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07-16-2002, 04:23 PM | #1 |
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yesterday's x-pipe installation
right, so i call this muffler shop, and ask how much it would be to replace my stock h-pipe with an offroad x-pipe. he says "i can do a magnaflow x-pipe for 140 bucks."
i'm like "damn ok what time do you close?" ..................driving to the place at like mach 34.............. so i get there and dude cuts the cats off, and puts a little piece of pipe on where the cats were, and welds the stock pipes back on. i'm like "umm is this your version of offroad?".... he shows me the x-pipe, and it's this little "cross section" piece, not a whole pipe, just the intersection. no wonder it was so cheap so he ends up removing the H area on my stock pipes, and installs the x-pipe, and proceeds to rig up this god awful looking set up (attaching the X to the flows, etc). the dude can't even get the bends right, and wastes like 3 feet of pipe... so i'm left with this (in order from the existing cats): existing cats->stock pipes->welded on pipes where the other cats used to be->more stock pipe->extensions->x-pipe->extensions->flowmasters. this HAS to be a ripoff?
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07-17-2002, 06:32 AM | #2 |
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if it sounds 2 good 2 b true it it always is a real x pipe install is about 350.oo
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07-17-2002, 09:44 AM | #3 |
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yeah, that's what i figured.
i also noticed a slight decrease in low-end torque. also, it's not as loud as it used to be, and the higher the RPMs, the quiter it gets (seriously). i liked the sound better when i had the stock H-pipe.
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07-17-2002, 11:45 AM | #4 |
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Find a good Lawyer!
Dude.....you got screwed....
My suggestion be to find a good lawyer! Cause your car is in worse shape than stock! If I were you I'd demand your money back and go buy a true X-Pipe and install it yourself! |
07-17-2002, 04:05 PM | #5 |
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A real x-pipe screams at high RPMs...Demand your money back...that is one ghetto setup.
Thanks, DoranW
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07-17-2002, 04:08 PM | #6 |
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hey what part of florida??
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07-17-2002, 04:13 PM | #7 |
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New X-Pipe
Sorry but this post belongs on riceboys.com.....
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07-17-2002, 05:24 PM | #8 | |
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Re: New X-Pipe
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07-17-2002, 05:25 PM | #9 |
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here's a little diagram i drew up of what he did. damn i'm just gonna get the whole thing replaced with an offroad BBK X-pipe:
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07-17-2002, 05:29 PM | #10 | |
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07-18-2002, 09:10 AM | #11 |
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Watch out for BBK!
Don't buy the BBK X-Pipe......I bought the BBK and had to take it back because the pipe didn't fit on Bank 1 Manifold.....
Go with the Bassani X-pipe.........great product..... |
07-18-2002, 09:43 AM | #12 |
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Man... did they give you a kiss with that f**kin? -- don't take that personally.. we've all had it done to us before.. I too have had problems with BBK, except mine is the H-Pipe... They had to hammer in the top of my driver side pipe because it kept rattling against the transmission shift lever under the car... really ungly looking now, oh-well...Next time I am under there I am going to have a Bassani H or X put in... Anyways, I heard it mentioned earlier... I would call the BBB about them, if he said a particular manufacturer (Magnaflow), then did that to your exhaust, that is first of all):
1). Bad Business 2). False Advertising 3). Illegal (He removed your cats... sue his *****!) 4). Out right crappy, send the Italian Mafia after him and fuhgetaboutit!!! -hehe I would try to get my money back, and maybe, they can even get them to pay for a proper piece and install... who knows.... Fight the system!!!! good luck man...
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07-18-2002, 10:21 AM | #13 |
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thanks for the advice. i'm taking my car saturday to a reputable muffler shop. he's gonna put it on the lift and check out what they did.
i'll use his comments as grounds for either a refund, or a redo. either way, i'm not going out like a chump, this is my baby they're messing with (and 140 bucks). thanks again all. wish me luck
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07-20-2002, 01:50 PM | #14 |
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Problem solved. I took it down to a REAL muffler shop, and the guy put it on the lift, and almost puked...
He put on a MAC Pro Chamber, and I am SO HAPPY with this. Sounds ungodly mean, more torque, more everything. I'm in love! Cats are gone for good From now on, no screwing around with half-wits. Ask around, more than once, and only deal with professionals. Lesson learned.
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07-20-2002, 04:49 PM | #15 |
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and did you get your money back from the other jack@ss?
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07-20-2002, 05:15 PM | #16 |
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thats funny
I had a look at your diagram...you got hosed tommy. So now you got it all straight with a mac pro chamber and no cats, I bet she sounds nice......thats the same route im taking
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07-20-2002, 06:26 PM | #17 |
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not yet, he boxed up the old pipes and i couldn't fit em in my trunk (subs). gonna go back monday and pick them up, then go see those clowns.
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