AR Design 3" DP Ebay Reps. Pay or nay?

Ofmalik · 04-10-2010, 06:22 AM

Does anyone have any experience with these: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BMW-1...Q5fAccessories?

I'm having a tough time ignoring them.. at that price they're almost worth buying just to try them out. What do you guys think?

e.n335 · 04-10-2010, 06:50 AM

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Originally Posted by ofmalik

Does anyone have any experience with these: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BMW-1...Q5fAccessories?

I'm having a tough time ignoring them.. at that price they're almost worth buying just to try them out. What do you guys think?

BB downpipes have already been discussed here. Just

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onefastman · 04-10-2010, 08:10 AM

Ya and they actually had a gb on n54tech for $425 shipped

mkPOTO · 04-10-2010, 11:29 AM

yup search

Snertz · 04-10-2010, 12:04 PM

I have a set on my car, for the money they can't be beat. Fantastic build quality and fitment

Tiago@VRSF · 04-10-2010, 12:16 PM

From what I read they are ex-AR design employees that are making them. Their first production run had fitment issues on 335i's but they fixed that a little while ago.

Flea7 · 04-10-2010, 01:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ofmalik

Does anyone have any experience with these: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BMW-1...Q5fAccessories?

I'm having a tough time ignoring them.. at that price they're almost worth buying just to try them out. What do you guys think?

don't forget the 8% discount with bing on buy it now!

JBiddy · 04-10-2010, 03:18 PM

BB is pretty awesome... the quality on this dps is amazing. i have a friend that has them in his 135i and he has nothing but good things to say about them...

klipseracer · 04-10-2010, 04:30 PM

Justin is a great guy.

Ofmalik · 04-11-2010, 08:29 PM

Thanks for all the feedback guys, I was worried about fitment more than anything else. I too had heard the first batch was a little off, more recent buyers say there are very minor issues: roughly 1.5in short and 2degrees off from mounting flush

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Originally Posted by klipseracer

Justin is a great guy.

Hahah what?

cn555ic · 04-11-2010, 08:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ofmalik

Thanks for all the feedback guys, I was worried about fitment more than anything else. I too had heard the first batch was a little off, more recent buyers say there are very minor issues: roughly 1.5in short and 2degrees off from mounting flush

Hahah what?

1.5 inch short and 2 degrees off is not minor my friend if this is the case...There is literally no margin of error when fabricating two 3 inch piping for such a limited space...I would tread carefully if this is the case from what you have heard and researched about these pipes...I can tell you AR pipes the jigs on them have not changed at all and the fitment is perfect...

klipseracer · 04-11-2010, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by ofmalik

Thanks for all the feedback guys, I was worried about fitment more than anything else. I too had heard the first batch was a little off, more recent buyers say there are very minor issues: roughly 1.5in short and 2degrees off from mounting flush

Hahah what?

Its been resolved regardless. I doubt AR's first set of pipes were perfect.

Justin is the guy who does the welding for BB Fab.

Tiago@VRSF · 04-11-2010, 09:35 PM

The new pipes have resolved fitment. Those were the initial fitment problems.

ramair311 · 04-11-2010, 11:15 PM

I recently had these BB DPs installed on my 1er and am one very happy customer. After much research, the price for the quality was unmatched. Any very early fitting issues have long been resolved.....

Ofmalik · 04-16-2010, 02:57 PM

Just received them today: the welding is up to par in comparison to the AR Dps I've seen in person. The welds are actually cleaner and more precise than what I've seen in pics of other BBs.

At the end of the day it's not AR quality, and doesn't hold the AR resale value, BUT its still $500 great and will do the job. Props Justin

I'll let you guys know about the fitment

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Ofmalik Major 153 Rep 1,430 Posts Drives: 335is Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Bay Area, California iTrader: (43)	Just received them today: the welding is up to par in comparison to the AR Dps I've seen in person. The welds are actually cleaner and more precise than what I've seen in pics of other BBs. At the end of the day it's not AR quality, and doesn't hold the AR resale value, BUT its still $500 great and will do the job. Props Justin I'll let you guys know about the fitment
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