I'm sure this has happened to nearly everyone here. You take your car to a shop that custom bends exhaust systems. When you schedule your appointment, they tell you:
"Oh yeah, for $275 we can do WHATEVER you want, we'll make new pipes, install your x-pipe, welded mufflers, new tailpipes, no problem!"
Then, when the car is on the rack, they call and say "...well, your pipes are stainless, you dont need the x-pipe if you are not racing, my tubing bender doesnt like to make those tight bends for the tailpipes, there is no aftermarket parts for your old car, blah blah blah..."
So, I am ending up with new mufflers and new cats, as the old ones were shot anyway. But I STILL have the 2" tailpipes with resonators. I think I will just do that part myself.
Let me clarify. I did not expect to get an entire system, with cats, for $275. What I did expect was a 2-1/4" cat-back system, with mufflers and tailpipes, with my x-pipe, for $275.
Thanks for letting me vent!!
"Oh yeah, for $275 we can do WHATEVER you want, we'll make new pipes, install your x-pipe, welded mufflers, new tailpipes, no problem!"
Then, when the car is on the rack, they call and say "...well, your pipes are stainless, you dont need the x-pipe if you are not racing, my tubing bender doesnt like to make those tight bends for the tailpipes, there is no aftermarket parts for your old car, blah blah blah..."
So, I am ending up with new mufflers and new cats, as the old ones were shot anyway. But I STILL have the 2" tailpipes with resonators. I think I will just do that part myself.
Let me clarify. I did not expect to get an entire system, with cats, for $275. What I did expect was a 2-1/4" cat-back system, with mufflers and tailpipes, with my x-pipe, for $275.
Thanks for letting me vent!!