Easy exhaust tip mod for 530
#1
![Default](https://5series.net/forums/images/icons/icon1.gif)
I bought some chrome/black exhaust tips from an 09 550i m sport off ebay for 39 bucks. You can buy them from a dealer and find the part number on realoem.com under the 09 550i sport tips. They luckily fit perfectly over my stock 530i exhaust tips that already have the chrome cover. WIthout the chrome cover they are too big but with the stock chrome cover they slide over perfectly. The black/chrome are round and the stock 530 ones are oval and it did not look right with the chrome tips inside the black/chrome tips however this was easily remedied by paintin the stock chrome tips matte black or low gloss black as well as painting the inside of the black/chrome 550i tip the same matte black. Now you cannot see anything inside the tip except black and then the black/chrome tip. Will ahve to take a picture but it looks 10000 times better than any exhaust on the market, even ones like SS, remus, RPI etc-the tips. Obviously no performance gain is made but just as nice you get an amazing look with no performance LOSt as many of the aftermarket exhausts seem to cause. It also gave it a slightly more high pitched tone since the black chrome tips are about 1 inch longer than the stock ones so you get a tube that is 1 inch longer that changes the resoance of the sound of the I6-sounds great
#2
Contributors
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Orange County, Ca
Posts: 3,105
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
My Ride: 2004 530i
![Default](https://5series.net/forums/images/icons/icon1.gif)
did you buy these on ebay or get them for free?
http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=...mp;#entry897053
lol, doesn't matter but I just remember seeing your original post
http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=...mp;#entry897053
lol, doesn't matter but I just remember seeing your original post
#4
Contributors
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Nebraska
Posts: 3,573
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
![Default](https://5series.net/forums/images/icons/icon1.gif)
Originally Posted by Diamond' post='904293' date='Jun 8 2009, 11:19 AM
I bought some chrome/black exhaust tips from an 09 550i m sport off ebay for 39 bucks. You can buy them from a dealer and find the part number on realoem.com under the 09 550i sport tips. They luckily fit perfectly over my stock 530i exhaust tips that already have the chrome cover. WIthout the chrome cover they are too big but with the stock chrome cover they slide over perfectly. The black/chrome are round and the stock 530 ones are oval and it did not look right with the chrome tips inside the black/chrome tips however this was easily remedied by paintin the stock chrome tips matte black or low gloss black as well as painting the inside of the black/chrome 550i tip the same matte black. Now you cannot see anything inside the tip except black and then the black/chrome tip. Will ahve to take a picture but it looks 10000 times better than any exhaust on the market, even ones like SS, remus, RPI etc-the tips. Obviously no performance gain is made but just as nice you get an amazing look with no performance LOSt as many of the aftermarket exhausts seem to cause. It also gave it a slightly more high pitched tone since the black chrome tips are about 1 inch longer than the stock ones so you get a tube that is 1 inch longer that changes the resoance of the sound of the I6-sounds great
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
socale39
Complete Car Sales
9
09-05-2023 08:30 AM
rackhacker9275
E60, E61 Parts, Accessories and Mods
7
05-11-2018 04:05 AM
stillak
E60, E61 Parts, Accessories and Mods
2
04-22-2015 04:30 PM