Twenty-two years under the hood and a Red Seal ticket to back it up. We fix what's actually wrong, tell you what can wait, and send you a photo of the part we replaced. Custom exhaust is our signature β everything else is our everyday.
Twenty service categories, one set of hands you can trust. If it rolls into the bay, Pete has seen it before.
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Mufflers & Custom Exhaust
Bent and welded on site β cat-back systems, resonator deletes, rust repairs and full custom builds. Dealer quotes you $1,400 for a whole assembly; we often replace the one rotten section for a fraction.
Pads, rotors, calipers, lines and ABS faults. We measure and show you the reading before we quote β if you've got 6 mm left, we'll tell you to come back in the fall.
The part most shops leave out is the part we lead with: you approve every dollar before a wrench moves.
Tell us what's wrong
Use the smart request form β attach a photo or a 10-second video of the noise. Takes about two minutes.
We reply in 30 minutes
A real reply from the shop with your quote, what we'd check first, and two appointment options.
Diagnose, then quote
We inspect, photograph the fault, and send a written quote. Nothing gets done until you say go.
Fixed, photographed, warrantied
You get the old parts back if you want them, photos of the repair, and 24 months / 40,000 km of coverage.
Meet the owner
Pete has been doing this since before your car had Bluetooth.
Twenty-two years in the trade. Red Seal Certified Automotive Service Technician β the interprovincial standard, which means the ticket is good coast to coast and the exam wasn't optional.
He came up through busy Guelph and Wellington County shops, spent years on exhaust fabrication benches, and opened Pete's Muffler & Automotive on Malcolm Rd with a simple rule: never sell someone a repair you wouldn't put on your own mother's car.
Red Seal Certified Automotive Service Technician (310S)
22+ years hands-on, domestic, import, hybrid and light diesel
Specialist in custom exhaust bending and welding
Licensed Ontario Motor Vehicle Inspection Station
He is the one who works on your car β not a rotating crew
Dealer quoted me $1,380 for a whole exhaust assembly. Pete cut out the rusted section, welded in new pipe, and I was out the door the same afternoon for a fraction of that. Sounds better than it did before.
MKMichael K.Guelph Β· Google review
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Took my daughter's first car in for a safety. Pete went through it with us line by line, showed us what actually mattered and what didn't, and never once tried to pad the bill. That's rare.
SDSandra D.Rockwood Β· Google review
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Check engine light had been on for months and two places just cleared the code. Pete actually traced it β a chafed wire behind the intake. Fixed properly the first time.
RTRaj T.Guelph Β· Google review
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Honest pricing and he texts you photos of what he found. I've sent three coworkers here. Nobody's come back disappointed.
JLJenna L.Cambridge Β· Google review
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Every recommendation comes with a "now / soon / watch it" rating. Plenty of things can safely wait, and we say so.
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The quote is the price
Written estimate before work starts. If we find something else, we stop and call you. No surprise line items.
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30-minute quote promise
Send a request during shop hours and you'll have a real reply and a price inside half an hour. Overnight requests are answered first thing.
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24 months / 40,000 km
Parts and labour, in writing, on qualifying repairs. If it comes back, it comes back on us.
Quick answers
The stuff people ask before they call.
For anything diagnostic or a safety inspection, yes β book ahead so we can set aside proper time. For a quick exhaust look or a "what's that noise" check, call ahead the same morning and we'll usually squeeze you in. Malcolm Rd is easy to pop into.
Almost always, yes β that's our specialty. Dealers frequently quote a full assembly because that's the only part number they stock. We bend and weld pipe on site, so if only 400 mm of your system is rotten, that's the 400 mm you pay for.
Yes. Under Canadian competition law, a manufacturer can't void your new-vehicle warranty simply because an independent licensed shop performed the maintenance. We record everything with parts and dates so your service history stands up.
Within 30 minutes, with a quote β every time, during shop hours. Requests that land after 5:30 PM or on the weekend get answered first thing the next business morning. If you need us right now, call 519-824-4413 or message us on WhatsApp.
Tucked in the Malcolm Rd industrial pocket off Speedvale, five minutes from the Hanlon and an easy run from Rockwood, Fergus and Cambridge. Free parking right at the door.