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New Exhaust Tips on the SL
I wanted a different look for the exhaust tips, so I had a pair of almost new tips from another car. Got out the sawsall and cut the down pipes off leaving about 1 1/2 inches. Used reducer pipes 4" long and clamped the over the cut muffler pipes. Measured the tips to the rear bumper, got out the dremmell tool and cut out approximatly 1' to accomidate the new tips. Put on the tips and it turned out great. The whole job looks great, very tight and attractive. Now the great part, I was pricing this type of job with a few body shops, muffler customs guys, etc. The cheapest one was $500.00.
My cost:
Two tips, which I had 0
Two clamps 4.99
New sawsall blade 2.99
Two Reducer Pipes 4.00
Labor 3 hours 0
(no charge to myself)
Two beers 3.00
Total Costs: $13.98
BTW: I did do a lot of alignment and measuring and layout work before cutting the muffler down pipes and the bottom bumper area.
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Bruce Hat
2000 ML320 50K miles
1997 Jaquar XJ6 41K miles
1992 300SL 70K miles - Mint
1995 E320 Wagon 105K miles "Sold" - 10-6-04
1998 E320 "Totalled" - 1-14-04
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Last edited by Bruce Hat; 04-19-2004 at 09:11 PM.
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