Best Exhaust for 3.0i

[valex9499]

I did a muffler delete on mine. The drone did get annoying after a while, so i went back and put some silencers to quiet it down a little. It sounds good, but its not really that loud.

[RichiRich]

I went with resonator delete, cold air intake, and supersprint exhaust....nothing less than super...and that is per several other forum members that have heard it at tristate meet...mrbmwx5 also has good set up...i am running dinan engine and tranny soft as well

[MINIz guy]

I think a muffler delete would be great on a 3.0. Would give you more volume but not change the tone.

I doubt there will be much drone or that I'm just used to a lot of drone. The Britalman system on my E39 droned enough to rattle everything on the car, including the vents! Just gotta keep the car above 2k RPM and that drone will be gone.

[bumere90]

muffler delete

[wasp9166]

no one makes a catback for these?

i have a full magnaflow from manifolds back on my 330 with x pipe, checked, nothing for x5

[dkl]

Your usual suspects (Remus, Supersprint, Eisenmann, etc.) do have bolt-on mufflers for the e53, which still keeps the stock resonator. But they are expensive. I don't think I've seen a complete catback system (with an X-pipe) that replaces the resonator though.

[XVII]

anyone have any thoughts on this? i'm guessing it's just a 4.4i exhaust with the 'black tips' option..

BMW OEM E53 X5 REAR BOYSEN MUFFLER BARREL SECTION RIGHT AND LEFT BOISEN RARE! | eBay

[patrickkc]

I put 4.4i exhaust on mine. Got the tips with 4.4i mufflers, and resonator delete with x-pipe. IMHO x-pipe made absolutely no difference at all. I did the 4.4i just for the quad tips look.

[Dark5yde]

man XVII for that price i'd have a shop make you something custom. I've had entire exhaust systems mandrel bent from manifold back for less than those 2 sections.