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Old 04-29-2015, 12:06 AM
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Anyone removed the resonator in their V8's?
I did it for my 540 but it was a non-TU. It sounded great but a friend did the same to his 540 but has the TU motor and complained of raspy sound in the mid ranges.

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I did it for my 540 but it was a non-TU. It sounded great but a friend did the same to his 540 but has the TU motor and complained of raspy sound in the mid ranges.

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Lots of us have. It was one of the first things I did to my 2000 540 (tu) and, 11 years later to my 2004 4.8is. Sound is awesome. I never had a problem with raspy in the E39.
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one of my first mods was getting rid of that paper weight and putting in a xpipe, best mod
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Thanks! where did you get the X pipe? I was thinking about just cutting it out and slapping in a tube with exhaust clamps.
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Hmmm.... I never thought about doing that to my n62 545i. Might have to do that too.
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Mine was X-piped before I bought it, didn't realize it until I crawled around under it. No rasp whatsover, I actually wouldn't mind a bit more rumble...
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One of first things I did with my car.. I also got H pipe instead of X pipe... Love the sound..
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Old 04-30-2015, 03:28 PM
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Can anyone post images of the mod please? I too would like to give my X a bit more beefy sound, but unsure of this mod, where to get the pipe or if a local muffler shop can simply do this for me.
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Does anyone have pics of the X pipe installed?


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and there is one post already here with it. See below:

http://www.xoutpost.com/attachments/...wer-xpipe3.jpg

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