planning to delete the mid-muffler of my 3G TL, any recommendation in the san jose area??

 

Once you get some recommendations I will be adding this to the thread started for the Nor Cal section.

On "Where do I go to get _______ for my car.

 

i guess no one is NorCal deleted their mid-muffler.

 

No Nor Cal isn't very active like it used to be.

I have shops over here but I live in Elk Grove/Sacramento.

 

i guess so...there are bunch of ricers here in sfo bayarea...

 

Your best bet for now is to probably Yelp

Winston Auto Services in San Jose might do muffler work I'm not 100% sure but alot of the guys on the forum go there to get their work done, and he does a good job. May want to check it out to see if they do that work.

 

awesome....thanks for the info

 

babes muffler is good too

 

as far as I know, Winston does not do mufflers.
I can second on Babe's & Lightening Mufflers, they do a good job, i have heard great things about them. I am thinking about having them doing a custom exhaust for me.

 

There you go SB.

 

I third Babe's Lightning & Muffler (Kurt) near the Shark tank.
A few more awesome shops:
Classic Muffler (Andy) in SSJ by Oakridge Mall
World Mufflers (Pat) in Sunnyvale (border of Santa Clara)
El Camino Mufflers (Armando) in the heart of Santa Clara's "K-Town"

Tell them David from Quality Exhaust sent you. Excellent work, great prices. Can't go wrong with any of these guys, but if you don't believe me Yelp their reviews.

 

I got my Mid Muffler deleted at Marco Muffler on Fulton Ave in Sacramento. Tried charging me $60 got him to $30 since they weren't busy. In in out in 20 minutes. No leeks and sounds great.

 

awesome info, do u happen to know how much approximately they charge to perform a mid-muffler delete?

thanks

 

When I did mine it was 35 so somewhere between 30-50.

 

damn the shop near my office wants to charge me $70...

 

Yea they're trying to rip you off.

 

Just got rid of my mid muffler this morning at Babe's and Lightning. $40. Sounds very nice and aggressive with my ATLP J-pipe V2. Already have the Dynomax on order from Amazon for $38.

 

did they hook u up or is that their regular price?

 

I didn't ask for any discount, that was what Curt offered, and I just accepted since that is reasonable from what I have read around the forum. Curt is pretty cool guy, welded on a new extended hanger for the straight pipe where the muffler used to be. Sounds really good, very nice growl from around 2.2k to around 3k, i feel it is more throaty than infiniti exhaust, however not as loud, which is why the Dynomax is on the way.

 

cool, i no u just got it done this morning, but have u notice any difference in terms of losing any mpg??

 

definitely have no clue about mpg yet..

 

i talked to several ppl and none of them believe it will affect the mpg, the problem is u will keep stepping on the gas just to hear that tone....

 

it shouldn't be that bad, since 2-3k is around normal shift points for everyday driving, i certainly hear it during normal driving. I have to be really soft on the gas and keep rpm under 2k to not hear anything in the cabin, although i am not sure what it sounds like outside. made a video last night, sound really nice, don't know if I should progress to stage 3.. lol

 

how does it sound after 3K?

 

i am not sure, I have not had a chance of doing a higher speed drive by yet, will let you know when I do.

 

i'll have a video soon as well, i've been meaning to make a vid as soon as my new stuff get here and on my car =)

 

cool. let me know....are all of u in the SJ area?

 

yup, I am in SJ. You should sign in..
https://acurazine.com/forums/norcal-309/nor-cal-roll-call-814536/

 

It will not effect your MPG what so ever!

 

I know anything over $50 sounds too much for simple pipe work. $40 is reasonable, but I wouldn't be surprised if can be had for $30-35.

Someone said that they saw a very modest increase in MPG on another forum (TSX specific). As long as it doesn't decrease it, I'm all for it!

 

just had the stock resonator replaced with Dynomax. I wouldn't say it is louder, but the tone is more pronounced thru a wider rpm range. I am sure it will get louder as the new resonator breaks in. sounds gooood..

 

ok definitely louder, very nice and deep from 1800 to 3500, very very nice!!!!