Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,982 Member For: 9y 10m 24d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 12/10/18 08:28 AM Share Posted 12/10/18 08:28 AM I just checked ebay for 100 cell cats and they are around $100 to $150. You'd want a 3 inch cat on a stock exhaust. My solution if you are trying to save money is to buy a 3 inch mild steel cat and then ring around to see how much someone can cut and shut it for. Fark, if you really wanna save money then buy a hacksaw and a second hand gasless mig and do it yourself if you can use the welder alright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adams355 Member 529 Member For: 7y 7m 22d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 12/10/18 08:37 AM Share Posted 12/10/18 08:37 AM (edited) No going 3.5 haha. If you don't want to save money that's fine. There is no conflict between me and the exhaust guy. Its just I know how long it should take and how much he gets parts for. Its still going to be $99 per hour his happy/ I'm happy. Edited 12/10/18 08:40 AM by adams355 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,053 Member For: 16y 8m 13d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 12/10/18 08:47 AM Share Posted 12/10/18 08:47 AM I got a 3.5inch stainless cat supplied, stainless Y-piece from cat to stock exhaust supplied, cut and re-welded into place for $340 in this post -> https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/80918-what-did-you-do-to-your-car-today/?do=findComment&comment=1640432 I was happy with that price as it was for a BA and it's a pain to remove the catalytic convertor on those as it's a solid part of a large piece of the stock exhaust. Don't have the invoice where I am, so I don't have the price for the actual cat or Y-piece or labour breakdown. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,982 Member For: 9y 10m 24d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 12/10/18 08:54 AM Share Posted 12/10/18 08:54 AM 16 minutes ago, adams355 said: No going 3.5 haha. If you don't want to save money that's fine. There is no conflict between me and the exhaust guy. Its just I know how long it should take and how much he gets parts for. Its still going to be $99 per hour his happy/ I'm happy. So between the ebay cat and the $99 fitting you're in and out for $250?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adams355 Member 529 Member For: 7y 7m 22d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 12/10/18 08:59 AM Share Posted 12/10/18 08:59 AM Yeah, $270 with a decent cat, might do some secret squirrel stuff too, so probably $350. Was quoted $550 minimum yesterday by another. Its coming down lol. 58 minutes ago, k31th said: I got a 3.5inch stainless cat supplied, stainless Y-piece from cat to stock exhaust supplied, cut and re-welded into place for $340 in this post - Did you go 3.5 off stock dump? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,982 Member For: 9y 10m 24d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 12/10/18 09:10 AM Share Posted 12/10/18 09:10 AM 32 minutes ago, adams355 said: If you don't want to save money that's fine. Haha what makes you think I don't want to save money? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Andrew Gold Donating Members 2,036 Member For: 9y 8m 1d Gender: Male Location: Canberra ACT Posted 12/10/18 09:27 AM Share Posted 12/10/18 09:27 AM Half the time it depends how busy they are too. Same as builders etc quoting for small jobs. I rang two places to get a bung welded into my dump for the wideband sensor on the BA. One guy said $350… another said $100.Guess which one has had all of my exhaust work and the numerous recommendations to friends since?Oh yeah and then there was the place that quoted ten hours to do diff bushes and front and rear shocks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,053 Member For: 16y 8m 13d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 12/10/18 09:46 AM Share Posted 12/10/18 09:46 AM 38 minutes ago, adams355 said: Did you go 3.5 off stock dump? as you can see in the linked post, it's just off the stock 3" (or less, whatever it is...) dump outlet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,982 Member For: 9y 10m 24d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 12/10/18 01:19 PM Share Posted 12/10/18 01:19 PM Oi it's Friday night. Who's just sitting at home watching the telly doing fark all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adams355 Member 529 Member For: 7y 7m 22d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 12/10/18 02:05 PM Share Posted 12/10/18 02:05 PM Go to bed puff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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