E92 after market Exhaust opinions
E92 after market Exhaust opinions
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magicman1

Original Poster:

84 posts

218 months

Monday 5th December 2011
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Love the noise of it at full tilt, wouldn't mind turning the volume up a little and also it not sounding like a 318 at low revs.
Has anyone tried any makes of after market pipes? Opinions?

foz01

773 posts

289 months

Tuesday 6th December 2011
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Akrapovic is the best but my god you pay for it!

jonasaurus

71 posts

198 months

Tuesday 6th December 2011
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I think it may be a case of how much do you want to spend as well?

Sub10

9 posts

206 months

Wednesday 7th December 2011
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Eisenmann Sport provides a subtle sound enhancement without being 'lairy'.

Whatever you decide to do, check with your Insurer first since many aren't even willing to quote where this kind of modification has been fitted. You should be OK if you phone around but it's best to go in with eyes open!

ant man

170 posts

196 months

Thursday 8th December 2011
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magicman1 said:
Love the noise of it at full tilt, wouldn't mind turning the volume up a little and also it not sounding like a 318 at low revs.
Has anyone tried any makes of after market pipes? Opinions?
Try a search over the last few months as has been discussed a lot before. Or search on M3cutters. Cheapest mod is to remove secondary cats for more noise under load.

compadre

152 posts

260 months

Thursday 8th December 2011
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Hi, I have just had a BMW M Performance exhaust fitted to my E92 M3.
I've only had the car a few weeks (its a 57 car with 25k miles) but
pretty much had decided before buying that it was going to get a sound improvement. I had a new one back in late 07 for c. 6 mths and at the
time felt a bit underwhelmed by it noise-wise, unless you were giving
fairly full revs.

I didn't want the aggro of 'discussing' with insurers, liked the idea
of their own unit having gone thru their own R&D (hopefully meaning zero drone etc) and from what I could see on-line, it sounded great. Also I
felt it would help the resale prospects for the car, being gen BMW bmw
parts etc.

Its pricey for sure (c.2750 fitted), but for me these cars represent great value right now, particularly if an early approved car, so I kind of justfied it that way.

Its gives the noise a decent bit more volume and edge at low to mid revs and when nicely warmed up sounds great, and for me, lifts the character of the car nicely.

I could be a bit off here, as it was a while ago I drove one, but from the inside of the car it kinda sounds like a stock audi R8 now, and although thats no CSL in terms of sound, its better than a stock E92 M3.

Hope that helps.

Dave





ant man

170 posts

196 months

Friday 9th December 2011
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compadre said:
Hi, I have just had a BMW M Performance exhaust fitted to my E92 M3.
I've only had the car a few weeks (its a 57 car with 25k miles) but
pretty much had decided before buying that it was going to get a sound improvement. I had a new one back in late 07 for c. 6 mths and at the
time felt a bit underwhelmed by it noise-wise, unless you were giving
fairly full revs.

I didn't want the aggro of 'discussing' with insurers, liked the idea
of their own unit having gone thru their own R&D (hopefully meaning zero drone etc) and from what I could see on-line, it sounded great. Also I
felt it would help the resale prospects for the car, being gen BMW bmw
parts etc.

Its pricey for sure (c.2750 fitted), but for me these cars represent great value right now, particularly if an early approved car, so I kind of justfied it that way.

Its gives the noise a decent bit more volume and edge at low to mid revs and when nicely warmed up sounds great, and for me, lifts the character of the car nicely.

I could be a bit off here, as it was a while ago I drove one, but from the inside of the car it kinda sounds like a stock audi R8 now, and although thats no CSL in terms of sound, its better than a stock E92 M3.

Hope that helps.

Dave
Where are you based pls? A friend of mine wants to hear the PBMW back box as loves OEM upgrades.

compadre

152 posts

260 months

Friday 9th December 2011
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Aberdeen. Not that convenient huh ?!


ant man

170 posts

196 months

Friday 9th December 2011
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No, shame. We're both South East.

magicman1

Original Poster:

84 posts

218 months

Saturday 10th December 2011
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compadre said:
Hi, I have just had a BMW M Performance exhaust fitted to my E92 M3.
I've only had the car a few weeks (its a 57 car with 25k miles) but
pretty much had decided before buying that it was going to get a sound improvement. I had a new one back in late 07 for c. 6 mths and at the
time felt a bit underwhelmed by it noise-wise, unless you were giving
fairly full revs.

I didn't want the aggro of 'discussing' with insurers, liked the idea
of their own unit having gone thru their own R&D (hopefully meaning zero drone etc) and from what I could see on-line, it sounded great. Also I
felt it would help the resale prospects for the car, being gen BMW bmw
parts etc.

Its pricey for sure (c.2750 fitted), but for me these cars represent great value right now, particularly if an early approved car, so I kind of justfied it that way.

Its gives the noise a decent bit more volume and edge at low to mid revs and when nicely warmed up sounds great, and for me, lifts the character of the car nicely.

I could be a bit off here, as it was a while ago I drove one, but from the inside of the car it kinda sounds like a stock audi R8 now, and although thats no CSL in terms of sound, its better than a stock E92 M3.

Hope that helps.

Dave

Thanks, hadn't considered a gen BMW, does seem expensive though when you consider with a bit of haggling you can get a switchable pse for a 911 for close to that.
Had a miltek on an s5 a few yrs ago and was underwhelmed by that, the m3 is replacing a 911 with a gt3 cup system on so was always going to sound a bit flat. Having said that I put a tubi on a cayman S and that was just to droning, deff don't want that again

Did you haggle hard on the price?


petersafc

61 posts

209 months

Saturday 10th December 2011
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Try Hayward and Scott, i have a back box only and it sounds like a ferrari with a tubi exhaust on it.

compadre

152 posts

260 months

Sunday 11th December 2011
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I think they initially wanted 2600 + vat + fitting, so a bit of a saving was had in the end.