Thanks! I'm really glad you're happy with them and I can't wait to get mine installed.

Did they weld everything or use clamps? I'm curious, because I know our stock exhaust is stainless steel and they need to use a certain type of weld so it won't rust. The guy I talked to, who is a friend of the family and is a GM certified mechanic, said he'd use clamps because he doesn't have stainless welding. I guess it would still work OK. Or I can just go get a few quotes from muffler shops. How much did the install cost you?

 

I paid $145 for mufflers welded on and removal of resonator. I had a shop that next to the resturant i work at install them and they only charged me 1 1/2 hrs of labor. It took them 2 1/2 to do the mufflers cause the exhaust goes in on an angle into the muffler. So they had to make new bends about 6 inches befor the mufflers so they were straight. Then took them a lil less than an hour to remove the resonator.

 

Cool. That's not bad. I think I might be going with clamps instead of welds. Just a thought that was thrown at me. They're like $9 a piece on SummitRacing.com.

 

Rick, I have those stainless steel clamps on my 03. They look much nicer than the c clamps. I too bought them from Summit.

 

Yeah, the ones I'm looking at are butt joint, band clamps. I already have one, I just need 5 more. 4 for mufflers, 2 for tips.

 

just make sure you cut the the pipe as close as you can to the factory muffler so you have room to clamp on. take pix im interested!!

 

I'll try!

 

Hello all, i have a 2006 Monte Carlo SS 5.3L V8. it is fairly new just about to get to 30k miles. I was interested in making this BEAST very very loud. i was thinking of getting headers and an exhaust. Money is not a factor but i want to spend under 2k. Can anyone tell me what to get or where i can get it? Thanks!

 

Heyy! Welcome to the forum! My stock V6 supercharged ss ran a 14.8 a couple weeks ago so you could most def prob be in the same range =)

 

I can't say anything about headers, bu t if youwant to make it very loud then check into getting electic exhaust cut outs