Y-Pipe: Just went to Shop.. more problems

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12-18-2001, 11:17 AM

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Y-Pipe: Just went to Shop.. more problems

I just came back from the shop and ****ed like shiet...
The mechenic looked at it and said the Y-pipe was touching this long bar under it.. I don't know what it's called since I don't know much about cars...
A guy told me it was a sway bar...
and if i remmeber correctly, the mechenic said it was touching the headers or something...
the y-pipe was bent uncorrectly I guess...
AHHH!!! damn it this sucks...
Please help me guys....
This week is going to be hell..

12-18-2001, 11:26 AM

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how can we help you?

if your muffler shop knew anything worth **** they could fix it.. no y pipe is made perfectly .. my shop compensated.. and over compensated and fixed my problem..

you are paying them ****ing money.. let them compensate and fix the ****

12-18-2001, 11:37 AM

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So it's possible for it to be welded wrong?
MAn... This shop sucks ****.. I am not going to go there again..
****in Honda hook up pieces of shiet!~!!
I emailed Cattman... hope he helps me out here...
Why was Cattman the best again?

12-18-2001, 11:45 AM

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because its quieter and it is made of the best materials...

anyway.. your shop can compensate.. they just don't feel like it..

12-18-2001, 11:47 AM

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I think all the fitment problems i've heard people complaining about are from Cattman.

Ironic that they are the most expensive too.

I am glad I went with Warpspeed.

12-18-2001, 11:57 AM

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Yep, my WSP fit like a glove.

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12-18-2001, 12:03 PM

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Yep, my WSP fit like a glove.

IanS

As did my Cattman

12-18-2001, 12:13 PM

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Since you said yourself that you dont know much about cars they may be capitalizing on it. They may think since you dont know much that you wont complain. Tell them your paying so they should be able to do the work. If not you will go else where. Lots of places will do it for you and take the time to do it right.

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12-18-2001, 12:14 PM

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my warpspeed fit like a glove.. but my warpspeed was a POS that flex section blew out.. and it was loud and sounded like bees in a can
my cattman fit with modifications.. but it works!! and its quiet

12-18-2001, 12:37 PM

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my warpspeed fit like a glove.. but my warpspeed was a POS that flex section blew out.. and it was loud and sounded like bees in a can
my cattman fit with modifications.. but it works!! and its quiet

what kind of modification?

12-18-2001, 12:38 PM

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Originally posted by SuDZ
Since you said yourself that you dont know much about cars they may be capitalizing on it. They may think since you dont know much that you wont complain. Tell them your paying so they should be able to do the work. If not you will go else where. Lots of places will do it for you and take the time to do it right.

SuDZ

I paid them 50 bucks...
and AHHH I don't know.. I'm never going there again..
service sucks ****...

12-18-2001, 12:57 PM

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My Cattman Ypipe fit just fine (put it in yesterday), no issues at all, and no bees in the can noise.

12-18-2001, 01:18 PM

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My Cattman Ypipe fit just fine (put it in yesterday), no issues at all, and no bees in the can noise.

Did you put it in?

Someone send me the instructions again?
the shop took it and never gave it back to me

12-18-2001, 01:20 PM

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Did you put it in?

Someone send me the instructions again?
the shop took it and never gave it back to me

stop making the shop f#ck you over.. tell them to fix your **** and tell them to give you back your instructions..

12-18-2001, 01:27 PM

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stop making the shop f#ck you over.. tell them to fix your **** and tell them to give you back your instructions..

I'm just going to go to another shop and see if they can fix it..
I don't want them to **** up my car anymore..
I'm just going to wait till cattman sends me a good one or go to another body shop and see if it's possible to fix... cause it seems like other people are having fitment problems too

12-18-2001, 01:32 PM

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no because you are paying double.. stay on their *** till they get it right..

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I'm just going to go to another shop and see if they can fix it..
I don't want them to **** up my car anymore..
I'm just going to wait till cattman sends me a good one or go to another body shop and see if it's possible to fix... cause it seems like other people are having fitment problems too

12-18-2001, 01:41 PM

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YES SIR!

