BMW performance exhaust installed on 35i

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Well decided what the hell, and nabbed a n55 BMW performance exhaust, and took about an hour to hook it up, just getting the trim pieces painted this week to frame the tail pipes.

Love the sound, no drone and you don't really notice anything much from the inside but when trailing the car the sound improvement is their and sounds nice and deep, sounds really aggressive in the morning during a cold start!
And drive buys sound much more throaty.

Overall very happy with it. Just a nice OEM tuned note.

Also has the 50i look to the rear now with the black chrome tips.

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Smooth full passthrough.

[GWOCwinston]

I like this. I'm thinking of buying the megan exhaust for my 35i. Heard it makes a nice rumble.

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Originally Posted by GWOCwinston

I like this. I'm thinking of buying the megan exhaust for my 35i. Heard it makes a nice rumble.

Yea I was told the Megan exhaust was great for the money. Probably can't go wrong.

[jersey john]

Off topic, but I love your wheels. What are they?

Also, What's the part number of the exhaust?

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Originally Posted by jersey john

Off topic, but I love your wheels. What are they?

Their the 310M wheel replicas from eBay.

22" and payed $800 for the set shipped from California rims outlet.

[tbm311]

Originally Posted by -c-

Yea I was told the Megan exhaust was great for the money. Probably can't go wrong.

Ditto but it doesnt seem to fit the cars with the M-Sport rear diffuser so i will need to figure something out to fix that.

Although, i havent been able to find a single video anywhere of any car with it installed and the sound.

Does anybody have a clip or know where one can be heard?

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Originally Posted by tbm311

Ditto but it doesnt seem to fit the cars with the M-Sport rear diffuser so i will need to figure something out to fix that.

Although, i havent been able to find a single video anywhere of any car with it installed and the sound.

Does anybody have a clip or know where one can be heard?

I know in fact I was the first performance exhaust the dealership ever sold or that's what they told me!

So who knows. I'll try and make something at some point.

Their far and few between I thought the m sport x5 would have come with it stock like how the 135is comes with the performance exhaust from the factory but who knows maybe it does.

I know at the local club here a few didn't even know bmw made a factory performance exhaust for the x5.

Hey you could buy the Megan and maybe just install the tips which you can buy separately.

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Just picked up the trim prices from the body shop. Should finish it off nicely.

[Huz-Z]

Originally Posted by -c-

Their the 310M wheel replicas from eBay.

22" and payed $800 for the set shipped from California rims outlet.

they do look great. can you provide vendor details, and the rim sizes and offsets?

Thanks!

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Originally Posted by Huz-Z

they do look great. can you provide vendor details, and the rim sizes and offsets?

Thanks!

Hey Huz!!!!!!! Missed you from the Z4 forums how's it going, as you can see I've migrated around a bit!!!!!

They where from an eBay vendor called California rims outlet, their the 310M replicas in 22" size front wheel is 10" rear is 11"

Offset Fronts are 40 and rear is 35,

The quality of the rims for the price is amazing.

[E70'11]

Great new added addition! Looks really good!

[Huz-Z]

Originally Posted by -c-

Hey Huz!!!!!!! Missed you from the Z4 forums how's it going, as you can see I've migrated around a bit!!!!!

They where from an eBay vendor called California rims outlet, their the 310M replicas in 22" size front wheel is 10" rear is 11"

Offset Fronts are 40 and rear is 35,

The quality of the rims for the price is amazing.

Hey -C-!!

Looks like we both had the same idea to pick up an X5. I got mine back in January and its just a beast in the snow, and a huge improvement in terms of comfort and cargo capacity over my previous sedan. It came with sorta plain rims and I've been looking for a set that I can buy when it gets around to new tire time. Yours look really nice on the X5 so I think I may have found what I'm looking for.

I hope your Z4M is still rocking nicely - I'll be out for a spin in my roadie tonight for sure. Thanks for the info!

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Originally Posted by Huz-Z

Hey -C-!!

Looks like we both had the same idea to pick up an X5. I got mine back in January and its just a beast in the snow, and a huge improvement in terms of comfort and cargo capacity over my previous sedan. It came with sorta plain rims and I've been looking for a set that I can buy when it gets around to new tire time. Yours look really nice on the X5 so I think I may have found what I'm looking for.

