Already have the part, how much to get fitted?

[EdwardTobia]

Hey all,

I have a 2004 clio dci 80 as many of you know...

Recently bought a bashed out cat (decat) at a nice price, as getting custom decat pipes made for the dci can be expensive (£200+ at longlife, and i think £150 odd at prospeed i cant remember exactly) due to the shape of the cat...

Anyway, i would like to get my current cat replaced with the bashed out cat i recently bought...

How much am i expecting to be charged to get a garage to replace my cat with the bashed out one? i guess i will only pay the labour as i already have the parts, but how much should i be expecting to pay?

I would do it myself but i simply dont have the time and id rather get it done properly as i have never changed one before...

All help appreciated!

 

[Peperami]

It'll be cash in hand, so anything from £15, to £50 and beyond.

 

[guysy]

Half hour labour.. £15-25 quid i would have thought.

An hour if there having trouble, double it.

Not much i wouldnt have thought.

 

[Martin_172]

they are a c**t to change.

using a smashed out cat is nowhere near as good as using a proper decat on these engines due to the size of them, i remember some people having the car running worse with one.

 

[EdwardTobia]

they are a c**t to change.

using a smashed out cat is nowhere near as good as using a proper decat on these engines due to the size of them, i remember some people having the car running worse with one.

Got quoted £100 by the garage i usually use, said it would take up about 2 hours labour because the driveshaft and some other stuff would need to be removed in order to get the cat out...

Any ideas where to go?

 

[Martin_172]

its possible without removing the driveshaft ive done it but it is easyer, being honest if your interested in decating it id take it to a custom place and get a decat pipe made up for it, since it doesnt need changed over at mot time anyway its a case of have one fitted and forget about it.

 

[EdwardTobia]

its possible without removing the driveshaft ive done it but it is easyer, being honest if your interested in decating it id take it to a custom place and get a decat pipe made up for it, since it doesnt need changed over at mot time anyway its a case of have one fitted and forget about it.

I was planning on getting a custom decat made before, but longlife quoted me £200+ and if i remember prospeed was around £150, which is very expensive for a decat...

Got told it would be expensive to get a custom one made because of the shape of the cat, so it would take a while to create a pipe to fit...

 

[Mike@Rentech]

£75+vat

 

[EdwardTobia]

£75+vat

Thats for what? a decat pipe? or the labour to fit the gutted cat that i have?