"Peabody" <waybackNO784SPAM44@yahoo.com> wrote
>I need to replace the muffler on my Accord. My local
>independent
> Honda/Acura shop says they can do the standard "bolt-on"
> Honda muffler, but it would cost $250 installed.
>
> Does their term "bolt-on" mean the muffler could be
> replaced by a
> normal handy human being who does not have welding
> equipment, but
> who could order the part from one of the online parts
> houses?
>
> Or, is there any particular reason not to just use one of
> the
> aftermarket muffler shops at perhaps $100?
>

An OEM muffler will last the longest. Yes, a normal or even
abnormal person can handle this without welding equipment.
See the drawing at
http://www.bkhondaparts.com/billkay/...hidIrno=%7C002

Given the OEM price is about $150, I would do it myself.
Though I confess on my 91 Civic, I have used aftermarket
muffler shops a few(!) times for that $80 special they
always seem to have. The aftermarkets just do not last long,
though. The latest muffler is from a junkyard; is OEM; and I
think has over 150k miles on it. Cost me $30, which I think
was overpriced, but I did not have the time to shop around
at other junkyards. Of course, one has to have a sense of
humor to buy a muffler from a junkyard. This muffler is over
a year old and doing great, though. My doggone old Honda
will not die yet I refuse to spend serious money on it.