i dont believe it is mandrel bent at a meineke. the cost of mandrel bender is expensive as hell, thats why places like greddy, dc sports etc are the ones that have em most of the time. if meineke is making it by welding mandrel bends then i will belive it. also at 2.25 inch and smaller...it is possible to get good bends with crush bent though. not as good as mandrel but still decent.