I was just curious how much it would cost to let a shop do it. Now I have an idea. I will be installing my catback in my garage with the help of my brother. Thanks for all your input.

The install is pretty straight forward. Good luck and have fun.

You shouldnt have to remove the underbrace for the gemini which makes it a easy install.
1 hour max for anyone who has a lift and tools and does this normally (aka a tech)

And for whoever said normal rates are 90 or 100 or whatnot that really depends on the city and also the cars you work on.

A porsche/ferrari/amg only shop (my neighbor runs one) charges more per hour. The tools, machines etc to work on some of those add a much higher cost and mechanics trained specifically for those type of high end cars arent cheap.

The thing that isnt good though, is that the hourly rate includes a profit for the shop. So its ridiculous for them to charge an additional hour or two just to pad more profits.

A catback should be very easy to install. If you plan on doing HFC's or test pipes then go to a shop. I see too many people busting their balls and/or tools installing them.

It all depends on the location of the shop. Shops around Socal charges around 80/hr

Shops around here charge 70-80 an hour. I paid $75 for my fi catback install. Took about 45 min. $140 is ridiculous and so is 2 hour install.

I paid CAD $240 to have Catback and HFC installated, this includes getting the cross threaded bolts out.

Got mine installed by a shop for 80 bucks

Just installed my Invidia catback by myself in my garage using a 14mm socket wrench and jack stands. Saved some dough instead of paying someone $90-140 an hour to do it.

Nice, congrats man. :tup:

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There you go:

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Good job. I wouldn't pay anything over $0 for such an easy install. Got my test pipes and exhaust installed for $0. I did end up with cuts on my hand though. Oh well...blood's cheaper than money.

Did any of you guys reset your ecu after a catback install?

The cost of living in Murray County is wayyyyy lower than anywhere else haha. If someone quoted $90 an hour for labor to install anything, they would get shot! Around here its more like $35. However, good work is hard to come by.


P.S. Another example of cost of living. Our house payment is about $30 more per month than for me staying in an apartment near school :/

Our house is almost 3,000 square feet, with a two car garage, and 8 acres of land. I feel bad for those in Atlanta.....

KIND OF steep search around some other mod shops..