Wife friendly exhaust options: E500
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'06 E500 Wagon, BMW Z4 M Coupe, Mini
Wife friendly exhaust options: E500
I'm wondering what the best options would be to subtly increase rumble without getting raspy. And absolutely no drone. Increase things a little, while still keeping things respectful when picking up my kid from school. Kind of along the lines of a V-8 non M BMW, like a 550 kind of sound. I've been looking at the muffler delete/J-pipe threads, or C63 exhaust but worried either might be too much.
Last edited by funkle; Apr 12, 2015 at 04:49 PM.
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Trust me.. a c63 exhaust is well worth the money. Quiet in the low rpms and very sweet sounding when you step on it. I have absolutely no drone on my 550 with c63 exhausts, but i have a 7 speed and I'm only running at 1900 rpm at 75mph.
Another option could possibly be messing with e-cutouts/butterfly valves. You have a remote that opens or closes the valve as you please, which means stock quiet when closed, nice and loud when open.
Another option could possibly be messing with e-cutouts/butterfly valves. You have a remote that opens or closes the valve as you please, which means stock quiet when closed, nice and loud when open.
Thread Starter
Junior Member
Joined: Apr 2015
Posts: 59
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From: San Francisco
'06 E500 Wagon, BMW Z4 M Coupe, Mini
Trust me.. a c63 exhaust is well worth the money. Quiet in the low rpms and very sweet sounding when you step on it. I have absolutely no drone on my 550 with c63 exhausts, but i have a 7 speed and I'm only running at 1900 rpm at 75mph.
Another option could possibly be messing with e-cutouts/butterfly valves. You have a remote that opens or closes the valve as you please, which means stock quiet when closed, nice and loud when open.
Another option could possibly be messing with e-cutouts/butterfly valves. You have a remote that opens or closes the valve as you please, which means stock quiet when closed, nice and loud when open.
Thread Starter
Junior Member
Joined: Apr 2015
Posts: 59
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From: San Francisco
'06 E500 Wagon, BMW Z4 M Coupe, Mini
Trust me.. a c63 exhaust is well worth the money. Quiet in the low rpms and very sweet sounding when you step on it. I have absolutely no drone on my 550 with c63 exhausts, but i have a 7 speed and I'm only running at 1900 rpm at 75mph.
Another option could possibly be messing with e-cutouts/butterfly valves. You have a remote that opens or closes the valve as you please, which means stock quiet when closed, nice and loud when open.
Another option could possibly be messing with e-cutouts/butterfly valves. You have a remote that opens or closes the valve as you please, which means stock quiet when closed, nice and loud when open.
