Today me and my baby camry had the most awful experience.
Not too long ago I bought a magnaflow #14815 muffler and I finally took my car to the shop to have it installed. Four hours later, and my car is purring like a tiger. Yes, I said FOUR HOURS!
It all began last week. I got to the muffler shop and the guy tells me that they are out of aluminized hangers, and don't carry stainless steel so I'll have to get my own. I go to magnaflow's website, look up the part number for the 3/8" hangers and order a pair. I get them yesterday and take them to the shop.
He cuts the additional piping and all that good stuff, all is going well until it comes to the hangers. It takes him an entire hour to weld one hanger onto the muffler. He then mounts it into the rubber thingy and says, "Looks good don't it?" Then he shakes it from left to right and the hanger breaks off.
Another half an hour and it's back on again. He then proceeds to, wait...are you ready? He takes out a can of silver spray paint and begins to spray my mirror finish, 140 dollar, stainless steel muffler!!! My mouth drops and I am too shocked to say anything. He then looks at me and tells me it's to cover up the now black and gray spot on my muffler where he attempted to hang it. Damn. I then say, "I don't mean to bitch but uhm, it's not even aligned straight." Within another hour, the hanger breaks back off, he then puts on this rusty old metal rod that is used to make the foundations for houses because he says that my hanger is "made out of a weird metal and won't work", and also attempts to straighten the muffler.
The job is finally done. Four hours later and my car is purring. I, on the other hand, want to scream my fucking lungs out. It's the only muffler shop on the island so I had no choice although I probably could have done a better job with a box of matches and a can of hair spray. *sigh*
Sorry for the long post guys, but I needed to vent.
Now with pics:
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Not too long ago I bought a magnaflow #14815 muffler and I finally took my car to the shop to have it installed. Four hours later, and my car is purring like a tiger. Yes, I said FOUR HOURS!
It all began last week. I got to the muffler shop and the guy tells me that they are out of aluminized hangers, and don't carry stainless steel so I'll have to get my own. I go to magnaflow's website, look up the part number for the 3/8" hangers and order a pair. I get them yesterday and take them to the shop.
He cuts the additional piping and all that good stuff, all is going well until it comes to the hangers. It takes him an entire hour to weld one hanger onto the muffler. He then mounts it into the rubber thingy and says, "Looks good don't it?" Then he shakes it from left to right and the hanger breaks off.
Another half an hour and it's back on again. He then proceeds to, wait...are you ready? He takes out a can of silver spray paint and begins to spray my mirror finish, 140 dollar, stainless steel muffler!!! My mouth drops and I am too shocked to say anything. He then looks at me and tells me it's to cover up the now black and gray spot on my muffler where he attempted to hang it. Damn. I then say, "I don't mean to bitch but uhm, it's not even aligned straight." Within another hour, the hanger breaks back off, he then puts on this rusty old metal rod that is used to make the foundations for houses because he says that my hanger is "made out of a weird metal and won't work", and also attempts to straighten the muffler.
The job is finally done. Four hours later and my car is purring. I, on the other hand, want to scream my fucking lungs out. It's the only muffler shop on the island so I had no choice although I probably could have done a better job with a box of matches and a can of hair spray. *sigh*
Sorry for the long post guys, but I needed to vent.
Now with pics:
