Mandrel bending versus regular

72Swinger360 said

I agree with Burnt, my dad had a mandrel bent, stainless, dual, cat-back exhaust, complete with stainless Magnaflow mufflers and stainless tips, built and installed on his 02 Dakota with a 4.7 V8/Auto for $502.00 out the door at a local exhaust shop. They bent the pipes so they exit just behind the rear wheel at an angle. It looks great, sounds very agressive and I think it definitley helped in the HP department.

Joe

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Can you provide teh name of the local shop? Industry is a bit of a haul for me to go without an exhaust on the car....

Seems that no one near me does mandrel bending, or at least doesnt advertise it.

One other issue is getting the car to a shop. The shop near me I am considering can flat bed me down and back for $30.

I just cant seem to find any better alternatives locally.....

As for buying a kit, I guess I could....but I have heard some horror stories about the kits fitting like crap and being a real PITA to install....and I would still have to take it somewhere to be welded up....

These care came stock with standard bent tubing, and did pretty well on teh streets. But I get it -- mandrel bent *may* mean a little extra power....if the local guy did it I would go that route,....