Performance Exhaust System

[Lennon]

I had my stainless steel exhaust custom made it cost me £300 and they guy took 5 hrs to make it. the sound is so nice and the look is just what I wanted.

Lennon

[JCAPX5]

Originally Posted by Lennon

I had my stainless steel exhaust custom made it cost me £300 and they guy took 5 hrs to make it. the sound is so nice and the look is just what I wanted.

Lennon

Very cool...any pics?

In trying to decide which (budget) muffler to put on our 3.0 I'm having a hard time, given the space constraints on the X5. It looks like the "body" of the 3.0 mufflers are only 12 inches long. Most of the magnaflow universal mufflers are 14 inches and will be a tight fit.

I'm basically trying to emulate the wonderful job MTX5 did on his, with the fact that we know his results being the safegard against an insanely loud, droning custom exhaust. He used the 4'' round magnaflows and I'm concerned they will be too loud, but the oval ones will not fit.

Anyway, any pics of the exhaust from the underside of the car would be great!

[Ldiggs910]

Originally Posted by JCAPX5

... It looks like the "body" of the 3.0 mufflers are only 12 inches long...

Mmmm... I havent looked under there lately but surely the stock muffler is longer than the length of my foot, no?

[JCAPX5]

Originally Posted by Ldiggs910

Mmmm... I havent looked under there lately but surely the stock muffler is longer than the length of my foot, no?

Well, we have a 2006 3.0 and I got down there with the tape measure...granted there was a foot of snow on the ground and I wasn;t too meticulous but it measured 12 inches for the "body" of the muffler, not including the pipes heading forward to the motor or the tips, just the body of the muffler.

Thus my concern when trying to fit an (oval) universal muffler. MTX5 used the 4'' round magnaflows on his and fit but needed some interesting angular welds to get the muffler to fit the pipes and tips.

Fortunately his came out great and I'm hoping for the same.

Looking like mid to late January before my get on...business trip coming up next week.

[Ldiggs910]

Oh ok. My finances will dictate when i get mine...

[JCAPX5]

Originally Posted by Ldiggs910

Oh ok. My finances will dictate when i get mine...

HA! Me too! Not too uncommon I'm learning....

FYI I'm doing mine, two Magnaflow mufflers like MTX5 did, with your choice of two "double walled" SS tips installed for around $500.

Not too shabby and all I can do right now for the X. Putting $1600 Supersprint/Remus/Rogue pipes on a 3 liter X5 just doesn;t make sense to me. For those who have, I'm envious, and I'm sure it's great.

I'll keep the $1500 Rogue Engineering exhaust on the M3 and go simple on the "truck".

[JS_4.8]

I put Eisenmann Race mufflers on my 4.8 Best thing I ever did on this truck....I get compliments every time I valet my car, like clockwork lol

[JCAPX5]

Originally Posted by JS_4.8

I put Eisenmann Race mufflers on my 4.8 Best thing I ever did on this truck....I get compliments every time I valet my car, like clockwork lol

Awesome. I'm sure they are great and wish i could swing it for ours as well...not to mention that nearly 5 liter V8 you have!!!

I'm actually doing pipes on the X do to the fact that I'm so in love with the Rogue exhaust on my E46. A bit different on the X5 but for me the sound alone is well worth it.

[JCAPX5]

If anyone has pictures from the aftermarket exhaust on the X while on a lift please post them!

Thanks and happy holidays all!

[Lennon]

Morning from the Uk...

I am have new drilled and grooved discs fitted tomorrow so I will take some pics of the exhaust while its up on the ramp..

Lennon