El Camino Mufflers

Based on their Unilocal!feedback, I chose El Camino Mufflers for a new muffler and repairs to the hangers on my Tacoma.
In and out. Reasonable price, excellent work. Thank you!

Quick and excellent service. Armando gave me a great deal on some muffler work that other shops would try and charge a lot for. His craftsmanship was excellent and I definitely recommend to anybody who wants work done on their muffler or exhaust system. I’ll be coming back.

El Camino Mufflers is great! I came in for a custom Magnaflow Exhaust for my 2014 Genesis Coupe. He hooked me up with a deal and I was in an out within two hours. Service and work was all done by himself and I am really satisfied with the end result. I highly recommend Armando and El Camino Mufflers. Keep up the great work!

Armando has done the exhaust on 3 of my cars. He installed MagnaFlow mufflers on my 03 Mustang GT & my Ford Edge. He also recently installed a Flowmaster muffler on my Infiniti FX. He does great work, guarantees it for a year & his prices are competitive.

I went here twice and I’m very satisfied with the results both times. Armando welded up a crack in my exhaust system the first time took only 10 minutes. This last time he installed a new muffler on my car and now it sounds amazing. Work was completed earlier then he quoted and fitment/​alignment was perfect. I highly recommend El Camino Muffler.

My first visit to El Camino Muffler was in the late 2000s. I had brought in my 4Runner to have the muffler replaced from the aftermarket Flowmaster 40 series to the stock I bought. The work was straight forward, but Armando managed to keep it a very professional swap, which was to my liking.
Sometimes a shop doesn’t treat all jobs as equal, attitude and all.
So I’ve come back with my 2015 Camaro 2LS a few months back to seek out the same service.
I bought an MRT V2 axle back muffler for my Camaro, and for these Camaro’s they’re not exactly bolt ons.
I called Armando and he gave me a time when I could stop by the shop.
The muffler came with clamps, and would require the stock pipe to be cut.
Armando recommended welding as opposed to cut, slip and clamp.
To me, welding sounded much better than the MRT kit came suggested.
The work Armando did was done in about 1 hr, as promised
And since I’ve had it done, no issues whatsoever.
If you’re looking for good, honest work, Armando (owner) @ El Camino Muffler is the person I’d recommend you to.
Forgot to add, his pricing was about ¹⁄₃ to ½ cheaper than other shops which told me an hourly price.

Quick service, good service, and good price. Installed an exhaust on my ISF with no issues, no leaks, and no broken sensors. Thanks again!

I called El Camino Mufflers on a Saurday morning to see if they could squeeze me in for an install. I had purchased a Magnaflow Competition Catback Exhaust for my 2012 Mustang V6 and the shop owner Armando said he had an opening at 1PM. Finding a muffler shop that is open on a Saturday was a bit of a challenge. Reviews here on Unilocal looked pretty good for this shop. I headed down to the shop and was a little dismayed to see there were no parking spots available on the busy row of auto shops where El Camino Mufflers is located. I double parked and walked over to the single bay they occupy. Armando was working on a customer’s car and asked me to fill out a service form and told me to give him a couple hrs. My friends and I took off and killed a couple hrs grabbing some lunch and shopping at Fry’s Electronics. Two hrs later I arrived back at the shop and saw my Mustang sitting outside double parked, but noticed the stock mufflers were still on it! I saw Armando and he was walking towards my car to get it on the rack. I was pretty angry since I had a bad experience with another muffler shop in the morning that I had an appointment with that didn’t show up as agreed upon. Armando said he had gotten stuck on the previous customers car and was not able to get to mine. I was pretty upset initially, but he said to come back in an hr and it would be done. I knew his business hours were only until 3:30 on Saturdays, so he was continuing to work and get the job done. An hour later I got the phone call that he was finished and we headed down to pickup my ride. When I arrived I asked him about the previous customer and he said things got a bit messed up and since he’s a one man operation he got stuck. Part of the reason was the guys before me asked him to exchange their exhaust systems and one of them noticed an apparent resonance coming from the muffler. Apparently a small piece of metal had gotten into the chamber and Armando had to remove the exhaust system to locate the foreign object. On top of that… when these guys initially called, he had said he could take them around 10:30, but instead they showed up like an hour later. I wish Armando had at least given me a phone call to let me know he was behind or give me the option to reschedule, but hopefully he learned from this mistake. I do kinda see where he was coming from. Sometimes when I’m working on something and trying to figure out the problem, I’m so focused on it, I totally forget other responsibilities or have a hard time stopping and restarting. All in all, Armando took care of me on the price, and I appreciated that he tried to make good on his word. I give El Camino Mufflers 3 Stars… which is quite generous. I wish the shop was a bit cleaner, there was adequate parking, and the customer notified if there will be a delay. They could also use a waiting room!

I went to El Camino Muffler last week but Armando was busy. He told me to come back today (3÷1÷14) and he remembered me. He was very professional and told me what was going on during the install of my muffler. I’d come back here again if I need another muffler or an exhaust install. Also, the price was good and my time spent waiting was only 30 minutes.

helped me out again!
first on my mustang, now on my supra.
superb job, quick easy and reliable,
and most importantly, affordable.
Thanks Armondo!

