fair exhaust prices?
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fair exhaust prices?
So I'm thinking of having my exhaust done b4 I slamm my car. Stoped by a exhaust shop for a quote and they told me $500 for true duals. Is that fair or a total rip off? I don't care if its stainless steel or regular steel tubing. I just want it to sound nice and look nice. Oh ya, te $500 quote was excluding the cost of tips and mufflers.
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From what I can gather, there's no real power gain to be had through exhaust. If you just want sound, chop out the first set of resonators and run 2.25" pipe to your aftermarket mufflers of choice. That's what I plan on doing once I've stopped buying camera gear long enough to save the money to do it.
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uhh i completely disagree, going from the (in my opinion) cheaply designed y-pipe and the FIVE mufflers that come stock to a well-made x-pipe and straight-through mufflers results in a noticeable improvement.
i would wonder about the type of mufflers being installed, and the price seems mediocre at best if they arent name brand nor including an x-pipe. true duals are old-school tech, and even most muscle car guys run X or H- pipes to aid scavenging.
i would wonder about the type of mufflers being installed, and the price seems mediocre at best if they arent name brand nor including an x-pipe. true duals are old-school tech, and even most muscle car guys run X or H- pipes to aid scavenging.
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500 is on the low end of fair too. generally I would see a standard aluminized steel setup with a pair of magnaflows go for ~$450-650 here in socal, crush bent. SS and/or mandrel tubing will obviously be extra.
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Wow thats cheap compared to what I've been quoted. I asked at a local shop where the guy does awesome welding and he threw a 900-1200 ballpark for dual catback. Didn't really get into specifics on what the exhaust was going to be made of but I'd assume for that price it would be SS tubing.
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yall are paying too much. just got my exhaust redone to a straight dual (all new piping from the 2 catylsts back. the only thing stock are my mufflers since im still looking for a nice quad setup. basically all 3 resonators are removed. i feel more power in the process. cost me only 150 at a local legit well known exhaust shop.
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yall are paying too much. just got my exhaust redone to a straight dual (all new piping from the 2 catylsts back. the only thing stock are my mufflers since im still looking for a nice quad setup. basically all 3 resonators are removed. i feel more power in the process. cost me only 150 at a local legit well known exhaust shop.
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i feel bad for all of you, my shop did 2.25 all the way with cats removed for 300 labor, i brought my own muffs and xpipe and paid another 100 for 2 resonators. 600 all together full exhaust
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