I have decided not to install my AR downpipes. They are brand new condition with gaskets, nut, bolts.

These were for my 2008 535xi. More info at AR site: AR Design

$925 shipped (in the USA)

 

You might have better luck on N54tech but most people are too cheap to pick these up. Good luck though!

 

I don't know if they (we) are too cheap to buy these, there are just so many stories on the installation process being so difficult and for the guys who got it done, they are located in a specialty marketplace (West Coast basically). Shops here just dont have smart mechanics who know how to think outside the box. AND, here (DMV), the amount of work there is for just basic shit is so high that our shops charge twice what they do over in the West. One shop quoted me 6-8 install time (rediculous!) at $95 per hour. I would love to buy these, but who knows if I can even find a good shop that will put them in even at $600!

 

Paid $1050 for downpipes new and 550$ installed. Worth every dollar! You have to drop the subframe out to get them in easier. Still a pain but definitely not IMPOSSIBLE!

 

I have a install quote for $428 in Chicago

 

I got mine installed last weekend in the Chicagoland area. Took about 4 hours. Didn't drop the subframe or remove any wheels.

 

Want to share the installer if you had a good experience? And cost?

 

theres a different in the xi and none xi.. xi's take longer b/c of axle removal..