So I went out today, and got a quote on a custom bent 2 1/4" exhaust with Dynomax Super Turbo muffler. The guy at the shop quoted me $500 (canadian). That price is all in, muffler, pipes, hangers, labor, etc. Does it sound like I'm getting screwed, or is this a good price?
btw, it's all aluminized pipe, with crush bends. Not the type of bends that leave ripples, but the type that shrinks pipe diameter a little. No one in town does mandrel bends, so that's out.
I may not know much about cars, but I know two things....
1) Breaking things is expensive, and
2) Horsepower isn't cheap.
I'm not exactly sure how much $500 Canadian is, but I took my $110 OBX muffler I got from eBay to Meineke and the guy fabbed up a 2.5" cat-back and attached the muffler to it for $90 (including labor). So I got a cat back done for $200 total. That was 3 years ago, though, so I don't know what it would cost now.
Rob
Sold 2/2/05
It doesn't sound too bad. I would offer then a cash deal, do it with the wad of cash in your hand. When I got my exhaust done, I was quoted $375 for the job. I pulled out my money and asked what it really cost to do the job, and he said he could do it for $150.
Keep in mind I had the mufflers and a bit of the pipe needed, all they did was make the pipe I didn't have, and put it all together.
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I got a magnaflow high flow cat and dual bent up tip muffler and all stainless tubing for about 700 installd cdn. For the tubing tho is what cost so much ..stailess was double the aluminuimized...phil
Zman2k2 wrote:So I went out today, and got a quote on a custom bent 2 1/4" exhaust with Dynomax Super Turbo muffler. The guy at the shop quoted me $500 (canadian). That price is all in, muffler, pipes, hangers, labor, etc. Does it sound like I'm getting screwed, or is this a good price?
btw, it's all aluminized pipe, with crush bends. Not the type of bends that leave ripples, but the type that shrinks pipe diameter a little. No one in town does mandrel bends, so that's out.
"Custom Bent".... what does that mean? Is he going to bend it like a straw, or whoop-ass and mandrel-bend it... or something in between (google your exhaust bends). If he's going to bend it like a straw in your soda, $500 sounds high.
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man 500 is so over priced, i already had a muffler but to have my 2 1/4 cat back its cost me 160$
if i were you i would shop around, if u lived here i could recommend a couple places.
AGuSTiN wrote:Zman2k2 wrote:So I went out today, and got a quote on a custom bent 2 1/4" exhaust with Dynomax Super Turbo muffler. The guy at the shop quoted me $500 (canadian). That price is all in, muffler, pipes, hangers, labor, etc. Does it sound like I'm getting screwed, or is this a good price?
btw, it's all aluminized pipe, with crush bends. Not the type of bends that leave ripples, but the type that shrinks pipe diameter a little. No one in town does mandrel bends, so that's out.
"Custom Bent".... what does that mean? Is he going to bend it like a straw, or whoop-ass and mandrel-bend it... or something in between (google your exhaust bends). If he's going to bend it like a straw in your soda, $500 sounds high.
Umm, did you read what he posted or just quote it. He said, crushed, not rippled. And clearly stated that no one in his town does mandrel-bends.
Hope that clears things up for ya.
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Gutty96 wrote:AGuSTiN wrote:Zman2k2 wrote:So I went out today, and got a quote on a custom bent 2 1/4" exhaust with Dynomax Super Turbo muffler. The guy at the shop quoted me $500 (canadian). That price is all in, muffler, pipes, hangers, labor, etc. Does it sound like I'm getting screwed, or is this a good price?
btw, it's all aluminized pipe, with crush bends. Not the type of bends that leave ripples, but the type that shrinks pipe diameter a little. No one in town does mandrel bends, so that's out.
"Custom Bent".... what does that mean? Is he going to bend it like a straw, or whoop-ass and mandrel-bend it... or something in between (google your exhaust bends). If he's going to bend it like a straw in your soda, $500 sounds high.
Umm, did you read what he posted or just quote it. He said, crushed, not rippled. And clearly stated that no one in his town does mandrel-bends.
Hope that clears things up for ya.
Hey, at least I answered his question.
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You did indeed.
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I got my 2 1/4 stainless custom bent for $300 cdn which included the header install, i brought the header/converter/muffler.
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dude...if your in canada....such as myself... there should be a canadian tire near by....heck, THEY HAVE FREE SHIPPING. That muffler well be surprisingly cheap from them. 500 bucks, being 400 bucks canadien, is a rip-off by far. Heck, you could order up a custom cat-back for that price.
Drive to the nearest big city and have a mandrel bent for heck of alot cheaper.
dont goto that shop and get ripped off...
i bet midas would do it cheaper...
Okay, thanks for the info all. I think I'll do a little more shopping around. I thought it sounded pretty high, but I just wanted some input.
I may not know much about cars, but I know two things....
1) Breaking things is expensive, and
2) Horsepower isn't cheap.
