went to friends exhaust shop today, to see how much he gonna do my duals for. he said he would do the whole custom exhaust for $330. so i was like cool. all i'm waiting for is my dynamax bullet mufflers!! then its all on, gonna have some sound on the rex.

 

Considering this is your friend's shop, I assume this price is atypically low.

What is the general opinion here ... is it better from a price/performance standpoint to have a shop build you custom pipes and you get your own muffler or to go with a RB or Apexi exhast?

 

are those bullets straight through or baffled mufflers? trying to decide between ultraflo's and the bullets but haven't found any info in the bullets at their web page

 

the inside goes in like a spiral motion something like that.

 

i'm going to try to take pics while he has it up, hopefully i get the mufflers at around 4pm from ups or else i'm screwed and cant get it till next week sometime.

 

sound like a good price for you guys?

 

My opinion:
Aside from the tuning of NA headers (whole different kettle of fish!) exhaust fabrication isn't rocket science. It's about experience, craftsmanship and component quality. The advantage of buying something from RB or whoever is that it's easy. You pay your money, they send it, you bolt it on. Easy. You know it'll fit, you know it won't suck. But you're paying extra for that ease, and you're paying extra for the brandname. The advantage of going custom is that you can pick the components you want and specify exactly how it all goes together. And cost of course! The trick is to find someone who knows their stuff, and that ain't always easy. There's nothing wrong with buying stuff off the shelf, as long as you aren't fooling yourself into thinking your money is buying you more performance than you can get from a custom exhaust.

 

man i would not use those mufflers, i have the same ones and they dont last no time at all-get the piping done and get two high quality universal mufflers, trust me if you use those mufflers you wont like them

 

mufflers??? why do you want mufflers! resonator pipes are the way to go. of course i have a slight advantage of the most of you by working at midas. i got bored and built an entire 2.5" exhaust from the DP back.