> A local shop has offered to put a "universal" muffler on including tail pipe, > everything welded, for $150, or an Ansa muffler, with new pipe and flange, bolted, > for $288. Opinions? Any functional difference? Oh, with the "universal" muffler, > which is 4" shorter than the Ansa, he would weld the muffler to the pipe coming > from the catalytic converter, too.
> I would go with the Ansa muffler and the corresponding tailpipe. I've > been running this setup on my Westy since 1997 with several trips > coast to coast and she's still going strong, no reason to change it > out yet.
Assuming you have a 1.9L, that is the very same Ansa we sell for $99 everyday. So you're paying nearly a $200 premium to have the local shop supply and install it. The installation is straightforward, given that it's a direct-fit bolt-on muffler - certainly not $200 worth of work. (To be fair to the shop, part of the difference may be that they pay more for the muffler than we retail it for. They buy a few at a time; I buy hundreds.) You would probably save about $100 if you simply bought the muffler from us for $99 and brought it to a mechanic who was willing to install customer-supplied parts. (Or alternatively, one who was willing to order the parts from us rather than paying a higher markup to their local jobber.) - Ron Salmon The Bus Depot, Inc. www.busdepot.com (215) 234-VWVW _____________________________________________ Toll-Free for Orders by PART # : 1-866-BUS-DEPOT |
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