Sorry if this has been answered but ive been searching and couldnt find anything. I was think about getting a megan muffler and then taking it to midas and getting a custom 2.5" pipe from the cat. But im not sure if this will cost more than just going with the megan catback. The catback is around $380. But the muffler is around 100 and im not sure what it would cost to get the custom pipe done. Does anyone know about this? Thanks
Well all i can say is this " i just got a 3" custom stainless exhaust on my car, not polished stainless but stainless none the less, the 10 foot peice cost me 169$, then 2 mandrelled bent hook curve things were 70 each, the two 14 in by 4" OD magnaflow resonators were 90 each, the Apexi N1 muffler was 190, the 2 vband clamps were 110 each and the 2 02 bungs were .75 each , and a random peice of steel 3/8" bar for the hangers. The labour, would have been 8 hours of fabrication for fitting and welding, at whatever rate you would find. Add that all up and you will have a overshot guess of how much a custom 2.5 inch would be.
Well all i can say is this " i just got a 3" custom stainless exhaust on my car, not polished stainless but stainless none the less, the 10 foot peice cost me 169$, then 2 mandrelled bent hook curve things were 70 each, the two 14 in by 4" OD magnaflow resonators were 90 each, the Apexi N1 muffler was 190, the 2 vband clamps were 110 each and the 2 02 bungs were .75 each , and a random peice of steel 3/8" bar for the hangers. The labour, would have been 8 hours of fabrication for fitting and welding, at whatever rate you would find. Add that all up and you will have a overshot guess of how much a custom 2.5 inch would be.
Wow you got ripped off. I have never paid more than 150 for all my piping with having it installed labor and bends. I have had all my exhausts custom made also. Ive only had to wait 2 hrs at the most for all my exhaust to be made and that was the longest I've ever had to wait.
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Last edited by MisledYouth bb6; 06-06-2011 at 06:43 PM.
Here is the amount of material i bought for that price, and then a picture of the finished exhuast showing how little i used. this is all tig welded and perfectly fitted to sit no lower than the oem piping, not some ****show job done by a lacky at local muffler shop. I was gonan egt polished stainless but realistically no one is going to see it so whatever.
Also, considering i have enough 3 inch stainles steel pipe left over to also put custom exhuast on my tundra too, its not so bad. When you figure how much material i had left over you would realise that that money was well spent.
Now for reference, i was simply telling the guy what route i went and roughly how much it costed me and i even said that this price would be inflated in comparison to his 2.5". The welding i didnt not include as i hadnt paid for it, thats the benefit of doing it in your garage. On that note, later this fall when i get the exhuast on my tundra i will post that up so you can really see where the rest of that money went.
Last edited by bouckarooo; 06-06-2011 at 07:16 PM.
Wow you got ripped off. I have never paid more than 150 for all my piping with having it installed labor and bends. I have had all my exhausts custom made also. Ive only had to wait 2 hrs at the most for all my exhaust to be made and that was the longest I've ever had to wait.
Where did you get it done? do you think thats how much midas would cahrge me because thats about how much i was thinkin it would be at first around $150?
I am about to install my new tri y header new 2.5" cat and vibrant 2.5" exhaust with custom piping in these next couple of days I hope the latest a week. Not going with a resonator just yet.
I am about to install my new tri y header new 2.5" cat and vibrant 2.5" exhaust with custom piping in these next couple of days I hope the latest a week. Not going with a resonator just yet.
I think that's a mistake.
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it jsut sounds not good, it is ery lod and with no s=resonator it just sounds kinda sloppy/tinny. i dunno man, with the exhaust i jsut put on ym car even withthe two resonators it is so loud, like so loud that i worry often about getting ticket for it lol
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