grumpyvette
Well-known member
face it, many, maybe, most muffler shops want you in and out of thier bays as fast as possiable and want to use the least expensive components they can find , and want to take the least effort and time they can, yet derive the most proffit, from the work. you can totally avoid that by either buying top quality components and paying big bucks, or...if your budgets like mine....
if something BREAKS , well,thats a P.I.T.A., and probably a badly designed or improperly installed component, but thats what WELDERS are designed for.....learn to weld and things like that are at most a minor repair that will usually take well under 30 minutes and its almost certain that you can put some thought into the repair and make it darn near "bullet proof"
and very unlikely to re-occure:thumbsup:
no part is immune from a bad installation.
in fact! once you learn to weld and you can weld up a totally custom exhaust that will exactly match your design and application goals for far less than you can buy one for, in cheap aluminized steel or the far better stainless steel
http://store.summitracing.com/egnse...+kit&searchinresults=false&N=700+115&y=6&x=32
http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/category_10001_10002_11525_-1_10245
http://www.magnaflow.com/02product/universalsatinxl.asp
http://www.flowmastermufflers.com/mufflers.html
http://www.borla.com/products/universal.aspx
you can build your own stainless steel exhaust system and personally install it and its very unlikely to cost nearly what youll pay a muffler shop, and if you shop for components carefully youll find that a stainless exhaust will cost only slightly more than the muffler shop charges for inferior aluminized steel
if your going thru the work do it correctly, buy and install decent components so your not back doing it again in a year or so!
careful measurement and planing, and component sellection, will help a great deal in keeping costs low!
if something BREAKS , well,thats a P.I.T.A., and probably a badly designed or improperly installed component, but thats what WELDERS are designed for.....learn to weld and things like that are at most a minor repair that will usually take well under 30 minutes and its almost certain that you can put some thought into the repair and make it darn near "bullet proof"
and very unlikely to re-occure:thumbsup:
no part is immune from a bad installation.
in fact! once you learn to weld and you can weld up a totally custom exhaust that will exactly match your design and application goals for far less than you can buy one for, in cheap aluminized steel or the far better stainless steel
http://store.summitracing.com/egnse...+kit&searchinresults=false&N=700+115&y=6&x=32
http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/category_10001_10002_11525_-1_10245
http://www.magnaflow.com/02product/universalsatinxl.asp
http://www.flowmastermufflers.com/mufflers.html
http://www.borla.com/products/universal.aspx
you can build your own stainless steel exhaust system and personally install it and its very unlikely to cost nearly what youll pay a muffler shop, and if you shop for components carefully youll find that a stainless exhaust will cost only slightly more than the muffler shop charges for inferior aluminized steel
if your going thru the work do it correctly, buy and install decent components so your not back doing it again in a year or so!
careful measurement and planing, and component sellection, will help a great deal in keeping costs low!