Exhaust rotting away...

[ian2120]

Hey everyone,

I've been a lurker for several months now, since I inherited my uncle's '94 Ebony, but I haven't had much time to post; I'm a senior in high school, and things can get pretty busy.

Having turned it from a garage queen straight into a daily driver within a matter of weeks has worked out better than I thought, but taking it to the dealer that has been seeing it for a majority of its life for the first time in my ownership today was a bit of an eye-opener. My entire exhaust system is shot. It looks like the muffler and tips are fine (which seems to be expected), but the rest of the system is rotting away, and I'm not sure how much more time I have before it starts to fall apart on me. I've heard that's what happens when a car sits in a garage barely driven for a few years though, especially one of the SVX's age!

So I have done a bit of searching around on here, and I know that plenty of people have done modifications and repairs to the exhaust system but I'm wondering what my best possible options are. I would love to keep the stock sound, so I don't want to put in any unnecessary resonators, but if there is a cheaper route that will work just as well, I might just have to take it.

Could anyone please help lead me in the right direction?

Pardon me for not being completely car-literate, but I'll get there

EDIT: I took it to the shop mainly because I needed an oil change, but also because I have a brake squeak at one particular pressure, but the mechanic said that my brakes look good. Also, was a rattling, that I thought was the heat shield between the exhaust and the driveshaft, but unfortunately that was not the case!

The mechanic gave me an estimate that replacing it would be ~$3300, and that some of the parts were probably discontinued.