[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] 4kq header pipe / new parts place
I visited a local muffler shop and was given a quote of $580 for a new header pipe (high price because it's dealer-only) for my 84 4kq plus assorted other parts plust $80 for installation. One of the parts places on the web-site vendor-list also said it was a dealer-only part, though I eventually located one through "Foreign Auto Parts", which had an ad in a recent QClub Quattro Quarterly. This vendor is not listed on the web site. They are in Burlington, VT. Their number is (802) 254-8729 or (800) 544-4600. The header pipe was only (a relative term) $149, plus all the gaskets and screws which they also sent. Seems like a good place. It looks like the right parts and all the necessary stuff. After crawling under the car and deciding it was worth the $80 to have someone else do the work, I called the local muffler shop. Now the labor estimate went up to $190 since I was providing the parts and had taken away their profit on the parts. Is this usual and customary? Anyone have any experience replacing the header pipe on a 4kq? I've always avoided my own exhaust repairs because I expect nothing but frozen bolts and problems. Am I being too pessimistic? There looked like plenty of odds and ends in the way of actually getting to the bolts on the manifold end. The cat end looks easy. Should I try it myself or shop around for a different muffler shop? Jack Rich 84 4000S Quattro 88 Corvette convertible 90 V8 Quattro
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