ad for a TRD catback for sale, and guess what. The owner added a resonator.

$112 Vibrant 1141 2.5' Ultra Quiet Resonator, Silver

Vibrant 1141.
Visible shiny at the top. The Tacoma underbody probably has enough room for one, and resonators aren't that big.

 

You can buy a resonated exhaust tip. Might be simpler.

 

i don't know those systems but if you have drone, these are generally regarded as good:

https://vibrantperformance.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=1527_1032_1055

 

So you want to go out of your way to complicating something?? I'm confused.

 

It's a German thing (my mom is German and all of her cars have been German cars). Their whole culture's mechanical ideology is to take a dead-simple concept and make it exceedingly complicated in an effort to somehow make it better. The result can be a beautiful piece of art in motion and when it works, it works brilliantly, but when it doesn't only guys named Hans or Jurgen, who wear spotless white labcoats, who've been certified in Autokraftwerk Oberschule in Bavaria and bill out somewhere around $120 an hour can replace the headlight bulbs in your Auto.

Toyota trucks have the reputation they do because they're simple and their tech is often old school. Why? Because it works and has worked for decades in adverse conditions around the globe. Why reinvent the wheel?

 

Exactly. I'm a CNC programmer. And some of our process engineers love to make shit complicated. I can usually eliminate 14 components of a fixture, and it'll still function just fine.

 

4Runners come with a resonator from the factory. Maybe see if you can pick up a used one cheap and have it added to your setup.

 

If you still have your factory headers and ypipe with cats, the id say theres no need for a resonator. I am running catless headers and ypipe and had an additional borla pro xs muffler added to it. When deleting cats, it gets much louder so that would be the main reason to add a res, unless you are unhappy with how loud the TRD catback is

 

Why would you want to add another rust magnet under your truck?

 

This thread might be helpful,

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/exhaust-drone-and-resonator-use.61304/page-2