12-18-2001, 01:54 PM

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your first mistake was taking it to body shop. take the loss, (its only 50 bucks) they could have got you for more. take it to a specific local muffler shop. not a franchise like meineke though. or anything of that nature.

12-18-2001, 02:16 PM

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You're a liar!!

12-18-2001, 02:38 PM

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your first mistake was taking it to body shop. take the loss, (its only 50 bucks) they could have got you for more. take it to a specific local muffler shop. not a franchise like meineke though. or anything of that nature.

I asked these other shop, heard they were really good but expensive.. but i am willing to pay for quality work
^^ I'll tell you how it goes tommorow

12-18-2001, 02:39 PM

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i've put in y-pipe from cattman's & never had any problems...

12-18-2001, 04:27 PM

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You're a liar!!

huh?

12-18-2001, 11:54 PM

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I asked these other shop, heard they were really good but expensive.. but i am willing to pay for quality work
^^ I'll tell you how it goes tommorow

Definitely take it somewhere else. Any place that sends you home with the pipe not fitting right sucks ***. Definitely get it done by a muffler shop though. They do this stuff all the time and know how to deal with fitment issues. 304 stainless is a little less workable too. My Cattman had fitment issues as well but but the muffler shop dealt with it. Took 2 hours labor though.

12-19-2001, 12:38 AM

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my cattman also had fittment issues but I think it was perfect when it left cattman but somehow it got bent during shipping cause the y joint was a little off like someone stepped on it or got ran over by a truck or something. I got it installed at a private shop thats owned by some honda racers/tuners so they worked on it for about 2 or 3 hours trying to get the pipe to fit and it finally did(got it on about midnight). I only had to pay $50. one of my manifold studs snapped though but thats the price I had to pay for forcing the pipe on. Its been on for a long time now and no leaks or problems. Good luck with your pipe.

12-19-2001, 12:43 AM

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i had no problems with my Cattman. I got it installed a couple of months ago...can't even hear it...my CAI and exhaust are much louder...

12-19-2001, 01:04 AM

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I am looking at budget y's can I get some feed back on them? can you hear bees? do they fit like a glove? rust spots?

12-19-2001, 04:29 AM

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An stick your GD head under there so you can se what the hell we talkin about!!

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YES SIR!

And what the hell your talkin about.!

12-19-2001, 06:38 AM

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What about asking people from the org near where you live and ask them where to go. Or just hook up with an org member that knows more about car.

12-19-2001, 07:14 AM

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huh?

I was being sarcastic.

Warpspeed denied that I could have had this problem, so the fact that at least three others had the same problem, means we're all liars.

12-19-2001, 07:27 AM

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I was being sarcastic.

Warpspeed denied that I could have had this problem, so the fact that at least three others had the same problem, means we're all liars.

Great......now I'll be getting more hate e-mail from a certain company with lawsuit threats because somehow, someway, it will be my fault....and I don't have a y-pipe from anyone......

breaux: consider the use of [sarcasm][/sarcasm] when actually being sarcastic. medic and Sprint will thank you.......

actually has more of a negative connotation on the forums.....

12-19-2001, 07:34 AM

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Great......now I'll be getting more hate e-mail from a certain company with lawsuit threats because somehow, someway, it will be my fault....and I don't have a y-pipe from anyone......

breaux: consider the use of [sarcasm][/sarcasm] when actually being sarcastic. medic and Sprint will thank you....... actually has more of a negative connotation on the forums.....

Yes it does. The sarcasm tags will ward off the evil twins.

12-19-2001, 07:35 AM

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My fault... sorry. You can delete these messages if you want, don't want to cause any trouble.

12-19-2001, 07:49 AM

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yeah Bry.. you shocked me

i was like

12-19-2001, 07:51 AM

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My Cattman SS Y had problems going on too. We just got under there with a jack, lined up the holes as best we could and jacked it up, it popped right in. I think the pipes he makes are handmade, not done by a machine, that might be why each one is different.