This job is very messy, needs to be done mostly from underneath and you have to be prepared to repair broken studs. It is best done with a torch to heat and loosen things up first. If you don't have experience at this kind of work I don't recomend it for a first timer. Rob has done enough of this kind of work that he knows what to expect, the time it will take and the resulting cost. When working on exhaust systems sometimes you can't stop replacing bad parts until you get to the tailpipe! It is like old plumbimg, you have to cut out the bad before you can start with the new and you don't always know where that will be. He is probably giving you a fair price even though he is guessing how much it wil take. After he starts he may not have as much trouble as he is guessing and if it turns out to be less he probably will reduce the price. (Now I am just guessing). An exhaust shop like Midas could do this but since they don't have the parts or practice on a Delorean they will take longer so even if their labor rate is lower the total may work out the same. David Teitelbaum vin 10757 --- In dmcnews@xxxx, dmc_delorean_2000@xxxx wrote: > hi Guys > its me again, i might be getting annyoing, but i have no where else > to turn for advise, nobody where i live knows what a DeLorean is. my > pass side exhaust manifold is cracked so i bought a used one in good > shape (new is too expensive), but when PJ Grady had my car in > january, he told me it was a big job (he wanted $800 to do it). now > as some of you know i've had a lot of problems with mechanics so im >