Do Magnaflow's wear out?

Most Magnaflows have the core wrapped with stainless steel wool and then surrounded by basalt or fiberglass or ceramic fiber and as long as the st. st. it is in place, they should not charge too drastically in sound.

This shows the st. st. sock that wraps the perforated or louvered tubing in magnaflows and other similar mufflers.

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