A mechanic I know said he'll do my pacesetter longtube and ypipe install for $250. Is this a fair price?

 

A buddy of mine just got a quote for 500 for Pacesetter LTs, so I would say its a good price. I never looked into it myself. When the day comes to put headers on my car I will do it myself, save that money and put it somewhere else in the car.

 

That's a great price IMO.

 

Really, really cheap. Get it in writing as a firm price before they start, because they will regret it once they get into it. They must have never worked on a 4th gen before to quote a price like that.

Rich

 

He's a friend of mine and is doing this as a side job. He's a very good mechanic with a good amount of experience but he's never done an fbody header install

He has a lift so that should help a lot, right?

 

Getting the old crap off is the longest part. I had a lift and an extra set of hands and it still took me about 10 hours. I never claim to be an expert mechanic though either. Make sure you supply him with bandaids and beer cause thats a great price!

 

Yep, very good price. Some shops local to me are quoting people around 600-800 to do headers and y-pipe.

 

If he's a friend I would say that "I think this will probably be more than 250$ of work, I'll pay $300 so theres no hard feelings if its any more work than you originally estimated"

 

Please tip the poor man when he gets done!! $50 tip would be cool.
Steve

 

I was originally qouted 300, ended up being 500. Make sure you get it on paper before he figures out what he got himself into

 

$250 is an awesome price, buy the man some beer and pizza and let him at it.

 

Geez, is it realy that hard of a job?

 

That is a great price.

 

The issue is removing all the crap and then putting all the crap back in. Got to remove the steering column etc.

 

man.. all these prices sound so high to me $250 sounds fair.. i just had a motor and 6spd swapped in for 1000.. also had headers put on during the swap lol -600 for the engine and 400 for the 6spd conversion.. i feel like i ripped him off lol