buying muffler

i'm thinking of getting a 80 series muffler for my camaro, and was wondering how much it should cost. meineke said they could put it on for 250 no more than 300 $. becuase they have to buy the part and install. or should i buy it then take it to a shop and have it installed. is that a fair price. how much did you guys pay.

do it yourself :/

I bought mine off ebay for a reasonable price and took it to a local shop to have them put it on. Total I think it cost me around $250-$300 for parts and install. I personally think it's too much work to do exhaust, plus some of that shit you can't weld on without making some pretty harmful gasses.

I agree...just put it on yourself

i dont have any welds on my exhaust, get some stainless steel exhaust clamps, and put the muffler on yourself.

also if they wanna charge u 250 bucks to put on just a muffler tell them to blow themselves haha, because thats major rapeage

I My exhaust is all welded and I also have a 80'sFlowmaster, To be honest I like the security that nothing can come loose but hey I am sure the clamps work great and if you welding skills are not up to par and can not afford to have it done go ahead and use the clamps.

i got my whole cat back done for 170 and thats including everything...piping, mufler, and labor...and its all welded in ecept where it connects to the y cause i told them i would be putting a bigger y on when i got the headers

Clamps cause leaks.

I have an 80's series flow on and at the same time I had the guy put 3" pipe from the cat all the back to the 80's series then 3" out of the 80's series to the 3 and a half inch chrome slash tips. Looks and sounds awsome. Its the throatiest LT1 I've ever heard without headers. You should get the same set-up it only cost me like 325 for everything installed. Well worth it.

i dont have any welds on my exhaust, get some stainless steel exhaust clamps, and put the muffler on yourself.


do ur clamps leak. I am looking into a muffler and would like to do it myself but our welder is a piece of crap. so i pretty much cut and clamp right?

no leaks.