Pic of my Hartge Exhaust

hans · #1 03-29-2008, 10:45 PM

I am familiar with stainless steel fabrication and i will go an Exhaust shop and a stainless fabricator and see how much it will cost my est. is less than A$ 500.-
Can some one give me the outside diamater of the new tip just of one I presume the dia is the same as the old ones than the two old ones can be re-used

drod · #2 03-29-2008, 11:35 PM

the outside diameter of the tip on the 3.0si is almost 3 inches... i think it's actually 2.9... then it tapers a few inches down to about 2.6...

i noticed it when i removed the chrome tip covers that came with the vehicle...(i was also looking to replace these tips with hartge or something else..)

the actual exhaust tips do not come off... you would need to cut and weld something else on if you want to change the tips... (or get a muffler/tip kit)

i also went through a number of bolt-on tips to see if i could slide something over the stock exhaust... (nothing would fit..and the stock exhaust sticks out thus preventing any other tips to completely slide over and become flush with the bumper)

after a few weeks of trying different options i decided to go with a semi-full exhaust kit...(everything but the headers)

still in delivery so i haven't installed it yet..but hopefully soon...

hans · #3 04-10-2008, 05:29 AM

Thanks for your reply I have been busy but will look futher into it next week

hans · #4 04-26-2008, 08:51 PM

After looking at all options ....
I have ordered the Hartge exhaust tips and have taken the dual tips not the single large one which is identical to the V8 4.2 ltr. ,
although the look of the dual tips is not origional for BMW it looks so much better than the 4.2 large single tip. But the cost is shocking 1100 Euro incl. air. but the stock market is picking up so... I may try to post a pic when it is fixed