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5-Series (E12,E28, E34, E39, E60)Chat relating to the BMW 5-Series of all generations. Specific models include: BMW 518, BMW 520, BMW 520i, BMW 530i, BMW 528i, BMW 530i, BMW 518i, BMW 524d, BMW 525i, BMW 525e, BMW 528e, BMW 540i, BMW 535i, BMW 520d, BMW 525td, BMW 525d, BMW 530d, BMW 525i/xi, BMW 530i/xi. (BMW 5-Series Forum)
I want to do my exhaust in the near future and I am thinking of using a Magnaflow or Borla muffler, some universale high flow cats, and having my friend make the piping from the cats back to the muffler. I don't see any need in spending the expensive amount that companies charge just because the make of the car... What companies make a reasonably priced high flow cat? On my e36 325i I used to have I used a Ractive high flow cat and their twin silencer muffler and it sounded pretty darn good! But this time I want to use a name brand muffler etc.
Thanks in advance!
David
__________________ -1998 BMW 540i6(Axis Penta 20's,M5 shadow grilles,trunk lip,led tails,oem front lip,PIAA lighting)
-2002 Cadillac Escalade(Zinik Luina 22's,OEM HID upgrade)
let us know what you go with, im looking to replace my 540's cats too. i was gunna go with CatCo or magnaflow.
__________________ When you fight, you don't fight for abstract values like the flag, or the nation, or democracy. You fight for your buddy. You fight to keep him alive, and he fights to keep you alive, and you go on that way, day after day, battle after battle. And when one of your buddies dies, something inside you dies as well. But you go on. You fight, so that his death isn't meaningless, his sacrifice isn't for nothing.
-Dick Marcinko
Although the 540 is a little different from my car 528 I couldn't find magnaflow cats that would work with the O2 sensors before and aft so I bought a direct bolt on system.
Let us know what you get!
__________________ No road is long enough for what I want to do or where I want to go in my BMW.
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