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Old Apr 8, 2009 | 10:08 AM
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Hey guy's I've been looking around forever where to get my cutout welded in. I want to do the wiring myself and all I need is the stupid weld. 90 percent of the exhaust shops I called had no idea what it even was to begin with and when I showed up at one they told me my car is too low for the lift.


I finally found a place that seemed to know what they were doing and were very helpful, until they gave me a price quote of 100$.... TO WELD IN A CUTOUT.

Someone recommend to me where the hell I can find a place that will charge me 30-40$ and have somewhat of a clue what they are doing? I am in the west chester area.
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Old Apr 8, 2009 | 10:21 AM
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I went to a muffler and brake and they did it for $35. I wouldn't call, go there with the cutout and just explain that you want it welded inline with your current exhaust.
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Old Apr 8, 2009 | 03:43 PM
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$100 sounds about right because by the time you put in on the lift,cut/weld it properly you'll probly be an hour.So an hourly shop rate and materials could be easilly $100.

Bet you didn't think of it that way.
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Old Apr 8, 2009 | 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Slowhawk
$100 sounds about right because by the time you put in on the lift,cut/weld it properly you'll probly be an hour.So an hourly shop rate and materials could be easilly $100.

Bet you didn't think of it that way.
Yeah my shop rate is $94 an hour so that sounds right but some exhaust shops will do it alot cheaper.
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Old Apr 8, 2009 | 05:22 PM
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Everyone claims to have got theirs done anywhere from 10-50 dollars, and those who payed upward of 40 were claimed to have been ripped off. Has anyone else here actually payed 100 to get theirs welded in?
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Old Apr 8, 2009 | 05:48 PM
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i got quoted $40 by a friend of mine to do it but this was before i got my lift so im just going to do it myself. a real shop should do it for about $70-100 for one hour of time, i know if someone asked me, id say at least $50 but i also dont like working on other people's cars
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Old Apr 9, 2009 | 04:24 PM
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how do you guys expect these shops to support themselves for spending an house to weld a cut out in for 40 bucks?
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Old Apr 9, 2009 | 05:11 PM
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Shops would not put your car on the lift for 50 bucks....
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id someone asked me to weld a cutout on their car for 50 bucks i would walk over with a grinder, clean the rear quarterpanel off and weld the cutout to the panel.

You asked for a cutout to get welded in lol.
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Old Apr 9, 2009 | 06:53 PM
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lol, hmm now that i think about it, he never did say it was going on the exhaust....
gotta pay to play
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Old Apr 11, 2009 | 01:25 PM
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I found a shop that did it for 80$, more than I wanted to pay but it sounds good and he took his time to do it right. I still see threads about people not willing to pay over 60 for a cutout install all the time.
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Old Apr 11, 2009 | 02:39 PM
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are the threads you see around the north east? our labor rates are a bit higher than most of the country, just some food for thought
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Old Apr 11, 2009 | 03:09 PM
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I bought a cheap ebay welder and did it myself for less than most shops are going to charge you.
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Old Apr 11, 2009 | 03:49 PM
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I have a welder. it won't be pretty but it will be sealed and hold. where on the exhaust do you want it welded in? shoot me a pm if you want
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