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BoostWanted · 04-16-2012, 10:10 AM

Can anyone help me out with cutting some flanges off my old catalytic converter and welding them onto a universal cat for me?

*wangan_cruiser* · 04-16-2012, 11:31 AM

just go to any muffler shop. should be around $20

BoostWanted · 04-16-2012, 11:32 AM

I've talked to about 5 in my city and they also said close to $100 +/- $15

FRpilot · 04-16-2012, 12:27 PM

i believe you. i don't think anyone even wants to put on their welding gear to do the job for $20.

sorry, don't know any place.

BoostWanted · 04-16-2012, 11:28 PM

I just went to a local place and paid $60. Finally I passed smog. Fourth time. Looked at the old cat.. it was gutted.

zerodameaon · 04-17-2012, 12:10 AM

Good to hear. What was the name of the shop. Never know when that info will turn up as useful to someone else.

BoostWanted · 04-17-2012, 12:16 AM

The shop was called Lipsey's Muffler in Vallejo, CA. I just walked in and told them I wanted to have my cat welded in, and they lifted the car up and said will be about $60 and an hour. They seem to have did a good job except for one thing. Sometimes when i'm at low rpm I hear metal by my cat vibrate. Maybe it's because I don't have all my hangers on.. I would recommend them. I think Jerry did the welding for me.

And you know you just wanted that info so when someone else asks you can say SEARCH *facepalm*

zerodameaon · 04-17-2012, 10:46 AM

I only say search if its something like "Can I take the pig nose off and put the chuki on my 89 hatch?." Stuff like this you have a little less chance of running into with search. Its also useful to me as I haven't been in the bay area very long. Thanks

BoostWanted · 04-17-2012, 11:22 AM

That's true. Well welcome to the Bay Area! Where did you come from?

zerodameaon · 04-17-2012, 04:06 PM

Norcal up above Sac. Then San Diego for a few years. I know the bay really well, but I learned it all before I was into Nissan's.

jdhariwal · 04-22-2012, 11:35 PM

El Camino Muffler, best place in the Bay Area. Got a pipe welded in place of my resonator for $30, and he said he'd do a 2.5 to 3.5 inch tip cat-back straight pipe for only 140.

04-16-2012, 10:10 AM	#1
BoostWanted Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Vallejo, CA Posts: 352 Trader Rating: (5) Feedback Score: 5 reviews	Welding in Bay Area? Can anyone help me out with cutting some flanges off my old catalytic converter and welding them onto a universal cat for me?

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04-16-2012, 11:31 AM	#2
wangan_cruiser kouki man Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: downtown oakland,ca Age: 36 Posts: 3,535 Trader Rating: (36) Feedback Score: 36 reviews	just go to any muffler shop. should be around $20

04-16-2012, 11:32 AM	#3
BoostWanted Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Vallejo, CA Posts: 352 Trader Rating: (5) Feedback Score: 5 reviews	I've talked to about 5 in my city and they also said close to $100 +/- $15

04-16-2012, 11:28 PM	#5
BoostWanted Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Vallejo, CA Posts: 352 Trader Rating: (5) Feedback Score: 5 reviews	I just went to a local place and paid $60. Finally I passed smog. Fourth time. Looked at the old cat.. it was gutted.

04-17-2012, 12:16 AM	#7
BoostWanted Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Vallejo, CA Posts: 352 Trader Rating: (5) Feedback Score: 5 reviews	The shop was called Lipsey's Muffler in Vallejo, CA. I just walked in and told them I wanted to have my cat welded in, and they lifted the car up and said will be about $60 and an hour. They seem to have did a good job except for one thing. Sometimes when i'm at low rpm I hear metal by my cat vibrate. Maybe it's because I don't have all my hangers on.. I would recommend them. I think Jerry did the welding for me. And you know you just wanted that info so when someone else asks you can say SEARCH facepalm

04-17-2012, 11:22 AM	#9
BoostWanted Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Vallejo, CA Posts: 352 Trader Rating: (5) Feedback Score: 5 reviews	That's true. Well welcome to the Bay Area! Where did you come from?

04-22-2012, 11:35 PM	#11
jdhariwal Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Fremont, CA Posts: 589 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	El Camino Muffler, best place in the Bay Area. Got a pipe welded in place of my resonator for $30, and he said he'd do a 2.5 to 3.5 inch tip cat-back straight pipe for only 140.