Boat Racer

My '07 is due for its registration renewal in a couple of weeks and it's been 2 years since my last smog check. This time it requires a Star Certified Smog test and I lost my hookup smog guy from the last time. I'm now planning to remove the Long Tube headers with high flow cats (with only two O2 sensors and the OBDII connected smog computer requires all 4 O2 sensors now to pass) and go back to my stock exhaust or maybe a stock Z06 exhaust so it will pass smog. Does anyone have a recommendation for a good exhaust shop in the south bay area to do this swap for me? I used to have a great exhaust guy in Morgan Hill (King Muffler) but he retired and closed that shop. Who else is recommended for this type of work?

custompainter99

Little D's muffler in campbell... Dave is a straight up no BS dude..He'll take care of you.

Boat Racer

Thanks for the recommendation. I got the job done at Babe's Muffler in downtown San Jose last month so I'm good to go.

gimp

A lot of people recommend Babe's. Did you like your experience? What'd they charge you in labor?

Boat Racer

It was a good experience overall. They charged me $800 and they paid for the gaskets and some minor work to add an adapter to reduce the 3" x-pipe down to 2.5" to connect with my Corsa Sport exhaust. I don't know if that cost is competitive or not as they were the only ones that I found at the time that would do the job.

Revolver ZSTi

If you still need smog help, message me

Boat Racer

Thank you for the offer but it came in too late to help me. I ended up removing the long tubes, (installed Z06 exhaust) the methanol injection line and the MSD two step and it passed the STAR smog check with flying colors.