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Old Feb 8, 2007 | 11:55 AM
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It cost me $60 at a local muffler shop.... and I gave him a $10 tip for his hard work
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Old Feb 8, 2007 | 12:11 PM
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$0 + a couple cans of soda. I installed my self with a friend, The only hard part is taking the old one off. I had to borrow a hack saw because I don't have one once I cut it in half it came right out. Putting the other one in was ridiculously easy. I don't have any leaks that I could tell.
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Old Feb 8, 2007 | 01:13 PM
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A carton of Marlboro Red's so I could use my friends lift in his garage. We also did the longtubes, Y, and Racetronix kit. All in the same day. I thought it was a good deal.
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Old Feb 8, 2007 | 01:22 PM
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catbacks usually just clamp in. it shouldnt have costed anything.
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Old Feb 8, 2007 | 04:57 PM
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Yeah, a catback should bolt right in. Just pull up on ramps, jack the rear up and put on jackstands. Cut the I-pipe near the axle and remove old exhaust. New exhaust bolts right up. No $$ needed for muffler shop. If you end up with a small leak you can't seal up then maybe you need a shop to weld that joint but it should only cost $20-40. Sounds like we need to start doing some "how to mod your car" seminars!
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Old Feb 8, 2007 | 05:44 PM
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i payed 40 to get the cat-back installed on my car because i didn't have a jack and jack stands at the time. if i had it to do today i'd do it myself.
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Old Feb 8, 2007 | 06:14 PM
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$50 to remove the old catback and put on the Magnaflow at a local muffler shop and I was a ***** and made him put it back on the lift so I could adjust the tips exactly where I wanted them before he clamped them down. He was cool about it.
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