cause i think i know the answer...would it be alright to go to a meinikie to have a custom exhaust done (2.5 stainless mandrel bent and I like flowmaster) or should I go to an exhaust shop around the island?

 

no..

 

stay away from flowmasters unless you want your car to sound like a bunch of drunk wasps. I'd buy a GMPP exhaust for your 2.2L if your not doing much and call it a day.

 

meinikie???

i didn't know they did exhausts....

 

okay well lets say I do the same thing with only a magnaflow muffler point is can I get away with a custom exhaust through a meinike ( and Idk I put 40 series on my caprice but I guess going from an 8 to a 4 is gonna sound a tad diffrent lol )

 

in my opinion, piping is piping. as long as its mandrel bent, and the same diameter, you're golden (make sure its stainless tho..dont want it rusting)

flowmasters sound bad on our car....so i'd avoid them. Magnaflow/borla sound good tho

btw, im sure there will be some that disagree, so this is just my opinion

 

so can I just go in there and say I want a stainless steel mandrel bent cat back wih (what ever muffler)

 

go with magnaflow muffler tho

 

X2 on the GMPP

 

tell you the truth if I dont go flowmaster which iam being shunned lol Id go with borla then magnaflow

yeah so called up mineke..hello...hey, do you guys do cat-back exhaust, yes we do, are they stainless steel mandrel bent,no we dont do those, bye bye

 

I had mine done at Interstate muffler. I'm not positive but if I remember right they only deal with a few brands of mufflers. One is Magnaflow I know because thats what I got.

 

im not sure where on the island your loctaed but in Coram (suffolk county) a place called United Exhaust on Rt 112 ive heard good things about..if i didnt get the Megan exhaust(which i highly reccomend), i wouldve probably had them do it since they actually make mandrel bent piping...You could get either flowmaster or magnaflow mufflers..if i remember correctly they gave me an estimate of $300 installed for a 2.5 exhaust with a magnaflow muffler

 

ive got a flowmaster on mine, it has a mean low sound at low rpm and idle but after that it just sounds bad

 

Heat Paint. No one sees those pipes anyway...

 

Mine was 250 and i got the magnaflow race series with a 4 in outlet. Btw I wouldn't recommend it. Its loud ALL the time. I'd rather have one that was only loud at WOT

 

yeah iam in holbrook so corams like 10 min away ill run down 112 down this week and see what they have to offer bring 400 with me just in case now just gotta decide the muffler )

 

There are very few shops on the east coast that actually do mandrel bending in house, the best you could hope for at most places is fabricated from mandrel bends(which is still A O K, and looks race.)

Theres a place in Trenton, called Mufflex that does REALLY nice work, very well known.

 

not a big jersey boy lol only been to bayone and hoboken

 

frank was from hoboken

 

ive called damn near every exhaust/muffler shop in the st. louis area to see if they can make me a kit. none of them can bend stainless steel. only aluminized.

 

go order a catback from clear image...good prices, madral bent in house (watched him do mine today ) and have them ship it to ya...