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I have not added everything up but probably in the $5K range for the whole vehicle by the time I get the exhaust on it, ac working and 5 new tires on it. Other than the transmission and rear end it has been totally gone through mechanically. When I am done even the cruise control should work in this old van. I can fire it up, turn on the ac, throw it on the highway, set the cruise and just go.
That ain't so bad,figured you had more in it than that.
I sometimes buy direct fit stuff and on stuff like this where aftermarket exhaust kits do not exist, I have had the same muffler shop do my work for the past 20 years. Small business owner that has become a friend of mine. I can generally figure $20 a weld including him bending new pipes, me supplying the mufflers & cats.
That's a pretty fair price for exhaust work. Like you I buy prefit and weld it up myself. Prefer to clamp mufflers,they always seem first to go.
Its a pretty fair price and what I consider a good go by price in Dallas/Fort Worth area atleast today. I dropped in a different shop closer to me to have the Proflows wideband 02 bung welded into the hole I had already drilled. In a time pinch, I gladly paid the $20 to get it welded into the LH exhaust downpipe, about 18" down off the manifold. With the turn out on the end it has a solid 3' behind the sensor so that it reads somewhat accurately. Guy had me in and out in 10 minutes tops. If I had stopped at my normal place it would have been 30 minutes of catching up conversation before the work started if he was not swamped busy. He always shows me what he is building, which I enjoy, just no time for it that day or the 15 minute drive each way. Would have taken me over an hour vs the 20 minutes it took.
