Desperately seeking cheap cat-back exhaust - E34 540i

[Marshy]

I've just tipped my poor old 540i in for an MOT after it having been standing for about a year. Surprisingly, it looks like it'll pass if I give it some new exhaust bits, the original one having dissolved after 16 years. (I think I can let if off that...)

My local garage is having trouble finding anyone who can supply the bits, having decided that BMW themselves will charge something around the "you're having a laugh" mark. Can anyone here advise on where I might look for what I think is basically a very cheap and cheerful cat-back system? Cheap & nasty really wins: tinworm has set in here and there on the car, and it's only a stopgap while I sort my daily driver out really. Sad though that is...

FAB drew a blank, but I've no idea where else to turn really.

Thanks,

--Chris

[buggalugs]

Could try GSF? I had the same problem when I had one of these - the back section is large, and expensive wherever you get it from!

Maybe you could get a stainless system, either off the shelf or made for is, as this would have some re-sale value by it's self when you get rid?

[Rollcage]

I think these are BM only items, unless you can source something from Germany?

The best option may be to get a Custom stainless system built, i imagine it will be cheaper then using a BM dealer!

[Marshy]

Thanks chaps. I've got options on the table for something OEMish for about £390, and something stainless and custom made for about £500.

I'm still hoping for something scruffy from a scrappy for a couple of hundred

[Vixpy1]

FAB

[Rollcage]

Vixpy1 said:

FAB

Thunderbirds are go?

[juliann]

Chris, I see you're Cambridgeshire. I had a bespoke S/S system built for the M5 not too far away in Bury St Edmunds. I can send you contact details if you like. It was c. £300

[bazking69]

Possibly main dealer only for a 540.

[Marshy]

juliann said:

Chris, I see you're Cambridgeshire. I had a bespoke S/S system built for the M5 not too far away in Bury St Edmunds. I can send you contact details if you like. It was c. £300

ok, you have my attention now! Details would be much appreciated.

Although I guess they need the car? Could be fun: has no MOT without the exhaust...

[Rollcage]

Marshy said:

juliann said:

Chris, I see you're Cambridgeshire. I had a bespoke S/S system built for the M5 not too far away in Bury St Edmunds. I can send you contact details if you like. It was c. £300

ok, you have my attention now! Details would be much appreciated.

Although I guess they need the car? Could be fun: has no MOT without the exhaust...

"To and from a place of repair" should cover you.

[sniff diesel]

Chris, YHM.

[Six Fiend]

Torqueflow stainless on mine - sounds utterly glorious

[Marshy]

Thanks for all the responses folks: following up on a couple of leads now.

Cheers,

--Chris