Just a quick story on this. I had the same problem over the summer when my tailpipe finally rusted off and I went to my local Midas shop. They wanted something like $250 to replace the muffler and pipe. I told him to just weld on a new tailpipe since the muffler was still OK. When my new tailpipe fell off about 2 weeks later during a road trip I went to a muffler shop in Asheville, NC and the guy went in the back and brought out a nearly perfect match for the original muffler. He then bent a new tailpipe and welded everything together. Total charge was about $65. All is fine and quiet. If you're near Asheville, I could tell you where to go. Gerry Royston Bethesda, MD 1987 Westy |
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