katsuro

Well anyways, I went to a shop to get my teg inspected (it's a 98 ls auto) thinking that it would pass easily. Unfortunately, I was sorely mistaken.
The man said that I failed due to two major reasons: my left rack/pinion boot and an exhaust leak. After putting it up, they determined that I needed to replace my "intermediate pipe" (I put quotes because I'm not sure what part that is that corresponds, let us say, to the catalog of acuraoemparts).
He quoted me at ~$580 with parts and labor, ~300 for the exhaust and $25 for the boot with 82/hr labor.

My question is, what part(s) do I need, exactly? And are there any shops willing to inspect me/give me another estimate?

Thanks in advance for all of your help.

ForcedFedTeg

You should not have failed for the boot.

katsuro

oh really?
that's weird, because he quoted 1.5 hours labor on that too...

edit: I did do some searching on shops, does anyone know if the shop mentioned in this thread does general inspection work?

Or know if this or this shop is reputable?

gtistile

my brothers civic just failed for the same thing... torn steering boots

VP said it was a pain in the ass to fix, even with a lift and everything at work

The_rabbit1

no, remove tire, take off tie rod end(count turns for alignment), slide off boot, replace. how is that hard?

and it fails for boots if it is leaking.

83Stang5.0

Holy fuck it's easy as shit to fix. Even a retard shouldn't need 1.5 hrs.
$300 for a replacement piece of exhaust? You can get a full 3" catback for $130 at Big Al's.


Torch that shop and never look back.

katsuro

ahhah thanks for the help guys.

can I have the number for big al's?

CivicRenModelX

Also you can use a marker to mark where the tie rod and bolt should go back to. It doesn't take long to replace it!

fventura03

ouch! glad u didn't do what most people do in this position, let the safety place take care of it! good job, u will save a lot of money.

CRANKWALK

if you dont feel like you can do the work yourself, try shops that arent in the city. the labor rates are sometimes cheaper.