Any less costly exhaust alternative???

[patc]

Well I decided to keep the ol' 1990 300e with 250000 miles on it and now I need to replace part of the exhaust. It is the piece between the first muffler and the rear muffler. I was thinking about doing the whole exhaust until I began pricing it out. Is there any less expensive alternative? I use this car as my daily commuter and it still runs good but I just can'y see putting alot more into the exhaust. At this point I'd be in favor of putting an inexpensive import muffler and pipe on it.

[t walgamuth]

Do you mean an alternative to mercedes brand exhaust? I have used a lot of ansa with good results on benzes at about half the factory parts. I sometimes also use the local muff shop and have stuff fabricated too.

The ansa will last a lot longer but be more expensive than the local shop, in my experience.

Tom W

[emerydc8]

Do you have a hole in the connector pipe? Why do you need to replace it?

[JEdwards]

My exhaust snapped in a similar place and I went to a local muffler shop that put in a whole new middle setup in about 2 hours for around $120. It was generic stuff and actually went from a double resonator to a single resonator with two Y pipes to make it happen. Works well and is nice and quiet. Might try any local muffler place to see if they can do something similar.