i've had my 02 housing/dp installed now for a few month now... it took me and my buddies a span of 4 days (4 hrs a day) to get the damn thing out and put the new one on.. damn!

looking back now.. i probably would have paid someone 140 to do it... hahahaha

 

It took me about 5 hrs to change the DP, cat plus the 3" exhaust myself.

It is worth it if you can find someone to do that for $100.00 to $150.00.

 

+1

 

I paid $150 to have someone remove the down pipe, weld in an O2 sensor bung, and put it back, so $100 should be about right.

 

Just did a DP and test pipe about 1 hr ago on my car.
Took 1.5hrs. This included figguring out how its put together, a smoke break, AccessPort Reflash and clean up time.

 

Wow cheap labor. The going rate up here is $350

 

I just Shake my head everytime I see a person with a stock turbo debating if he should or should not replace the DP. There is absolutely no reason to do it unless you're going above 400 whp. Any shop that tells you otherwise is just trying to sell their product. Check with any of the name-brand shops like AMS, ETS etc, they will concur with my statement. Considering you can't even hit 400whp on the stocker, the whole point is moot.

 

I was thinking about that too... somebody told me about that actually. I was debating if I should save the money for my wheels...

 

I got charged $316!!!

 

Should be around 100-150.

Doing it yourself can be a PITA if you do not have much clearance and the bolts are a bit seized.

You cant get much leverage and you will end up have to take it to a lift. Happend to me.