How much would it cost me to replace the exhaust?

[Vtec95Civic]

From Honda? I assume it's cheaper to do it with aftermarket, but keep in mind I wouldn't be able to swap it myself, I'd probably have to have a place do it. What's the cheapest way to go?

Not necessarily looking for performance (tho wouldn't mind it).. my stock exhaust has a hole in it, in the pipe before the muffler.

[AudioGuy93DelSol]

Just go to a muffler shop. They'll cut out the bad piece and weld a new one in for probably less than $50.

[Vtec95Civic]

Got any names of shops? Good shops that is? I'm in CT, dunno if there are any major chains around here, never really noticed.

I take it if I wanted to replace the whole thing, that would be the cheapest way to do it, also? Everything between the cat and and muffler is nasty. The muffler was new 2 years ago after I got rear-ended, and I put on a DC header last year. Everything else is original, as far as I know, so it's about 11 years old.

[AudioGuy93DelSol]

There are tons of chains but usually local shops are cheaper and/or you can haggle with them. Go to a bunch of different places, as many as you can find, and get qutoes from all of them. You'd be suprised about how much one shop's prices vary from the next.

[Vtec95Civic]

What about one of the cheapo catbacks on ebay? Obviously not as good as Greddy or whatnot, but probably better than stock and will give a bit of performance as well?

[AudioGuy93DelSol]

They are more or less straight pipes. Not legal, but if knowing that you actually have a "cat" or at least an attempt at one, makes you feel better, go for it.

[Vtec95Civic]

Huh? I already have a cat. I'm talking about the exhausts that go from the cat, well, back. Just wondering if the cheapo ones on ebay are gonna be crappy workmanship/fit.

[thefooshmeister]

no theres been a lot of decent cat backs on ebay you can find for your car, let me find you an email of a guy on hondatech that had some nice cheap ones. if you want a deeper sound go with apexi n1 or greddy evo2 style. idk what your price range is but you can usually find them for a good deal somewhere. put up some links of ones youre lookin at so we know what youre talkin about and can help. youve got a dc header on there and its being choked by your current exhaust anyways cuz its probly all stock so you might as well kick in some money for a decent setup.

93delsol i think youre thinking of a catalytic converter, hes talkin about the whole cat back packages

[hondacivic99sivtec]

well if your racing the car buy a greddy sp2, if not buy a cheapo, or the local muffler shop should be able to make you a cat-back for 100-200 depending on the size of the pipe u want and if you have ur own muffler.

[AudioGuy93DelSol]

Haha, yeah, it was late. I saw cat and didn't see the back. For a catback, well there's a local muffler shop here that makes custom exhausts really cheap and they last forever. I say try and find a deal like that where you live.

[Vtec95Civic]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Gredd...QQcmdZViewItem

That's what I'm talking about. I don't really care if they don't give a lot of performance but I figure it will probably be lighter and a little more open than stock, and probably last longer than the nasty rotting pipes I have now.

[AudioGuy93DelSol]

That looks pretty decent. Their feedback isn't great but if that's the best deal, go for it.

[Vtec95Civic]

Wow nevermind missed that the shipping is $99. Forget that.

Guess I need to go to Midas or something and have it cut and a new piece welded in.

[CivicSpoon]

thefooshmeister - Are you maybe talking about www.Kteller.com? If not, they seem to have some very reasonable prices.

[hondacivic99sivtec]

it doesn't look that bad of a catback, but it is your decision.