How to get exhaust work done? Muff Shops say no!

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BoostedSN95

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Hey guys, I am in a pickle. I need some welding done on my exhaust, but no one will touch it because there are no cats on the system. How am I suppose to get this work done if I do not have a welder.

This is more annoying than I thought it was gonna be.

 

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Maybe take it off the car and just bring it somewhere? Say its for an off road track car?

 

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muffler man wont touch it ?... go with synneds idea just lie to them or even offer a 20 dollar tip... the guys up here at my muffler man would weld somones teeth with braces to my mufflers if i paid for it...

 

bubba-dough

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Find a small shop somewhere and they will probably do it. Any shop around here will do anything, well with the exception of the dealers.

 

85ragtop

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I have a guy that does all of mine, he ownes a small shop.

 

96SVTpilot

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You might try and ask in your regional forum. Someone in your area is bound to know what shop can git'r'done.

 

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Appreciate the comments guys, I think I am going to tackle this job myself, my father in law has a mig welder so, time to have some fun...

 

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?

 

Roland69

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The shop I work at will not take cat's off but if your car came in with a "exhaust leak/cat fell off" we would "fix" the leak.....as long as there is no cat when it comes in all we have to say is we didn't remove it.

 

mob

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Try to find a kinda bad area. People and buildings are dirty, maybe hickville. There is bound to be a beat up muffler man around there. Out here in hickville im good friends with this guy that runs his own muffler man just cause hes done lots of jobs for me and my dad, and friends. He could careless what setup you want to put together, you pay him and he'll do it. try to be friends with the guy who runs the small shop, bring him business or something and he'll help you out.

 

fox racer

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offer to pay cash... if they do the job, get the money, and theres no record, its all good.

 

25thmustang

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Find local welder. Im sure a welder will do it and not care!

 

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fox racer said:

offer to pay cash... if they do the job, get the money, and theres no record, its all good.

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works every time

 

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right some old man that works outta his garge... bull$#it walks and money talks

 

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There's a gear near me at home that's will do anything. Midas got my car up on the lift, broke part of my cat back, and then said "oh, since when does this car not have cats?" and wouldnt even put it back together. after giving them a bunch of ****, they put it back together and then i took it to "our guy."

 

1993SSP

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I ran into the same problem, took 2 cats down to get put on, they wouldnt do the job saying the weld wouldnt hold on their fur

 

90mustangGT

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With the enviro-nazi's making laws where shops can be fined $10-20K+ for basic crap like that, they have good reason to be nervous. The enviro-nazi's actually send people out on stings to try to get shops to give them a reason to be fined.

Rent a truck/trailer, remove license plates, bring it in on the truck/trailer as a race car, tell them it is a race car for track use only, then they are off the hook. I heard a shop owner who said that is the only way to get around it.

 

DMAN302

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I say just show up early on a saturday morning and see if you can't...make it happen. Funny things can happen when you're in the office with the car and CASH in hand.

 

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Ask them if you can make a waiver or something to sign, saying you brought it in like that and you will take full responsibility.

 

DmnStr8

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My method. Find a good local shop. Do legit business with them for awhile. Pay in cash always. Then...depending on how the situation is them I'll come out and ask or I''ll just drop the car off and not say anything. Never had an issue. Most like keeping a customer who basically pays them under the table.

My car has several inspection violations that I have been working on. They pass it as long as they aren't safety related.