So I'm looking to get the gundo hack done on my 997.2 For simplicity I'm looking for a shop to take off the mufflers, hack them, put them back on...then off I go...sounding awesome.

I went to a reputable local muffler shop, brought all of my print outs to show him what he needed to do. He looked at it for about 15 seconds and said..."Not My Job."

So...I'm back to square one. Can anybody point me to a shop in LA that can do this for me?

Jason

 

I think a muffler shop will do the actual gundo welding but might stay away from the removal and installation work. You might try removing the mufflers yourself and then bring them into a muffler or welding shop.

 

Buy them from darrin at fister exhaust. Bolt them on yourself. It takes an hour in your driveway. You will love it

 

Call a couple before you go driving around. LA's a lot bigger than Denver and there's no shortage of places to do it here.

 

Had the same thing happen to me when I was looking for a shop to do the work. They'd take one look at my car parked in their lot and turn the job down. Finally found a shop that did custom exhaust jobs on high-end show cars and the like. they did the R&R and welding in about 2 hours for $200. Keep looking.

 

if you have 997.2 I would say do the muffler bypass. you have more muffler than 997.1

 

Exactly why Fister is such a good deal - they'll do it for you, no issues.

Biggest thing is to be happy with the mod. If a shop says no, you probably don't want them touching your car anyway.

I do recall asking a chain muffler shop to do the hack in the early days, and they too said no. Must be something in their policies that prevents them from muffler or exhaust system modifications they could be held liable for.

Unless you find the right shop, you'll be removing and reinstalling your own exhaust. Not hard, but not easy either if you don't have a safe way to lift rear of car, tools and experience.

Good luck in the quest!

 

Called everyone in the phone book - most dont weld weld stainless steel and the 2 that did didnt want to deal with it.

 

pretty easy with a few tools and ramps or a lift.... and yes you need someone who will weld stainless.

 

FD Motorsports here in Brentwood is your best option!! Also NO not the Brentwood in SoCal. Call Darin and speak to him about it. You want buy the mod mufflers from him, ship to you and then you have them installed. Most shops don't like to mod mufflers because in California it's illegal to modify mufflers for smog. Doesn't effect emissions, but the mod fails you. Stupid is as stupid does!!

Darin does prefer to exchange...however I was in his shop Thursday as he put 15mm spacers and 5mm spaces on my ride and I would say he had 10 or so mufflers on the floor!!

Www.fdmotorsports.net

 

I'm all for doing it at FD Motor sports...they just don't have any 997.2's in stock to trade with and I'm trying to figure out how NOT to be out of commission for 2 weeks.

Jason

 

My bad....missed you had a .2. Not many of those mufflers to be had....too bad for you!! Well....you can road trip up here and get it done!!

 

I'm going out of town in a few weeks so maybe I'll take them off prior to that ship them up and he can do it while I'm away...

 

There ya go. Darin will do a good job.

 

That's too funny. I get that from my employees sometimes. If u are going to take off the cans yourself, why not just shuttle it to the welder in canyon country, have him weld it, bring it back and install. Done in one day.