For those of you who have exhaust knowledge or have done this to your car...what am I looking at as far as prices for install (old pipes cut and new ones welded) from an average local exhaust shop. i just don't want to have to overpay..

 

I paid $150, but anything under $300 is reasonable.

 

Damn, you got a deal.. Id say around $250 or so is reasonable.

 

What the hell? $250?

I paid 150 for just my res delete with 3" h pipe.

And I got quoted 1.2k for cat delete.

 

sorry to say you got ripped off bro. res delete is super simple and if it's just a magnaflow h-pipe or similar they go for dirt cheap. $100 would be reasonable IMO. guess they made you pay the mercedes tax lol.

1.2k for a cat delete!

 

I paid $100 cash to have the resonator deleted with replacement 3" pipe.

 

Anyone know a good shop in SoCal that can do this?

 

It all depends on the quality of work, mandrel bends, etc. For someone to just cut and slap up new sections, sure, it will be cheap, and you got what you paid for it. To take time, measure, carefully cut, measure again, etc, bends over cross brace, etc, takes times which =money.

I paid around $240.00 or so and I watched him the entire time. Quality job.

Mine

 

Very true pearlpower, knowing the owner also helps . All my stuff is mandrel bent and very well done. Be friendly, pay cash and they might just hook you up!

 

Both cost me around $300 that is on my SL

 

Cost me $120 after talking to the owner for my E63 for resonator and cat delete and stainless steel 3"

 

ic..yeh that looks like a very clean job (Pearlpower). I guess it was about what I was thinking..not too bad. Thanks for the info guys.

 

As you guys seen the pix in my other thread I paid $500 with tip at Mufflex here in NJ. I got the cat and resoantor delete and a X pipe installed. All was done extremely clean.

 

does just a resonator delete cause any sort of drone at all?

 

nope no drone. the sound is barely noticeable in change which is why most people opt to remove the secondaries as well.

 

Ohh ok..maybe I will stick with stock for now then :/

But will removing the secondaries cause any drone? I'm anti-drone as you can tell lol

 

what sort of sound are you looking for Daniel?

 

I definitely want something deeper than stock but nothing too crazy..I think any aftermarket exhaust would definitely be going overboard for me.

I know its hard to achieve but something like a C63 stock exhaust would be perfect

 

Yea 6.2 have an amazing sound our 55k just cannot attain. If aftermarket is a bit too crazy, try the res/cat delete. Drone is minimal and its not super loud at all, just a deeper and throatier tone. Nothing like my straight pipes

 

Remove resonator.. ok. Remove all cats? Or just secondaries? If all cats removed than what about the o2 sensors throwing codes?

 

Second on the res/sec cat delete for you then.. Wont be anything too crazy, but sounds good..

 

I'm totally getting this done next month.

 

The shop I went to didn't have an h-pipe so they custom made one, didn't look to great I have to say. The dude said because cat deletes are illegal and he will be putting himself at risk is why it costs so much. I still feel like that price is fairly high.

Anyone know of a good exhaust shop in l.a.?

 

California,

Seriously, this shouldn't cost more than 1 hour of labor and the crappy few feet of nice steel tubing.

 

I paid $60 to have the resonator deleted with replacement 3" pipe today