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    What do you guys know about RMS exhaust? (Race Marque Systems?)

    The PO of my car told me the car had Race Marque Systems exhaust on it. The Muffler has tips with "RMS" on them but the muffler looked stock and the exhaust was pretty quiet to me so I figured someone welded RMS tips on a stock muffler. Well when I took the exhaust off today to install a new exhaust i purchased this is what i found:

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    It appears someone has cut this thing open to I presume modify the internals.

    And then they had a toddler weld the piece back on:

    IMG_20180317_182713.jpg

    Just the tips:

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    and the whole section

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    I did some research on the company and they no longer make an exhaust but it sounds like they did at one time. I thought I read it was a scratch built piece. So do I have a stock exhaust modded by RMS? Or did one of the PO's hack the muffler and mod it and someone put RMS tips on it? I was planning to sell it but now I have no idea what to list it as or if i should just take it to teh scrapyard instead.

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    search my name in this forum for "modified exhaust idea" i did a few years ago... looks like they might have copied what i did. its been about 8 years now..
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    Stock exhaust, with rms tips. Don't knock the welds they look decent for what probably was no prep work.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TH3 Shifty View Post
    search my name in this forum for "modified exhaust idea" i did a few years ago... looks like they might have copied what i did. its been about 8 years now..
    lol, no. Dinan did this 20+ years ago. Since Osh worked with Dinan, it only makes sense he copied them.

    Many of us have modded the stock muffler. I did mine back in 2006. Even BMW is in on it with the Grp N being a heavily modified stock box.

    This muffler is very old and a copy of Dinan’s V1 exhaust. It’s worth $100-200.
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    wasnt trying to reference that RMS did this cause i did this.. more like its a copy of what others have done.. i know wasnt the first..
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    Quote Originally Posted by Braymond141 View Post
    lol, no. Dinan did this 20+ years ago. Since Osh worked with Dinan, it only makes sense he copied them.

    Many of us have modded the stock muffler. I did mine back in 2006. Even BMW is in on it with the Grp N being a heavily modified stock box.

    This muffler is very old and a copy of Dinan’s V1 exhaust. It’s worth $100-200.

    Thanks for the info. Do you think the mod on mine was likely done by RMS or it was a DIYer job?

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    Quote Originally Posted by tvcasualty View Post
    Thanks for the info. Do you think the mod on mine was likely done by RMS or it was a DIYer job?
    Why would anyone but RMS take the time to brand the OEM tips?

    I’m going with RMS, but who cares if not. It’s still a modded OEM muffler with some value.

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    I had the same exact RMS exhaust down to the welds on an m3 I bought in 2001. PO said he bought it new. Very subtle sound, just slightly above stock. I liked it as I had an infant daughter at the time that I was DDing it with.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TH3 Shifty View Post
    wasnt trying to reference that RMS did this cause i did this.. more like its a copy of what others have done.. i know wasnt the first..
    You did the best DIY. I remember that.
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    That looks like a stock exhaust with RMS exhaust tips.

    That said, RMS did make quality cat-back exhausts back in the days. I had one on my old E36 325is 15 years ago. It's a rebranded Fox exhaust, which was well known in Europe when it was produced. In the 90s, this exhaust from RMS retailed for $895, a pretty hefty price tag but just like its hardware for supercharged motors, the quality and construction were excellent.

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