Hey everyone need some help finding a part for my car. So i was having trouble with a noise coming form my car as of late, had it checked out and its a flexpipe. Great that I know what is but the shopped that identified the issue said it would cost somewhere around $80-100 for a flexpipe and one hour worth of labor at $80/hr. Thought that was alittle pricey thought i try a muffler shop they quoted $240 parts and labor. That really seem expensive, consider looking around online and there are flexpipe that cost as low as $30-40 dollar, they are marketed as universal. Now maybe I can save some money if I get flexpipe and just have them install it for $80 at the first shop, i need to really save money now had a string on repairs done to the car the past few weeks i just bought it. I suppose its a pretty tight spot welding would be rather diffcult so i guess the rather charge is justifable.
So my question is are there any specification for flexpipe or are they universal, my car is a 2006 Mazda 3 GT Hatch 2.3L; the flexpipe that needs to be replaced is the one right after the cat (the one in the pipe below. How loog does it need to be. Also what is the oem exhaust diameter/size for my car I really cant find it anywhere online, or does it not even matter when installing or replacing exhaust parts, i might get new muffler eventually so i might need that information. Im just learning about car I dont really know how everything works.
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