Question about exhaust

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 4:52 am

I have a 2004 Suzuki Forenza, My question is would a catback exhaust sytem made for a 2000-2003 Daewoo Nubira work for my Forenza?
Thank you for any help, its appreciated

daewooluvr · Post by **daewooluvr** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 1:13 pm

I doubt it but you can get a custom exhaust made for less. Find a good exhaust shop.

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 8:29 pm

I found a good shop, they told me it'd end up costing me as much as a couple of thousand. . . My friends in an auto class and hes going to ask his teacher if they can do it as a learning experiance so maybe ill just get it for free

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz · Wed Oct 20, 2004 11:46 pm

A couple thousand for some bent pipes and a muffler?? I wonder what they are smoking?

LOL

The only thing I can think that would be the most expensive to build is an exhaust manifold.

Cliff

daewooluvr · Post by **daewooluvr** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 1:55 am

kinkyllama wrote:I found a good shop, they told me it'd end up costing me as much as a couple of thousand. . . My friends in an auto class and hes going to ask his teacher if they can do it as a learning experiance so maybe ill just get it for free

There is absolutely no way possible for an exhaust to cost that much, even if you got a full titanium exhaust mandrel bent. They are just trying to rip you off.

My entire intake and exhaust cost me less than $400 with labor

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 4:19 am

yeah i know its a rip! I think they use that fact that my cars new or something. . . i dont know, but its not the only shop thats told me that. Two other shops told me nearly a 1,000 for an intake

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz · Thu Oct 21, 2004 9:10 am

[quote="kinkyllama"]Two other shops told me nearly a 1,000 for an intake[quote]

Holy cow!

They really ARE full of crap!

AcingTeam · Post by **AcingTeam** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 3:31 pm

Come to New England where life actually makes sense and get it done here.

$1,000 bucks for an intake??!!?!?! Maybe if it was made out of GOLD?

My intake cost me $30 bucks with shipping, exhaust cost me $250 bucks with labor.

Are you sure they weren't joking, because that is ridiculous.

BTW how old are you?

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 4:10 pm

No, they wernt joking . . . Its making me mad, i dont understand why different shops are giving me these prices cuz its obviously a rip off. I make it clear that its not a exhaust manifold also... so i donno, ill probably end up doing it myself but i dont have time with school and work.

I'm only 16, this is my first car, i paid for it myself along with all the mods.

AcingTeam · Post by **AcingTeam** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 4:36 pm

Make a custom exhaust: Select any style of universal muffler that you like (Tanabe, Ractive, etc), then have a shop (or yourself if you have the tools... you're going to have to weld) replace the stock muffler with the one you purchased, also replace the resinator (2nd muffler) with a straight pipe. It will sound amazing and look as good as a cat-back system.

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 8:26 pm

thank you, thats what im going to end up doing. . .

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 3:35 am

Wheres a good place to buy JUST a muffler, and whats a decent price? Ive never looked at just the muffler so im clueless.

AcingTeam · Post by **AcingTeam** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 3:42 am

Look anywhere online... I purchased mine from a tunner store online... but on eBay they're pretty cheap. They also have almost any style and brand there.

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 3:50 am

Whats a decent price? cuz ive seen them for 60$ and then one with all the same specs and stuff somewhere else for liek $250 for just the muffler

AcingTeam · Post by **AcingTeam** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 3:52 am

A decent price would be anywhere up to 100 bucks. But if you want to pay for a real brand name/quality like (Apexi, HKS, etc) it could get expensive ($100-$250).

I would recommend you buy either a Tanabe or a Ractive... had them both, sound very good.