cost of resonator and sec cat delete?
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cost of resonator and sec cat delete?
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..
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1.2k for a cat delete!
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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.
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I paid around $240.00 or so and I watched him the entire time. Quality job.
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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!
. All my stuff is mandrel bent and very well done. Be friendly, pay cash and they might just hook you up!
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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.
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nope no drone. the sound is barely noticeable in change which is why most people opt to remove the secondaries as well.
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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
I know its hard to achieve but something like a C63 stock exhaust would be perfect
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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
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Remove resonator.. ok. Remove all cats? Or just secondaries? If all cats removed than what about the o2 sensors throwing codes?
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Second on the res/sec cat delete for you then.. Wont be anything too crazy, but sounds good..
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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.?
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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.?
Anyone know of a good exhaust shop in l.a.?
Seriously, this shouldn't cost more than 1 hour of labor and the crappy few feet of nice steel tubing.
