No kidding, good thing I know how to weld though...

Oh and yes, most shops are that way where they make most of their money on mark-up for parts. There's a clear difference between mark-up on parts and rip-off on parts. My shop has a 15%-25% markup margin depending on what the part is. The reason I don't go to a dealership is because they add a 35%-65% 'rip-off' to every part and rip everyone off with labor because they go strictly by the book.

I'll give someone a break if the book says 4 hours for something and it took us 45 minutes. Unfortunately most people are not like this...

Also, if you can't find a muffler shop that will do it, bring some extra piping and stop by a garage mechanic one day and say you'll buy him a 12 pack of his choice if he can weld it on there. I can't tell you how many times I've done this, I actually recently upped my charge to a fifth of Jack. It's all about the economy and the people you know these days.

 

A fifth of Jack? Dude, that's the good stuff, you're venturing into "rip-off" territory now.... LOL....

Either that or maybe I need to turn pro. Hell, I did two complete brake jobs, 4 wheels on each car (complete with drums that refused to come off), last fall and got a 12-pack of Busch Lite for each one....

Time to raise my rates....

 

Well that fifth of Jack was for replacing his wheel bearings. What my shop would charge $200 to replace, I charged oh about $20. Sounds like a pretty good deal if you ask me! LOL

 

if i had a welder id offer to let you guys come by my place and id weld the exhaust piping up for you for a nominal fee, ill have to get on that

 

Ah, ok... You've redeemed yourself. Hell, for that job you should have gone for the Texas fifth....

 

If you were a little closer I'd almost save money by buying a welder, having you come do both my Ds, and sending you home with it.....

I really gotta learn to weld. Only real experience I have is what I learned in shop class in high school, and we were working with tractor buckets and metal of that thickness. Something like a tailpipe I just end up burning big holes in.

Guess I should just suck it up, buy a welder and some scrap metal, and start practicing.

 

yes you should, if i could afford to buy a nice gas shielded mig welder i think i would, but i dont have any money being that im in college, never had to weld under a car before, but if i got it up high enough im sure it wouldnt be an issue.

 

Well i am going to be putting in the exhaust system myself. I work at a fully equipped shop and my boss is being gracious enough to let me do some work on my truck in the shop. As far as my cat goes, i have to change it. Its stinks like rotten eggs and its also starting to rot. i bought the truck with a few issues but i love the vehicle and i decided to revamp the whole truck and make it brand new again. Im lookin right now to get that 40 series muffler but my pockets are tight right now n considering i need to basically do the entire exhaust im tryin to find the parts at a decent price. Also anybody know a few tricks i can do to give this truck more horses without completely moding th engine? Any advice is greatly appreciated

 

A few tricks to getting a few horses... Hmm...

Well you're on the right track, if you want to add horses by opening the exhaust, upping the exhaust piping to 3" helps a bit and also make sure if you're worried about performance, only do single out. Dual out tends to sound better, but lacks the performance aspect of a single in/out setup.

A SuperChips programmer does a world of wonders and helps a bunch. Since you have a 4.7 you are a bit more limited to what you can do to an engine, than I can do with my 5.9. The programmer is a great place to start though and runs you around $300 so not the most expensive thing in the world.

 

curious about the size difference... Are the performance mufflers smaller than the stock? I would kinda hope so, since the stock is HUGE!!! What is the stock pipe size? would I use Center in, Center out or a combination of offsets to work with the stock pipe? I want to open up the exhaust with a new muffler, but I'm not sure about the expense of the cat back pipe and all, will I be wasting money and effort if I don't do it all... On a budget!