Another OEM exhaust mod

[Dalecan]

That's expensive for a valve adjustment. What else did they do for that price. I haven't had to pay for that yet as it was done under warrenty and the car only has 45k on the clock.

[StickMon]

Wow!
Just think about how many tools you can buy for $1250!
Less than 1/2 of that will buy you all the tools and consumables you need to do it yourself, the first time.
After that, it's about $100 in consumables.
It's time consuming, but not very difficult, and you know that it got done.
The thing that bothers me about something like a valve adjustment is that the car is running fine when you bring it in and fine when you drive it out.
Did they even open the hood?

When I tell people I work on my own car they always ask "Don't you need a lot of expensive tools like torque wrenches and stuff?"
My answer is "Do you realize how many torque wrenches you can buy for what you're paying in labor?".

[scrammer]

Originally Posted by knsaber

I might just have to do this with my OEM to get rid of the drone from my Magnaflow!

Did you come up with a solution for the Magnaflow drone or did you go with the oem mod?

I am reluctant to cut up the expensive oems when MFs are so cheap to install. My local shop will charge around the same $$$ for the project either way ... and the MFs are easily reversible for future re-sale...

[WeekendWarriorz]

Originally Posted by StickMon

Wow!
Just think about how many tools you can buy for $1250!
Less than 1/2 of that will buy you all the tools and consumables you need to do it yourself, the first time.
After that, it's about $100 in consumables.
It's time consuming, but not very difficult, and you know that it got done.
The thing that bothers me about something like a valve adjustment is that the car is running fine when you bring it in and fine when you drive it out.
Did they even open the hood?

When I tell people I work on my own car they always ask "Don't you need a lot of expensive tools like torque wrenches and stuff?"
My answer is "Do you realize how many torque wrenches you can buy for what you're paying in labor?".

There's a guy in Glendale, CA that does valve adjustments starting at $400... And he has a HPF turbo M3...