is the muffler shop lying?
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Racer
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From: Northridge southern california
is the muffler shop lying?
im getting the magnaflow 14336's universal mufflers installed and the shop said that the H pipe has to come off in order for the stock mufflers to come off. i said that "cant you just unbolt the clamps to the over axle pipe and slide them out?" he said no. is he lying? who here has installed these in southern california? how much did it cost? did they do a good job? did the H pipe have to come off? were is the shop so i can take my c6 to someone has worked on them before and actually knows what they are doing
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When I put my Bullets in I had to drop/take off the h-pipe .... there isn't enough room and play to unclamp the h-pipe to catback system to remove it in one piece.
I would assume he would want it in one piece before cutting and welding in new mufflers.
It's not a big deal nonetheless.
I would assume he would want it in one piece before cutting and welding in new mufflers.
It's not a big deal nonetheless.
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Yep, H pipe has to come off. I just did mine by myself in the Garage. Not including getting my garage ready and jacking the car up, I did the entire job in about 90 minutes, and that's with no help at all - just me.
Racer
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Originally Posted by jschindler
Yep, H pipe has to come off. I just did mine by myself in the Garage. Not including getting my garage ready and jacking the car up, I did the entire job in about 90 minutes, and that's with no help at all - just me.
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From: Austin Texas
Yes the pipe has to come off. It's no big deal, 4 more nuts to remove. Two of us , neither of which had ever done a C6 exhaust had the stock exhaust out in 15 minutes on the drive on lift. It's all pretty obvious when you look at it.
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From: Atlanta GA
I was able to remove my stock mufflers and install B&B bullets w/out removing the H pipe assembly. Nor did I have to drop the rear sway bar. This was on a z51 car on jackstands in my garage. There is a ton of "play" in the assembly if you pull on it hard enough. 
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Originally Posted by c6 corvette Z51
i knew i could depend on the forum.
the guy said $100 for the install, but know he says he wants more, what is the highest i should give him?
the guy said $100 for the install, but know he says he wants more, what is the highest i should give him?