What is a "ball park" price to pay to have a shop weld up new mufflers?
The replacements are very close in size and I do not foresee any fabrication, if anything maybe a coupling on one side. 2.5 inch.
I was figuring $125-175. Someone who knows what they are doing should be able to do this right in 1.5 hours correct?
A few weeks ago my uncle installed mufflers on his Nomad. He had the Flowmasters, but shop installed from the headers back—2.5 piping, hpipe, mufflers, piping /turned out in front of rear tire and tips for 120.00. Also, included their preferred header gaskets. He was expecting more. Took about 3 hrs. He could not figure out the price charged vs labor and materials. He was pleased to say the least.
Of note: If you have a MSD box (Ignition) they recommend disconnecting it before you weld. I forgot but the installer remembered and asked me.
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Dog or anyone, could you expand on this? Is disconnecting the battery or switching off the disconnect switch adequate to then weld? I'm about to have new mufflers installed. Thanks.
I would say $100 would be reasonable for my area. Maybe more in other areas.
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