I hope your Z4M is still rocking nicely - I'll be out for a spin in my roadie tonight for sure. Thanks for the info!

Great to hear!!! Yea my mom still loves it! So it's not to far! Get to take it for a spin when I go visit home. Though it's getting harder for her to get in and out of it now so it may find it's way back to my garage soon.

Had to sell the 135 as the baby came and had to go get a family friendly vehicle and this fit the bill.

I know what you mean by regular rims this is what mine was before the wheels..... it the only one I had on my phone prior to the wheels while he was having the miles removed (stone chips) from his paint. So now the X looks like it's factory fresh. !!

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Originally Posted by -c-

Great to hear!!! Yea my mom still loves it! So it's not to far! Get to take it for a spin when I go visit home. Though it's getting harder for her to get in and out of it now so it may find it's way back to my garage soon.

Had to sell the 135 as the baby came and had to go get a family friendly vehicle and this fit the bill.

I know what you mean by regular rims this is what mine was before the wheels..... it the only one I had on my phone prior to the wheels while he was having the miles removed (stone chips) from his paint. So now the X looks like it's factory fresh. !!

Your Mom is driving around in an M!? Now that's just awesomely cool!! My X5 sees frequent duty driving my kid and his buddies around - much less cramped than the Honda. Its got white / ivory leather and I have to keep telling one kid to not bring his orange soda (you know, the stuff with the super permanent staining power) aboard my car! I think your previous rims are style 214 - the ones on mine are even plainer so you can see my desire to upgrade them. Did you install the running boards as well? They pop up occasionally on the classified section here.

Cheers!

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Originally Posted by Huz-Z

Your Mom is driving around in an M!? Now that's just awesomely cool!! My X5 sees frequent duty driving my kid and his buddies around - much less cramped than the Honda. Its got white / ivory leather and I have to keep telling one kid to not bring his orange soda (you know, the stuff with the super permanent staining power) aboard my car! I think your previous rims are style 214 - the ones on mine are even plainer so you can see my desire to upgrade them. Did you install the running boards as well? They pop up occasionally on the classified section here.

Cheers!

Here they are in her driveway lol. Hmmm I think I like silver

Yea installed the running boards, theirs a dealer selling them on eBay brand new for $399 can't beat it.

Do you have the oyster color interior ? Mines oyster / black. It's kind of that ivory white not tan or beige ..... I like the contrast a lot. Been thinking of swapping the headliner to black but that's a big tear up....

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A little off topic but If you can you gotta do the infotainment swap it's really worth it and brings the car up to today's infotainment tech, running ID6 and it even upgrades all the sound effects and chimes of the new f15 when you do it.

[E70'11]

Originally Posted by -c-

A little off topic but If you can you gotta do the infotainment swap it's really worth it and brings the car up to today's infotainment tech, running ID6 and it even upgrades all the sound effects and chimes of the new f15 when you do it.

Your interior looks phenomenal Did you have to code the ID6?

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Originally Posted by E70'11

Your interior looks phenomenal Did you have to code the ID6?

Thanks man!

A big upgrade from Europe is coming today!

And Nope no coding required I got it from bimmer retrofit and it came coded and ready to go, just plugged it in and your good to go. Theirs a few pins you have to change like camera wires and mic pins but it's as plug and play as you could hope for.

Have apple car play full blue tooth advance streaming and phone mirroring. It's a phenomenal upgrade to the existing system.

[E70'11]

Originally Posted by -c-

Thanks man!

A big upgrade from Europe is coming today!

And Nope no coding required I got it from bimmer retrofit and it came coded and ready to go, just plugged it in and your good to go. Theirs a few pins you have to change like camera wires and mic pins but it's as plug and play as you could hope for.

Have apple car play full blue tooth advance streaming and phone mirroring. It's a phenomenal upgrade to the existing system.

Sounds like a well worth investment, may I ask how much they charged you for the retrofit kit? Were there any additional wires, tools and etc. required to make the complete swap? New iDrive control knob included or was that something you had to purchase additionally?