A few years back I needed a reweld on my exhaust for an old volkswagen. My naivety led me to be taken advantage of by the employee helping me out. In retrospect I was far overcharged for the work done. The shop itself is well equipped, but I wouldn’t bring my business back

Dude forgot to put back in Converter gasket so I was inhaling exhaust fumes when the car came to a stop. Went back to give him a chance to correct, but he brushed it off and said must be from (little) oil residue on bottom of engine. I took it to somewhere else that did what he should have done.

Called the night before and inquired about doing an exhaust modification. Armando told me to swing by the next morning to get an accurate quote. I showed up late without an appointment but he still took the time to check it out. Gave me a very reasonable quote and began work straight away.
Welds were great, a very friendly and professional mechanic. He informed me throughout the process and even let me take a look before he lowered the car. Best part is that he ended up charging me less than he quoted! A great shop and would definitely come here for any and all of my exhaust needs. Thanks!
FYI: a similar muffler shop quoted me over double what I paid here. No reason to go to any other muffler shop!

He’s weld sucks ass or maybe he was just lazy, but still, workmanship sucked.

Armando is THE MAN! I recently had him install an aftermarket full header-​back exhaust onto my Lexus ISF, and it unfortunately ended up being a good deal louder than I had anticipated. The wife was upset and it had a fair amount of drone around the 1800−2500rpm range. So I went back to Armando the following day and we came up with a branch resonator idea that helped to significantly quiet down the exhaust (no more drone!) but still maintain a nice deep rumble that the exhaust originally had. I was originally hesitant on messing with the aftermarket exhaust, since it cost me $ 1600, but it ended up turning out perfectly. Best of all, the wife is now happy!
I can’t thank Armando enough, as he was able to accommodate me both times (Saturday and Monday) mornings without an appointment. The work done was excellent, his prices are fair and he’s an overall stand-​up guy. Armando, you are my exhaust man from here on out!

Armando is the man! Very neat work with the welding. I did not have to wait longer and very reasonably priced!
Highly recommend this place for any kind of exhaust mods on your car or truck.

I’ve heard about this shops workmanship and after letting the owner work on my GTO, S-​10, and my custom exhaust on my NSX that I spent over $ 2k on with another shop for El Camino Mufflers to do some finish work on the tips.
I drove past almost 10 muffler shops on the way to this place and will continue to do so.

I had this shop in mind because it was right around the corner from my home. I’ve always passed by so I thought I’d suggest it to a friend of mine. He brought his car after we got off from work and had it installed at El Camino Muffler in no time. The owner suggested to use a longer muffler tip than the one my buddy wanted because the muffler was too short.
The result was great welding, and quality work in minutes. He positioned the exhaust and centered the tip really well around the bumper cutaway in the rear
Armando seems to know his stuff and charges decent rates. I’ll be sure to consider El Camino Muffler if I need any muffler services in the future. I got to chat with him while he did the work. Nice guy. Tell him David from Unilocal sent you! :)

HOW I FOUND THIS PLACE:
The muffler shop I really wanted to go to was busy and recommended me to his buddy who owns El Camino Mufflers.
WORK:
The owner is pretty cool and made sure I was happy before I left, but the tech who did the work didn’t know what he was doing. I wasn’t happy when I left, but I wanted to leave in a hurry since I already spent 7 hrs waiting there over 2 days and didn’t want the tech to mess up my exhaust system more than he already had.
PROJECT INTENTION:
I was looking to turn a single tip exhaust into a double dual exhaust setup.
QUALITY OF WORK:
Everything that could go wrong, went wrong.
1. Welding slag got all over the tips b/​c the guy didn’t know how to protect my Magnaflow tips with a simple towel.
2. The guy took forever. I was there over 2 visits and 7 hrs. He even wanted me to come back a third time until his boss yelled at him to finish the work.
3. At the first attempt, the horizontal pipe going from left to right side was exposed. The tech didn’t even care to tuck it up behind the bumper.
4. After I asked that the Magnaflow logo face down, one of them was welded off to the side and had to be redone.
5. The left and right side was not symmetrical.
6. The welding job was horrible b/​c he had to do it so many times!
RESOLUTION:
I went to Exhaust Works to get the work done by owner and operator who’s been doing it for 35 yrs. Very happy with that place.
RECOMMENDATION:
The tech who did my custom exhaust work no longer works there, so I suppose you might get a better experience than me if you go there now. Good luck. The guy who did my exhaust was NOT Armando who’s being reviewed in the 5 star rating here.

Well all I can say is that if Armando is there you can count on good work to be done. I have an 2001 M3 that I brought a complete bolt on system for him to replace and despite him doing maybe one other car like that he did a great job. Bolt on’s never install perfectly but he made it work so that eveything went back together just like stock even though we were dealing with a ½ larger pipe. He did not stop until it was perfect and could gaurantee his work would be perfect and rattle free! Reasonable rates to boot !!