Taking car to the muffler shop today
01-16-2009, 04:09 PM
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Originally Posted by cleung' post='769757' date='Jan 16 2009, 05:04 PM
Alright, just got my car back and heres the verdict....
The muffler looks and fits great, although I am a little disappointed with the sound. After reading all the threads on here talking about how load it is and all the draoning etc. I was expecting something more. I went expecting the car to be LOAD but its not really, you can just definitely hear it now but its definitely softer sounding then the rogue engineering dms exhaust I had on my e46. So I think I'm going to leave it like this for a bit and maybe think about removing the last resonator to get more volume. Also to my surprise the muffler shop only charged me $40 for install.
The muffler looks and fits great, although I am a little disappointed with the sound. After reading all the threads on here talking about how load it is and all the draoning etc. I was expecting something more. I went expecting the car to be LOAD but its not really, you can just definitely hear it now but its definitely softer sounding then the rogue engineering dms exhaust I had on my e46. So I think I'm going to leave it like this for a bit and maybe think about removing the last resonator to get more volume. Also to my surprise the muffler shop only charged me $40 for install.
01-16-2009, 04:33 PM
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ic I don't mind the sound now but would like maybe a little more, my wife says this is good. I bought it very lightly used so it stillmay get a bit louder.
01-16-2009, 05:22 PM
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I installed a custom Borla exhaust a couple months ago. The sound has definitely improved and got a little louder since first installing. I very much like the sound, but am also considering deleting the Y-resonator. I will put a a couple thousand more miles on it before I decide.
01-16-2009, 05:56 PM
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Originally Posted by rogerj' post='769946' date='Jan 16 2009, 08:22 PM
I installed a custom Borla exhaust a couple months ago. The sound has definitely improved and got a little louder since first installing. I very much like the sound, but am also considering deleting the Y-resonator. I will put a a couple thousand more miles on it before I decide.
01-16-2009, 06:05 PM
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im not a big fan of B&B exhaust on bmw... i dont know i heard sound clip and other b&b exhaust on other cars and just sound didnt impress me and it is pricy...
it sounded like something missing... like ice cream with bitter taste or no salt and pepper on food
it sounded like something missing... like ice cream with bitter taste or no salt and pepper on food
01-16-2009, 07:06 PM
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Originally Posted by monsterj34' post='769976' date='Jan 16 2009, 09:05 PM
im not a big fan of B&B exhaust on bmw... i dont know i heard sound clip and other b&b exhaust on other cars and just sound didnt impress me and it is pricy...
it sounded like something missing... like ice cream with bitter taste or no salt and pepper on food
it sounded like something missing... like ice cream with bitter taste or no salt and pepper on food
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Originally Posted by cleung' post='769757' date='Jan 16 2009, 05:04 PM
Alright, just got my car back and heres the verdict....
The muffler looks and fits great, although I am a little disappointed with the sound. After reading all the threads on here talking about how load it is and all the draoning etc. I was expecting something more. I went expecting the car to be LOAD but its not really, you can just definitely hear it now but its definitely softer sounding then the rogue engineering dms exhaust I had on my e46. So I think I'm going to leave it like this for a bit and maybe think about removing the last resonator to get more volume. Also to my surprise the muffler shop only charged me $40 for install.
The muffler looks and fits great, although I am a little disappointed with the sound. After reading all the threads on here talking about how load it is and all the draoning etc. I was expecting something more. I went expecting the car to be LOAD but its not really, you can just definitely hear it now but its definitely softer sounding then the rogue engineering dms exhaust I had on my e46. So I think I'm going to leave it like this for a bit and maybe think about removing the last resonator to get more volume. Also to my surprise the muffler shop only charged me $40 for install.
01-16-2009, 09:18 PM
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Originally Posted by rogerj' post='769946' date='Jan 16 2009, 08:22 PM
I installed a custom Borla exhaust a couple months ago. The sound has definitely improved and got a little louder since first installing. I very much like the sound, but am also considering deleting the Y-resonator. I will put a a couple thousand more miles on it before I decide.
01-16-2009, 09:45 PM
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congrats on the new mod 
01-16-2009, 10:58 PM
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Give it a while before you start toying with it. I'm a pretty big exhaust whore and it can take up to a year for an exhaust to reach its natural tone.