Hey everyone,
Reviving this old thread as I just installed the Bosal muffler on my LX and thought this information might be helpful to others.
You can pretty easily find $40 off coupons (I think you had to spend $110 to get the $40 off) from Advance Auto Parts. Moreover, they had free shipping for orders over $100 or so (before the coupon) so I ended up getting the muffler and gaskets for around $100. The price was a little less than Rock Auto as I recall before adding the $40 off.
And here's the kicker, it said that it comes with a lifetime warranty! Nice...
A few other quick tips to anyone who needs to do this repair:
Good luck to any who put it on...it otherwise fit really well and seemed like a decent part. Nice to be able to save my resonator too. It's still in good shape and I'm kinda on a budget these days.
Reviving this old thread as I just installed the Bosal muffler on my LX and thought this information might be helpful to others.
You can pretty easily find $40 off coupons (I think you had to spend $110 to get the $40 off) from Advance Auto Parts. Moreover, they had free shipping for orders over $100 or so (before the coupon) so I ended up getting the muffler and gaskets for around $100. The price was a little less than Rock Auto as I recall before adding the $40 off.
And here's the kicker, it said that it comes with a lifetime warranty! Nice...
A few other quick tips to anyone who needs to do this repair:
- As others have said...get extra gaskets to double up if there are any leaks-I also had a leak at the rear cat that was fixed with the double gasket
- You can totally do this at home (it will suck, it will take way too long) and save your tailpipe/resonator if you have a pneumatic cut-off wheel to grind off what's left of the old bolts - and as others have said the rubber mounts will also need a shaving from the cut-off wheel to fit (I did not trim the muffler brackets or re-weld them, I just modified the rubber/metal mounts)
- Once you cut out the muffler you'll also be thankful that you bought that air chisel to blow out what's left of the bolts in the tailpipe
- I had to remove the front muffler bracket from the truck's frame to get the exhaust together - my truck sees little winter use since I've owned it but it's certainly got some rust under there, but both bolts came out - impact certainly helps when doing rusty bolt removal.
Good luck to any who put it on...it otherwise fit really well and seemed like a decent part. Nice to be able to save my resonator too. It's still in good shape and I'm kinda on a budget these days.
