exhaust repair

[UWISHU1]

the GP has been annoyingly loud lately and blamed the cold weather. I finally took a look and right after the 3" pipe into the "Y" has a crack and on the pass. side where the muffler connects to.

I took it to a neighborhood shop where I usually take my beaters to and the dude wanted to do the entire 3" exhaust from the cat back and the 2.5" Y pipe to the mufflers for $90.

I personally believed the hair line cracks could have been welded of course the dude was like "no it's rusty and it won't hold" I like fuck it just put it back down cuz all I had was $20 so I'd figured he'd say OK then he's like for $20 I'll put some cement on it (temporary of course) and I was like I can do that

anyways any of you know of a decent exhaust show in the NW burbs??

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[Mickey]

90 dollars seems like a reasonable price

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

i agree if its mandrel....though i bet it can be repaired with little issues. you need a buddy with a welder.

 

[LSx S10]

why not just upgrade??

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

cause i'm waiting for you to make me a 3" catback....oh you mean the OP?

 

[UWISHU1]

why not just upgrade??

to what? it's a custom set up on there now. Not to many off the shelf kits to fit into a L67 swapped 1st gen.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

it is rusted around the crack? if not find someone to weld it up otherwise just have that small section replaced if it truly is rusted.

i say talk to James; he lives in hanover park and is a shade tree mechanic extraordinaire

 

[UWISHU1]

it is rusted around the crack? if not find someone to weld it up otherwise just have that small section replaced if it truly is rusted.

i say talk to James; he lives in hanover park and is a shade tree mechanic extraordinaire

screen name again?

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

http://www.thechicagogarage.org/forum/member.php?u=53

 

[UWISHU1]

http://www.thechicagogarage.org/forum/member.php?u=53

Thanks, I PM'd him

 

[daturbosix]

if the weather was nicer, id tell ya i could do it for ya...

..maybe if you can wait...

 

[UWISHU1]

if the weather was nicer, id tell ya i could do it for ya...

..maybe if you can wait...

Thanks for the offer, I'll see how long I can hold out for. I already got rolled for loud exhaust in Berwyn.

 

[DanJ]

What place wanted to do the whole thing for $90 bucks? Sounds like some Valesquez and Son's shit. They already ruined a set of pacesetters for me, i wouldn't take a lawnmower there for exhaust work. Shittiest welds I've seen in my life.

 

[UWISHU1]

What place wanted to do the whole thing for $90 bucks? Sounds like some Valesquez and Son's shit. They already ruined a set of pacesetters for me, i wouldn't take a lawnmower there for exhaust work. Shittiest welds I've seen in my life.

lol how did you guess that's why I was worried when he wanted to take a custom exhaust set up and cut it off just the fix the lil cracks in the Y pipe.

 

[DanJ]

They welded THROUGH an O2 bung on my DP. I'm still furious every time i look at it and haven't taken it back to be fixed because it just pisses me off to think about it. Oh yea, and when i took it in and told them the threads in the bung were fucked, they coated my O2 sensor with PB blaster than forced it in eating all the threads off my O2 sensor. This same shop also installed the DP to Y pipe and left a half inch gap BEFORE the O2 sensor so i was reading LTFT's of 14 and the car ran shittier times than it ever has at the trackday in Cordova because in reality I'm sure it was running pig rich. It's hood over here in Aurora so i'm probably gonna roll through with my buddy that's a cop and tell Carlos to give me my fucking money back for his down syndrome-esque welding skills.

VALESQUEZ AND SONS SUCKS

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

that blows. most muffler places seem to suck at welding. i took some stuff in to midas one time and they charged me $20 to weld a flange to an inline muffler. it looked like total shit and was blobbed on there. now that i have access to a welder life is much better.

 

[DanJ]

It also doesn't help that a kid who appeared to be 15 did the welding on mine and the only guy there who spoke English was the manager... and he can't weld worth a damn either.

 

[Ron Vogel]

If anyone needs exhaust you need to look me up. I do lots of exhaust work.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

3" cat back for my wrx?

 

[UWISHU1]

If anyone needs exhaust you need to look me up. I do lots of exhaust work.

I remember you did my rear manifold, you think you can tackle the rear "Y" to the mufflers.

 

[smug]

Ron, Can you do stainless pipe?

 

[UWISHU1]

can someone call James and let him know I need his assistance?
Thanks

 

[E]

I basically welded mine up last year. The flange bolts didn't line up so i just cut them off and welded them together. It's hard to weld upside down.

 

[Ron Vogel]

I basically welded mine up last year. The flange bolts didn't line up so i just cut them off and welded them together. It's hard to weld upside down.

Correction...it hurts to weld upside down!

Last muffler job I did, I had weld splatter go right down my ear canal (twice) on both ears!!!

Didn't do any damage, but man I move quick when my body is on fire!

A couple of years ago I took a 1/4" chunk out of my arm from splatter welding upside down.

 

[Ron Vogel]

Ron, Can you do stainless pipe?

Regular exhaust-grade 304 no problem, the better stuff and I have to hook up the gas tank; which costs a little more. Stainless is no problem, but I can't do aluminum, or thicker than 1/4" steel.