After an entire year of waiting..(video on 3rd page)

[MadMike]

my exhaust will be finally done right!
im bringing the car into the shop in the morning around 9am
and ill have it back around 1-3pm

with! the magnaflow tips like they should be :D
im so happy that this is getting done
my current exhaust is so beaten and crappy
so many leaks, and then the y pipe snapped off like a month back in the snow

BUT FINALLY ill have a stainless 2.5 in headerback exhaust fo realz :D

ill be posting pictures tmrw afternoon, and saturday
going into the city on friday for a good ol midnight cruise with the whole crew
im callin everyone out for that night, its gonna be an event
hopefully i can get some good shots of the skyline in there too :D

[wake]

sweet

[gatechguy]

Sounds good MadMike. I have my parts ordered and should get them installed in the next 1-2 weeks. I'm pretty excited myself.

[2003 SSEi]

very nice, i love the 2.5" GXP catback that i have on my car

[GoldenBullet]

nice, i want to do something to my exhaust someday soon.

[SuperSLE]

Very cool. What are you going with for resonator and mufflers? I would love to hear a sound clip if you can. I am shopping for a set up. But going with 3" for my needs . Still haven't decided on mufflers and resonator yet.

[MadMike]

slp headers
magnaflow highflow cat
no resinator
2 f-body magnaflow mufflers

[MadMike]

this is pissing me off, the guy tells me 4-6 hours ok
then i get there 7 hours later, cuz i had to work,
HE HASNT EVEN STARTED YET
he had no other cars to do
that was on tuesday

on wednesday, i call him at 1:30pm
he tells me he got a f250 he put a fast bolt on exhaust on
so he started shortly after that..

i call him at 6 just before they close
they havent gotten the back manafold off yet
claims that the bolts are rusted, *rusted bolts take 5 hours to take care of i guess

this morning, i call him at 10:45 am
he says there opperating on the car,
hell call me when they get to the mufflers to see how i want it set up
i call him at 4pm, he hasnt contacted me
STILL havent gotten the back header off..
STILL hasnt started on bending pipe for the exhaust
JUST today ordered the Y pipe
and expects it to be done tmrw afternoon around 5pm

so......
it went from a 4-6 hour job @ 350-400 bucks or so
to a 3 DAY job that im not paying more than 600 for

cuz when i dropped off the mufflers,
i go back to take a look at the progress..
and there all sitting in back drinking beer
not working on the car at all
so im gonna give him 6 hours of labor and 100 dollars for the parts, no more cuz this is *shoot*

any compitent mechanic should be able to do this job in one day in less than 6 hours with HAND tools
if i had a lift and a pipe bender i wouldve done it myself, but this is rediculous

[2003 SSEi]

why are they taking the rear header off to do the exhaust?

[1994se]

I am also curious as to WTF they are doing taking off the rear header. Are you getting a new flex pipe welded in?

[MadMike]

o.0 i havent had the slp on there yet, ive had ported manafolds until now
i know i know, it was in my sig, i shouldve changed it

but ya, this guy is *fook* yankin me around and its pissin me off

[1994se]

... You ran 13.8 on ported manifolds?

[Dirthead Racing]

... You ran 13.8 on ported manifolds?

Couple of us have

[1994se]

with stock rockers, canned tune and no spray?

[Dirthead Racing]

with stock rockers, canned tune and no spray?

That wasn't the original question now was it?

[MadMike]

yussir
13.892
so pretty much a 13.9
idk how but thats how it goes i guess

[MadMike]

well....
ill be calling the BBB tmrw morning
he took me for $940.68
supposedly 14 hours of labor
and 233.44 in parts (just for the pipe and hangers)
i also have to consult a lawyer to see if its worth taking to court

but on the plus side, it looks great, sounds great, and runs nice
ill have a video clip as soon as i can get ahold of a camera.

[bonnevillain]

same thing happened to me. i sat around for hours and they decided that the other vehicles were more important than mine, and just neglected it. It took them 6 hours to weld in a catalytic converter, and it was about 20 minutes of actual work if that. I was the first one there too. ugh.

[SuperSLE]

Wow, I'm sorry to hear that. That's why I have such a hard time letting anyone do any work on my car.

But at least you got it done. I want to hear it!

[MadMike]

its so quiet now compared to before
unless im on it >:)
but thats how i wanted it, so its all good