Hi all,
How much will i have to roughly pay to get a garage to fit a downpipe to my 2?
Thanks
How much to fit downpipe?
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Re: How much to fit downpipe?
prob looking at a days labour.
4-6hours.
4-6hours.
Re: How much to fit downpipe?
Take a trip to Luke at Pacific Works.
£80 is what he charges.
Top work and a great guy.
You won't hear a bad word about him.
£80 is what he charges.
Top work and a great guy.
You won't hear a bad word about him.
Apexi Induction, Gutted Cat, Departure Exhaust, Magnecor Leads, St205 cc, Blitz ebc.
Carbotech pads.
Carbotech pads.
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Re: How much to fit downpipe?
Take a trip to Luke at Pacific Works.
£80 is what he charges.
Top work and a great guy.
You won't hear a bad word about him
2nd'ed!
Re: How much to fit downpipe?
Luke is the guy who did my rev3 conversion and he did a fantastic job. He is very good. In that case, Luke it will be.
Thanks guys.
Thanks guys.
Re: How much to fit downpipe?
where is luke based?
bein up in aberdeen, shortage of mr2 specialists
bein up in aberdeen, shortage of mr2 specialists
Re: How much to fit downpipe?
He is based in Flamstead (St. Albans).
Re: How much to fit downpipe?
If you go to any old garage for this they will sting you rotten.
Almost guaranteed the bolts will be rusted on solid so they'll spend extra time (at your expense) drilling them out etc.
I had a turbo & downpipe fitted and ended up paying an absolutely obscene amount of money as it apparently took them 3 sodding days to do it. It really should have been a days work tops.
Almost guaranteed the bolts will be rusted on solid so they'll spend extra time (at your expense) drilling them out etc.
I had a turbo & downpipe fitted and ended up paying an absolutely obscene amount of money as it apparently took them 3 sodding days to do it. It really should have been a days work tops.
Re: How much to fit downpipe?
yeh thats why am just going to do this myself! cant be that bloody hard surely
Re: How much to fit downpipe?
jimGTS wrote:prob looking at a days labour.
4-6hours.
Serious?
Im not that good with spanners and me and a mate managed to get it off and back on again in 2 hours.
Re: How much to fit downpipe?
A agrage will charge by the hour though Rob, if they take a bit longer it's good for them. Or am I paranoid?
I wish I'd done mine myself tbh.
I wish I'd done mine myself tbh.
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matt_mr2t wrote:A agrage will charge by the hour though Rob, if they take a bit longer it's good for them. Or am I paranoid?
Depends if you have a garage you can trust I suppose.
FWIW I've been quoted £200 to have both my downpipe and ST205 chargecooler fitted which includes the garage fabricating the brackets needed to fit the coolant radiator.
Re: How much to fit downpipe?
I got quoted £200 to fit the turbo/downpipe and remap the Unichip.
Ended up paying over £500 IIRC
If you get quotes for these jobs stipulate before they even start that if it goes over you want to know before they go too far. That bill hurt my finances very very badly.
Ended up paying over £500 IIRC
If you get quotes for these jobs stipulate before they even start that if it goes over you want to know before they go too far. That bill hurt my finances very very badly.
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Re: How much to fit downpipe?
Turbo97 wrote:yeh thats why am just going to do this myself! cant be that bloody hard surely
Oof! You sure mate? I did mine about 6 months ago and took for-frickin-ever!
Re: How much to fit downpipe?
Take a trip to Luke at Pacific Works.
£80 is what he charges.
Top work and a great guy.
You won't hear a bad word about him
Yeah there is
He short
Helps him get under the car though
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Re: How much to fit downpipe?
Turbo97 wrote:yeh thats why am just going to do this myself! cant be that bloody hard surely
not relly i did mine the other week took me an afternoon on my driveway i was having a few beers while doing it lol use the knowledge base and furmilurise urself with the downpipe fitting ...it helps
had one nut on the elbow witch was a pain but think evryone had the same problem
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Re: How much to fit downpipe?
i did a blitz decat myself the other day (harder as you have to split the cat/elbow too).
my FIRST attempt at something like this and it took me 4 hours. i recon i could of done it nearer to 3 if i had a full downpipe..
my FIRST attempt at something like this and it took me 4 hours. i recon i could of done it nearer to 3 if i had a full downpipe..
Re: How much to fit downpipe?
jimGTS wrote:prob looking at a days labour.
4-6hours.
It shouldnt take this long unless youre a complete mong, prob 2 maybe 3 hours a lot easier and less time consuming if you got some electric ramps or a pit