Muffler shop experience and exhaust pics - Subaru Enthusiasts Car Club of the Sierras

warnoldscu · 2005-07-18, 10:13 PM

If you want the muffler shop story read below, otherwise skip to the pictures of the final product!

So some of you may have read in my first thread that I went to Alert Mufflers to get my custom exhaust done. Well, there was a bend that looked funny so I really poked my head under there and examined it and the whole job was horrible...crappy ugly welds and even worse bends. The whole exhaust was a few inches lower than my stock one and I came really close to scraping on even small speedbumps...

Anyway, I took it back to the shop and the guy who did it (Mark) was a complete A-hole (can we swear here?) and threw a tissy fit when we even mentioned that something looked funny, so we went to LT muffler and brake to have them fix it and they did a very clean job and were really great guys.

So...if you want some exhaust done I would suggest LT muffler and if you do check out Alert, avoid that guy Mark (if he's still there). Sorry for the novel, here's the pics (3" Lachute DP with HFC to custom 3" to 2.25" at the "Y" ending in 2 Magnaflow mufflers and 4" round tips)... a guy at legacygt.com did a quick vid with sound clips, mine sounds similar, check it out here:

http://legacygt.com/forums/showthre...9496#post239496

Libila · 2005-07-18, 11:10 PM

Very nice! Where is LT located?

LetItRev · 2005-07-18, 11:24 PM

Looks great! Did you get a refund from Alert?

MikeSTI · 2005-07-19, 07:53 AM

OMG that looks so good!!!! I really like the duel exhaust

I'm glad you got everything worked out, even if you had to go else where

warnoldscu · 2005-07-19, 02:07 PM

LT is on Harvard (or maybe another street called Linden or something) a few blocks south of plumb... it's called lt mufflers and brakes, but the person I talked to (I think his name is skip) said that they really take pride in their exhuast systems and it showed. They said if I had any problems I wouldn't have to worry about hurting someone's feelings like that bastard at Alert...haha

Anyway, no refund from Alert because I bought the tips/mufflers etc. from them, but the owner is cool and said he'd pick up the tab from LT since his employee was an ass. So, I guess I had a bad experience, but the owner is cool so maybe there's hope for Alert in the future, but I probably will stick with LT myself.

renoguy20 · 2005-07-19, 06:18 PM

Back when I drove a 96 chevy corsica 3.1 I went to Mr Z's Muffler.

http://www.sounddomain.com/ride/505751

They cut the collector at the bigget part and installer 2 1/2 in pipe a high flow
cat and a magnaflow muffler for close to $400. All the bends and welds were clean and it had a great sound. They did this in one day with an appointment.
I was really satisifed with their work and would recomend them to anyone.

tysonK · 2005-07-19, 08:50 PM

Maybe a mod could put this write up in the Vendor Review Forum.

Thanks for the input.

2005-07-18, 10:13 PM	#1
warnoldscu EJ18 Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Santa Clara (Reno during the summer) Posts: 35 Car: 2005 Legacy GT 5MT	Muffler shop experience and exhaust pics If you want the muffler shop story read below, otherwise skip to the pictures of the final product! So some of you may have read in my first thread that I went to Alert Mufflers to get my custom exhaust done. Well, there was a bend that looked funny so I really poked my head under there and examined it and the whole job was horrible...crappy ugly welds and even worse bends. The whole exhaust was a few inches lower than my stock one and I came really close to scraping on even small speedbumps... Anyway, I took it back to the shop and the guy who did it (Mark) was a complete A-hole (can we swear here?) and threw a tissy fit when we even mentioned that something looked funny, so we went to LT muffler and brake to have them fix it and they did a very clean job and were really great guys. So...if you want some exhaust done I would suggest LT muffler and if you do check out Alert, avoid that guy Mark (if he's still there). Sorry for the novel, here's the pics (3" Lachute DP with HFC to custom 3" to 2.25" at the "Y" ending in 2 Magnaflow mufflers and 4" round tips)... a guy at legacygt.com did a quick vid with sound clips, mine sounds similar, check it out here: http://legacygt.com/forums/showthre...9496#post239496 Attached Images Last edited by warnoldscu; 2005-07-18 at 10:23 PM.

2005-07-19, 07:53 AM	#4
MikeSTI EJ205 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 2,354 Car: 2004 STi Class: TSM I can't complain	OMG that looks so good!!!! I really like the duel exhaust I'm glad you got everything worked out, even if you had to go else where __________________ Cobb Stage 2

2005-07-19, 06:18 PM	#6
renoguy20 EJ18 Join Date: May 2005 Location: Reno Posts: 75 Car: 2005, Subaru Impreza WRX Wagon	Another Good Muffler Shop Back when I drove a 96 chevy corsica 3.1 I went to Mr Z's Muffler. http://www.sounddomain.com/ride/505751 They cut the collector at the bigget part and installer 2 1/2 in pipe a high flow cat and a magnaflow muffler for close to $400. All the bends and welds were clean and it had a great sound. They did this in one day with an appointment. I was really satisifed with their work and would recomend them to anyone.

2005-07-19, 08:50 PM	#7
tysonK warehouse SECCS Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: SoCal... Posts: 6,253 Car: 04 Evo 99 Cadillac Class: street de le mod	Maybe a mod could put this write up in the Vendor Review Forum. Thanks for the input. __________________ Anjali? Anjali?

2005-07-18, 11:10 PM	#2
Libila EJ205 Real Name: Tim Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 1,384 Car: '94 L	Very nice! Where is LT located?

2005-07-18, 11:24 PM	#3
LetItRev R.I.P. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Reno, Nevada Posts: 501 Car: 2004 WRX	Looks great! Did you get a refund from Alert?

2005-07-19, 02:07 PM	#5
warnoldscu EJ18 Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Santa Clara (Reno during the summer) Posts: 35 Car: 2005 Legacy GT 5MT	LT is on Harvard (or maybe another street called Linden or something) a few blocks south of plumb... it's called lt mufflers and brakes, but the person I talked to (I think his name is skip) said that they really take pride in their exhuast systems and it showed. They said if I had any problems I wouldn't have to worry about hurting someone's feelings like that bastard at Alert...haha Anyway, no refund from Alert because I bought the tips/mufflers etc. from them, but the owner is cool and said he'd pick up the tab from LT since his employee was an ass. So, I guess I had a bad experience, but the owner is cool so maybe there's hope for Alert in the future, but I probably will stick with LT myself.