[Jusone36]

Holy ish...Luna! What the hell have you been up to? :wave:

What you should do is find a reputable muffler shop, measure the size of the piping before and after the cat, then get a universal one with the same inlet and outlet dimensions from Random Technologies or some place like that. Then just have the exhaust shop cut the stock one out and weld the new one in.

whaddup! yeah, i've been gone for sometime, but i'm still around. i've done some searching, and if i'm not mistaken the pipe size if 2.5, but i'm kinda concerned with welding a universal product...it's like a tattoo practically.

Depending on how much longer you are going to hold on to your Celica, sometimes it's better to buy OEM as in my experience stuff from muffler shops don't last very long.

i'm actually almost up in paying off the car, and would like to hold onto for at least another year and save up some dough. i would like to be able to step up, and buy a M3, and also planning a wedding so it may take some time before i get another car. i'm still battling whether to go through the dealer, but at least i know i can get the parts $200 cheaper through an online texas dealership.

i got magnaflow cat new at $50 on ebay, and installed it $50 in local muffler shop.
20 min work.

started thinking about this. i've read people using either magnaflow or dynomax. how's the quality and life on those things? did it require any welding or was it plug & play?

Just do your exhaust yourself and leave the cat off...

i've gotten this suggestion but i don't want to sound rice like coming down the street. not only that, the city i live in getting stricter on sound laws, and i've aready gotten a ticket for my TRD exhaust being too loud. can you believe that??

thanks guys. i'll keep checking on your responses on my responses.

 

[Jusone36]

try to change ur O2 sensor first, thats what i did, drove for a while and the CEL is gone.

well i've had the o2 sensor code on for over a year and just recently got the converter code. the dealer said that the o2 is probably fried from the converter. still debating...

 

[Jusone36]

i think i'm going to go with jesse's idea.

 

[Jusone36]

i think i'm going to go with jesse's idea.

LUNA! :wave:

I would also highly recommend that you just get a high-flow cat, and have a muffler shop cut out the old one, and weld in the new one. There's nothing plug and play about the cat on the Celica. The reason it will cost so much from Toyota is that it's all one pipe from the header collector to where the muffler bolts up. Technically, it'd be plug in play, but the pipe is abut 3/4 the length of your car.

Hey Tim! I hope all is well

i already ordered a mangaflow cat ($52) & a rear denso o2 sensor OE ($102). i got a quote of $80 of labor at a meineke.