2.25" tail pipes

[monterey1962]

I don't recall, but are there 2.25" tail pipes that can be ordered, or are you guys having something fabbed up by a shop? The only set I found on Summit were for a '94-ish Impala, but came with a price of $105/each. No pic on their site, either.

[1987cp]

Yep, the Flowmaster pipes with resonators are the only likely-looking OTS 2.25" tailpipes I know of either. Though it sounds like the price has gone up since I last checked.

I suppose you could always buy 2.25" Mustang tailpipes and modify them, but that'll take a lot of cutting and pasting to make them really fit neatly. Just because I've demonstrated that unmodified Mustang tailpipes can be kinda-sorta made to work if you have low standards for clearance, doesn't mean it's a particularly good solution.

How much do people usually pay for custom-bent pipes in a size they specify?

[sly]

if using just regular exhaust pipe... custom duals tend to run about $300 around here (no tips, just stock shape and size). larger size... more cost for materials, but same labor cost. Probably $400. Add mufflers and cats (if needed) and it goes up from there.

[monterey1962]

I'm tempted to take the pair of stock 2" tail pipes to a shop and see if they can bend up 2.25" pipe to match. Would be interesting to see, but I'm sure it would cost more than it's worth.

[mercman1951]

I'm tempted to take the pair of stock 2" tail pipes to a shop and see if they can bend up 2.25" pipe to match. Would be interesting to see, but I'm sure it would cost more than it's worth.

Shops don't want to dick around matching stuff up and making it work. Takes way longer...a good shop will bend their own tails and be done with it - for probably less than you would pay for the pipes themselves.

[1987cp]

if using just regular exhaust pipe... custom duals tend to run about $300 around here (no tips, just stock shape and size). larger size... more cost for materials, but same labor cost. Probably $400. Add mufflers and cats (if needed) and it goes up from there.

Uh .... I think the question was only about tailpipes. If you've had a complete system bent up, how much showed up on the itemized billing statement for the tailpipes alone?

Also, based on these links:

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-640022/

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-640025/

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-640030/

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-640035/

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-640040/

... I'd be surprised if the material cost from going from 2" to 2.25" tubing would be very significant.

[Lincolnmania]

i bent my own tailpipes on the town car in 1998 out of 2.25" when i worked at meineke......they are still on the car......when i bent them, i adjusted the bend card in the computer from 2" to 2.25"

[87gtVIC]

Scotts pipes look real good too. I am surprised that something that old has held up that well for so long.