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Thanks Wheaton..

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I haven't posted in my thread in awhile. Almost forgot about it, might as well post what has happened the last few months...

Last Nov. i hit 50k miles, warranty is gone!!!! sucks, hopefully no major problems will come up...

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I put a 5000k 55w HID kit in my low beams and fog lights. Only took one pic and its not very good. Cant tell from pic, but its pretty bright...



I also changed the city light to a whiter bulb that i got on ebay. The bulb is not that bright, ill be throwing in some Piaa bright white wedge bulbs soon. I haven't taken a pic of the bulb in there right now, but will soon....

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Also changed the license plate bulbs to the Hoen bulbs

Left side is Hoen, right oem



Hoen - Been in for a couple months with no errors...

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Installed the isolating wires

rocafel1a

lookin good roland! are those hoen bulbs a set for like $20 off their site?

nlpamg

nice Roland!

mlg

sweet ride, i love the blue windows w the white paint and grill, ,,how much less does the magnaflow weigh vs stock muff, also how much less does the siverline tip wiegh vs stock,

BlackC280

dude, I like this set up. Are you sure that's mandrel bend? It looks crimp to me.. Regardless, That is clean work!! Did you have to do the cut out on your bumper yourself? If you don't mind me asking, roughly how much did this work run you?

rocafel1a

btw roland...i talked to pepe the time I went to get my duals done, he said your setup wasnt madrel bent...which was why he said he charged you so cheap...did he say it was?

drb930

Great looking exhaust!
Won't make any difference on these cars having mandrel bent tubing vs squish bent, not enough CI's to worry about.

hahaboy

you cut out your rear bumper to fit another exhaust tips ?
i'm considering cut my bumper for the quad exhaust setup, coz ned to cut out original amg c32 rear bumper...

mlg

await weight comments, poet dont no it, snicker,,,,,,, weight of stock muff is hard to find, thnx, mlg

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thanks dog.. yeah got them from the Hoen website, they were $20 plus $7 or $8 shipping.... well worth it though..

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Thanks Phil.. i haven't looked through the threads too much, but when did you get the M5??? so sick!!!


Thanks mlg. Im not too sure about weight of the magnaflow vs stock i know its a little lighter, but by how much, i couldn't tell ya. Sorry no info on the tips either. Im sure the magnaflow website might have some weight info for ya...

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i think everything before the muffler is mandrel bent, but after isnt... AAA exhaust in LA did the bumper cutout for me, pretty clean job for a muffler shop and not a body shop. If i remember correctly i paid close to $600 or a little under that for the muffler, tips, bumper cutout, piping and labor...

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OK, i wasn't too sure. i was talking to the other guy there when he was giving me a ride to work and i asked him if he was gonna to mandrel bending, and he thought it was, but i forgot to discuss that with Pepe before i left... oh well.. did he do it on yours???

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thanks drb.. good to know about the piping, i guess i dont have to redo mine to mandrel bends...

yes, did the cutout on the right side... quad exhaust looks nice, you should do it. I might be switching to quad when i get my cf diffuser, let me rephrase that, if i ever get my cf diffuser..

huh?? lol... sorry man, i don't know the weight info either.. sorry couldn't help you with that...

BlackC280

That is clean work! specially that cut out. Didn't expect a muffler shop to be able to do a cut out that clean. I've had my fair share of custom exhaust work in the past. Valley Mufflers in West Co., Sweeneys in Torrance. So far yours is the cleanest i've seen. Imma have to hit up AAA exhaust and do up a set up like yours when my wallet loosens up a bit.

nlpamg

thanks man! I got it back in December.

BlackC280

I love M5's! My jaw drops everytime I see someone opens up the throttle on the open road. i love the exhaust note!

rocafel1a

lol...when i was negotiating wit him about pricing and all, i was askin him why pepe was gonna charge me so much more than your setup, and he said that CUSTOM ELITE was made better than the magnaflows or some shiiit, then he said somethin bout how your pipes werne't mandrel bent...

yeah mine was...it figures why yours was like 600 and mine was....790?

ROLLNNN

Did you ever post pics of your setup?? so how is it so far?? after having it for a few months, any increase/decrease of power/mpg??

rocafel1a

yeah i did post a couple pics..its somewhere in the aftermarket exhaust thread...page 52 i think?

yeah after a couple months, it has gotten a little louder...im gettin used to the drone (except my friends still cant stand it in the back seat!)...but in terms of the power and backpressure...seems as though there may be a little backpressure...not much though or too noticeable...

i do push the car a little more than i normally do since i want to work that exhaust... but i dont notice any change in mpg...stillget like over 25 mpg on highway

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Installed the K&N filter on friday..

Its been about 20K miles since i changed air filters, this one was pretty dirty





the airbox had some leaves and sand in it...



cleaned it out and installed the K&N...





I know there is a lot of disagreements about the K&N, but i've had one in all my previous cars without any problems. I figure ill just see how it is, if i cant feel any significant difference then ill throw an oem filter back in...

I didn't have time to clean the MAF sensor, hopefully i can do it within the next couple weeks....