Had a couple quotes to have new exhaust system in stalled basic 3" with stock muffler single exhaust $400.00-500.00 buck

LMC sells the premade set up for 289.00 that bolts righ in no welding required have any of you went this type of route or just had the muffler shop do them?.

 

That seems pretty high to me, considering it's only a single exhaust with a generic muffler...

I think $200-300, at most, would be more in line with what i'd expect to pay (locally anyway).

 

Sounds pricy... Shop around more.

 

Save your money LMC is crap. On the truck I restored for a friend last winter it needed new exhaust so I took it to a shop. Nothing in my area is real cheap but exhaust wasn't worth my trouble. It cost $160 for a generic all welded stock type single exhaust new from manifold back.

 

2x.... LMC's exhaust is waaaaay overpriced for what ya get.

 

Dual 2 1/2's from headers out the back over the rear axle cost me $170 (I supplied the mufflers).

 

I always plan for about $200.00 for duals in my area with out headers, it varies a little on different trucks , cars . $500.00 is to much , look around for another shop.

 

Don't waste your money on LMC unless its something tough to get ahold of. LMC makes everything extremely cheap in my experience and a lot of I find is overpriced. I bought a set of 1/2 floor pans and they rotted out in about a year so I'm redoing my floor with stainless 1/2" thick steel until I can find a full 1 piece floor pan since LMC sells them in half and 1/4 last I knew.

I'd just do it yourself. Dual stainless 2 1/4 pipe right off the manifolds and dump them just before the axle under the bed. If its a 4x4 cross it over under the tranny and run them side by side an cut them of there as well. Don't even dump them before the wheels. Did it that with my '85 since the driveshaft gets in the way. Do it yourself and it should save you a little bit of money and some more money in the long run. Can't imagine more than $160-$200 plus you get dual flowing pipes which is good for power. Depending on its age and your location emissions laws you may be able to get away without cats or mufflers.

 

I think you guys are being waaay too hard on LMC especially when you consider how long it takes for a four year old Chinese worker to find enough undamaged soup cans in the dump to put one of their exhaust systems together.

 

Like I said I only buy from there either in a pinch or something is tough to find. I think everything else they sell us a bit shoddy in my experience. I bought a rear patch panel to replace an already replaced fender with a second hole for a gas tank we never finished putting in and it feels cheap and flimsy as compared to the panels on it now and the donor truck panels and hood we got about a year and a half ago as part of a full front clip package we scored from down south for $250.

 

That is a ****ing rip off. For what you're wanting it should be well under $200

 

I agree.. here it is 200-250$ with mufflers, duals and tips

 

Those kits sold by LMC are probably Heartthrob Exhaust kits. LMC has nothing to do with them other than marking them up a bit and reselling it. I still don't see any that fit a 4x4 tho. I would buy one of these kits just for the fact that it's mandrel bent. Most shops can't do that.

Manifold Dual Kits

 

agree with the others here $500 is wayyyy to much i think $200 would be more like it

 

I like mandrel bent and welded solid pipe much better than slip joints that end up leaking . All of the exhaust shops i have went to in my area have the equipment to do the mandrel bends. But if you get one that don't know how to make the bends and the do short bends welded together , then pass it up. I watched one guy making most of the bends wrong and just trashing the pipe on another customers car, I left then.