Are there any local Seattle area shops that do mandrel catback piping? I'd go to Bud's, but they only do crush. Thanks

 

STAN'S in auburn.

 

A buddy of mine tried going there and they refused to make an exhaust for his civic for some reason..

 

I don't know about Seattle, but I called around to a bunch of shops in Portland and they all said that they know of NO muffler shops that mandrel bend pipes, or that can do a mandrel bent setup.

I called probably 15 or more shops and they all said that muffler shops don't do that sort of thing because the mandrel bender is so expensive.

I ended up buying a kteller kit and having them weld it up for me.

Just a heads up, you might not find any shops that can do it for you. I was pretty frustrated after spending so much time calling around only to discover that no one has a mandrel bender or knows of any shop that does.

Good luck.

 

there's one place here in billings, but i dont think it'll do u a whole lotta good.... I'm not sure round there, theres gotta be someone, I just cant think of any off the top of my head.

 

the only reason they probably refused was because he didnt have a cat and they were going to make him buy a cat. I know down at stans they are really strict about having a cat in there.

 

i know there's also a place in federal way. 1st stop muffler.. located across from costco. they do it but they might be a little strict also and price might be kinda high.

 

There's a shop in Kent by IKEA called PINA motorsports. He made my exhaust there, 3" full exhaust. Great guy to deal with, his name is Andre

 

Action Muffler in renton does mandrel. but you're gonna be paying for it. hahaha i rather order a brand new apexi n1 cat back. shIZzZZZzz are u looking for a turbo exhaust? get one from kteller...3inch y0

 

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My buddy had a full stock exhaust, stock muffler, oem cat. He even had a carsound high flow cat with him ready for it to be installed with the new exhaust he wanted. From what I heard, the guy took a glance at my buddies civic and said "sorry we can't do that for you".

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Is it mandrel? How much did you pay?

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I just want 2.5" piping with a 22" resonator and oval muffler. It'll cost me about $400 from kteller (piping: $185, resonator: $65, muffler: $75, shipping/install: $75) when installed and everything which is not what I want to spend.. I am considering a cheapo crush bent system or maybe by current 2.25" crush bent system will be fine for 200-220whp?

 

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I just want 2.5" piping with a 22" resonator and oval muffler. It'll cost me about $400 from kteller (piping: $185, resonator: $65, muffler: $75, shipping/install: $75) when installed and everything which is not what I want to spend.. I am considering a cheapo crush bent system or maybe by current 2.25" crush bent system will be fine for 200-220whp?</TD></TR></TABLE>

no shop will remove a cat. it's trouble. there's this shop in white center, he rewelded my downpipe and did a magnaflow high flow cat for me. he's pretty well priced i think. but he does mig welding. ANYWAYS...if you're shooting for 200-220hp (on sohc i'm assuming), 2.25 crush bent is more like 2inch and 2.5 is more like 2.25....

any mandrel place, i'm sure is gonna be 300+...that's what i've seen in most quotes when i just stop in to ask. 2.25 mandrel or 2.5 crush...22" res and es oval muffler would be ok. i'm a canister kind of guy, but whatever you like. if u want. you can just get an ecutout

 

I wasn't going to remove the cat. I have a carsound 2.5" high flow ready to be installed. I guess I'll just go with the kteller..

 

you'll want to ditch the cat later....watch....lol

 

Nah. I've ran without a cat before and it sounds like absolute **** from 2.5-3.5k.

I'm trying to keep my car as low key as possible.

 

you'll know what i mean once your turbo is on.

i'm running on a test pipe now. (since yesterday lol) and i can't even tell a difference from high flow cat to test pipe. my exhaust use to be pretty loud n/a, but since the turbo came on. it clears a lot of the sound. you'll see