exhaust kit vs shop install

[70chevellemalibu]

Hey there,

Im going to be needing exhaust on the car quite soon and I am trying to figure out what is best a kit from Summit and install it myself or find a shop around my area and have them install their own system?

What have most of you done?

[ih8z28s]

I used A Pypes kit from Summit. went together really easy.

[70chevellemalibu]

that's what I thought, around here shops want $1000.00 and from summit i can get a kit for around $400.00 and install it on a weekend.

Any other preferences from yall?

[daredvl22]

Just be careful when ordering your kit. Most all kits are designed for long tube headers. They don't work with shorty style headers. If you buy stainless steel, make sure a shop near you can bend it (if you have shorty headers).

[ih8z28s]

Just be careful when ordering your kit. Most all kits are designed for long tube headers. They don't work with shorty style headers. If you buy stainless steel, make sure a shop near you can bend it (if you have shorty headers).

Ditto on that, since I was using the stock manifolds I had to buy the pipes for that also.

[regal454]

I'm in the process of finishing my exhaust system at home. I had the same dilemma as my local hot rod exhaust shop wanted $1500 to do the exhaust system and that was with me supplying the mufflers!?! Pretty sure he priced it so as to not have to do the job. I just bought the Pypes X pipe and the Hooker down pipes to match my headers. I did have to modify a few of the pipes to tuck under the car nicely, but a friend of mine can TIG weld the pipes back at a reasonable price. All said and done, I should be at $700 for a complete mandrel bent 409 SS exhaust system for my first gen Camaro.

[Charles]

I used A Pypes kit from Summit. went together really easy.

Hey Joe, which kit did you use from Summit? was it a universal kit and did you get the one with the X-pipe, I needed to know the space between the X-pipe outlets, are they far apart or close together? I plan on using the Borla ProXS mufflers. I feel like doing the install myself, shops here in my neighborhood are really $$$. I need to make sure before I order the kit since I want to keep the exhaust close on both sides of the driveshaft. Thanks in advance.