Anyone installed that mufflers?

[m5james]

Originally Posted by BMWX54.4

I've had them since late July. They were not suppose to fit. I went to 3 diff... Exhaust shops and this guy charged me $150 to install both of them. The guy spend a good 1.5 hours on each exhaust. On a 4.4i they sound very good for the cheapness but, i want it to be louder so im installing an X-Pipe.

Going to an X-pipe after that is going to just sound terrible, but that's my opinion. I did the same thing on my 7 after I installed my Magnaflows...it droned like mad, sounded like a motorboat popping and the sound didn't match the revs at all. There is nice and deep, then there is WTF. To each his own I guess.

At some point you're going to want software because if you keep opening the exhaust you're going to literally kill of your bottom end grunt since the ECU can only adapt so much. After the mods i've done to the motor in my 7, I can't spin the tires for my life off the line, but it's a monster above 3.5k.

[m5james]

Originally Posted by RarebreedX5

Hey you get what you pay for, for $16.99 im sure your buying shit

I agree to a point. Myself and many others got the same crap when we did the Magnaflow mufflers, but after more people got on board and did the install, they're true abilities came to light. There were some $$Dinan$$ die hards who swore up and down about how great their $2000 exhaust system was, but it was funny when some of their own friends helped them change their minds when their own friends started installing them and becoming believers.

Now I do think those $17 mufflers after a while will fart and pop like no other since all the stuffing will blow out, and actually cause power loss since all that air isn't being directed out in the correct path anymore. Mufflers on Ferrari's w/ chambers and actuators are worlds apart then the simple mufflers like what BMWX54.4 has chosen or the Magnaflows I've chosen. As I said though, I think his mufflers were made as cheaply as possible, to there is little to no insulation in there so it will just keep getting louder and louder and louder.

[Naz24]

why not try them out for 16.99? if they dont work you only lose that right? why not?!

[m5james]

Because it's $25 to ship them and another $150 to install them. I'd rather find a comparable Magnaflow knowing it's better quality and don't look back.