I HAD an Apexi N1 full catback for a long time, then I was driving and ran something over and since it hung so low in the back, it ended up pinching shut pretty much, so I ended up going to a local muffler shop and they fixed the pipe, and straightened the muffler, but they used 2" pipe like dumbasses and it is CRUSH bent. The muffler also touches my bumper and melted it, I would like to get a rear lip, but it will melt away at the moment if I did that. They said they couldnt make it not touch, because they crush bend things.

I am just hoping that a good exhaust shop can mandrel bend a small 2.25" pipe from the b-pipe to my new 2.25" ES oval muffler. I am located in Monterey, so somewhere near the bay area would be nice, but I can goto the LA area on saturdays if need be.

 

i would take your phonebook, call muffler shops and tell them what's going on. if one can't help, call another.

 

That is a job that can be done by any good muffler shop. Since it from the end of your bpipe to the muffler, are you going to make it go under or over the rear axle? It would be much simpler and cheaper if you went under, however, you might have some clearance problems and bash your exhaust pipe shut again .. I don't know much about monterey, but you shouldn't have a problem finding a good muffler shop in san jose or sacramento.. That's gay how your bumper is melted.. those guys r dumbasses. BTW, make a thread in the future on how that es oval sounds!

 

hm.. well we take all our cars here..
Mike's Muffler Shop
12222 Garvey Ave
El Monte, CA 91732
(310) 443-5139
back in the days they made us custom turbo piping and continue to give us excellent service and work.. Sprewell Racing also sends his cars here as well..


it's down in so. cali.. off the 10 & 605.. of course u'll want to call and ask all the questions before u head down... i don't trust any other shops...

 

i heard of mikes....both good and bad things about them...hmmm...

 

its hard to find a good shop with a mandrel machine.. at worst you can order mandrel bends from like summitracing.com and just have a local shop weld everything. make sure they properly seal the top welds as it can get cramped and they can get lazy.

 

I bought J and L bends from Summit Racing and had them cut and welded together. The b pipe w/ welding only cost roughly 50 bucks while to create an "S" bend for the axle back/muffler cost another 32 and flanges, etc.. In in all, about 120 dollars for full 2.5" piping w/o crushing its diameter.

 

Eastside muffler does great work.. its im palmdale tho..