This is going to be a winter project that I'm sure I'll be glad when it's done.
Just not looking forward to cutting up the underside to make room for the right side pipe.
The Vibrant dual tips arrived today, polished stainless.
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How much? I need to order tips for the X5 for when I do a muffler delete.
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Yeah, those are nice! I'd like to get one for my 540 and 528iT!!!
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Nice tips. You'll congratulate yourself on a job well done when it's all said and done, I'm sure.
You'll also have a hard time wiping the grin off of your face every time you glance at the rear of the car.
Nice tips! Looking forward to your progress in the months ahead. Are you keeping one side unmufflered that gets action when the cutout valve gets opened? Should sound great.
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Snotty/Ruski, I got them here, $56.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
One of the reviews complained about the welds, they look very good to me, wish I could weld as good as these.
Freethrow, yes those tips on each side will look good.
Philly, yes connect directly to the cutout, don't need no stinking muffler. I'm sure adding a 24"+ pipe will change the sound a bit.
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Nice, thanks for the link!
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I'm a fan of Vibrant Performance products and I know you're too. It's hard to beat their quality considering their products are really fairly priced. I went with their 3.5" different style tips and I love them. It was quite a bit of fabricating and my welds are bad compared to yours. I can't wait to see your finished project.
Mine turned out pretty good:
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Much like.
Z, your X5 looks sharp, me like. My welds are nothing to write home about, hopefully they will get better than my first try when I welded the SS tubing for the Vibrant muffler. Yes Vibrant makes some good stuff and it's not overpriced like a lot of parts other tuners sell. Time to order more tubing and get the argon tank refilled.
Whats up with the clean work bench? Mine is always full of everything, lol.
Trust me, it'd be full of gadgets if it wasn't for fact that it is collapsible. Collapsing it enables me to park 2 cars in garage since I was dumb and didn't make bigger garage when I had the chance. I actually had the house built 10 years ago and contractor even asked me If I want bigger garage and I said no
Jim, is that price for one tip?
I've been thinking about doing the muffler delete on mine and do straight pipes. Just have to check if the stock exhaust is 2.5" or different.
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I may order two of those vibrants.
This one has an ID just big enough to slip a 2.25" OD pipe into.
I'll mic the OD and post it in a while.....need coffee first!
OD is 2.375" so you could slip a 2.5" ID pipe over the outside.
Last edited by JimLev; 09-22-2017 at 12:39 PM.
Just like my shed. Everybody says "get your shed way bigger than you think you need, you'll have way more stuff than you think". Wife says "shouldn't we go one step up?" I say "meh, budget!!" (cuz in midst of renovation with tons of big bills landing everywhere).
Yep. Shoulda gone bigger.
2003 M3CicM6 TiAg
2002 540iT Sport Vortech S/C 6MT LSD TiAg
2008 Audi A3 2.0T DSG (the daily beater)
2014 BMW X1 xDrive28i (wifemobile)
Former:
1985 MB Euro graymarket 300SL
1995.5 Audi S6 Avant (utility/winter billetturbobattlewagen)
Bigger is always better.
GG hard to believe you can get so much done in your pint size garage.
Don't I know it brother. I have to have regular serenity-now rage-management moments when i'm working in there on something big...
2003 M3CicM6 TiAg
2002 540iT Sport Vortech S/C 6MT LSD TiAg
2008 Audi A3 2.0T DSG (the daily beater)
2014 BMW X1 xDrive28i (wifemobile)
Former:
1985 MB Euro graymarket 300SL
1995.5 Audi S6 Avant (utility/winter billetturbobattlewagen)
Are M5 exhausts 2.5" ID or OD? 2.25"?
Don't get me wrong, but that looks more like the end of your exhaust.
25 posts and just the tip, talk about foreplay Mr.JimLev.
Cheers
Mat
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