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Old Feb 18, 2010 | 09:42 PM
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Hey guys I'm about to put on my pacesetter longtubes but for the rest of the exhaust i'm going 2.5" x-pipe then into 2 magnaflow 4x9's nd then dual/dual 4" tips. I already have the mufflers and the tips and the headers will already be on.

But what I was wondering is about how much do you think it will cost to have a speed shop do the exhaust from the headers back and over the axle?
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Old Feb 18, 2010 | 09:47 PM
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how much of the rest of the exhaust do you have ?? mufflers and tips?? wont be that expensive. i had a y pipe made and it was $100 installed.
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Old Feb 18, 2010 | 10:16 PM
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i already have the mufflers and tips and the headers will already be put on... so i need pipe fabbed from headers to x pipe(which i dont have) then x-pipe to mufflers(which i have) then from the mufflers over the axle to the tips(which i have)
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Old Feb 18, 2010 | 10:26 PM
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was ur y-pipe mandrel bent?
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Old Feb 19, 2010 | 07:46 AM
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I'd say somewhere around 100 bucks
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Old Feb 19, 2010 | 09:52 AM
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alright sweet i was just hoping it wasn't gonna be like 500 bucks or anything lol
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$100 bucks are you kidding me???? lol thats a dumb estimate! hey OP i took my car down to a muffler shop and had 3" piping into my mufflers and then under the axle to my tips and it cost me $240 or so. over the axle true duals are a lot harder to do than under axle and you also lose some sound. ground clearance isn't an issue, i know because i had a 3" true dual set-up on my car, it's now in my garage sitting on the floor since i have to pull the engine and trans lol pretty good chance it wont be $100, call the speed shop and tell them what you want and ask for a price estimate
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Originally Posted by SSmoken
how much of the rest of the exhaust do you have ?? mufflers and tips?? wont be that expensive. i had a y pipe made and it was $100 installed.
thats a y pipe though, he wants a true dual set-up made to go over the axle
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thats a y pipe though, he wants a true dual set-up made to go over the axle
yeah, i know. i doubt its going to be that much different. others around my area have went this route and the price was around the same. who knows, i guess every shop can charge what they want.
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But what I was wondering is about how much do you think it will cost to have a speed shop do the exhaust from the headers back and over the axle?
If you can answer this question accurately, I will tell you exactly how much a speed shop will charge for your project:

"How long is a piece of string?"
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yeah, i know. i doubt its going to be that much different. others around my area have went this route and the price was around the same. who knows, i guess every shop can charge what they want.
but true duals over the axle is more piping and harder than a y pipe and stock catback
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