Anyone cut out the resonators on 840?

[barry8108]

I have magnaflow exhaust, and was thinking of cutting out the resonator and go to straight pipe with just the mufflers on 95 840.. Would like a better sound. Have seen other BMW's have it done. Anyone tried it yet?

[TxGR8White]

Don't do it. Had an 840 here a couple of years ago with center resonator cut out - talk about obnoxious cabin drone.

[olinjohnston]

I have magnaflow exhaust, and was thinking of cutting out the resonator and go to straight pipe with just the mufflers on 95 840.. Would like a better sound. Have seen other BMW's have it done. Anyone tried it yet?

I did it.



...and un-did it.

[Timm]

I did it too - and wished I hadn't!

[olinjohnston]

The resultant sound is more "loud motorboat" than "tuned BMW" - very obnoxious, plus the droning and popping...

[BMWNTHZST]

I replaced mine a few years ago with MagnaFlow. This is what they look like

Resonators.JPG

There isn't any drone at all.

Cheers!

[spikec]

Replaced mine with an x-pipe running to Magnaflow mufflers. I'm not sure what "droning" sounds like, but I don't notice much of a difference from before.

[alex840]

Don't do it. Had an 840 here a couple of years ago with center resonator cut out - talk about obnoxious cabin drone.

I second that. It sounds great but major drone, where I am thinking putting mine back in.

[alex840]

I found a set of used Resonators that I would like to put back on my car. I can't recall what it looks like or where it needed to be placed. Does anyone have picture of the placement of the resonators?

Thanks
Alex

[BMWNTHZST]

I found a set of used Resonators that I would like to put back on my car. I can't recall what it looks like or where it needed to be placed. Does anyone have picture of the placement of the resonators?

Thanks
Alex

You can see the stock location from my pic above ^^^^