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View Poll Results: How loud do you like your exhaust?
as long as there is gain, i don't care 16 16.67%
louder with city driving, but keep it relatively quiet on the hwy 64 66.67%
want it loud at all rpm and speed 11 11.46%
make my ears bleed! 5 5.21%
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      08-01-2011, 06:53 PM   #1
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How loud do you like your exhaust?

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      08-01-2011, 07:05 PM   #2
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Loud enough to turn some heads, but in a way where it's low and classy. Not the cheapy sounding ones that people associate with Ricers
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No drone. No rasp. Nothing loud enough to make people stare and think "wtf."
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      08-01-2011, 07:40 PM   #5
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I have the PE on my 330i and I get nothing but compliments. One time I drove by some guys and one if them yelled dayuuuum!!!
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      08-02-2011, 12:20 AM   #6
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I would like to have no primary cats, no secondary cats, and muffler delete. =]
like a ricer, I want to wake everyone up...
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      08-02-2011, 12:32 AM   #7
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i like it loud. Mine is pretty loud right now, but it could be louder. It gets plenty of attention, and is significantly louder than any PE on an n52 or 335 exhaust I have heard
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Loud enough to turn some heads, but in a way where it's low and classy. Not the cheapy sounding ones that people associate with Ricers
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cutout?

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I would like to have no primary cats, no secondary cats, and muffler delete. =]
like a ricer, I want to wake everyone up...
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i like it loud. Mine is pretty loud right now, but it could be louder. It gets plenty of attention, and is significantly louder than any PE on an n52 or 335 exhaust I have heard
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      08-02-2011, 11:55 AM   #10
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i like it loud. Mine is pretty loud right now, but it could be louder. It gets plenty of attention, and is significantly louder than any PE on an n52 or 335 exhaust I have heard
Are you gonna be at Bimmerfest this weekend? I wanna see how your exhaust compares to my BMW PE with secondary cats deleted
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      08-02-2011, 12:21 PM   #11
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Loud enough to hear when windows are down and quiet enough when windows are up
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cutout?
nope, meisterschaft gt with SR midpipes

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Are you gonna be at Bimmerfest this weekend? I wanna see how your exhaust compares to my BMW PE with secondary cats deleted
Yes I will be, so we can definitely compare there.
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"Are you gonna be at Bimmerfest this weekend? I wanna see how your exhaust compares to my BMW PE with secondary cats deleted "

How much of a difference is there with the sec cat delete? Doesn't sound better?
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"Are you gonna be at Bimmerfest this weekend? I wanna see how your exhaust compares to my BMW PE with secondary cats deleted "

How much of a difference is there with the sec cat delete? Doesn't sound better?

Oops.. Wrong quote,
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Loud, but not ricer obnoxious....
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i like it loud. Mine is pretty loud right now, but it could be louder. It gets plenty of attention, and is significantly louder than any PE on an n52 or 335 exhaust I have heard
what exhaust setup do you have?
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what exhaust setup do you have?
he has the meisterschaft gt with SR midpipes
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      08-02-2011, 04:28 PM   #18
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Leo... I'm liking this poll!
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      08-02-2011, 06:57 PM   #19
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Leo! I liked it when you had no pipe attached to it
All out and dirty loud!
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Loud enough to mask the wood chipper sound in my yard while I dispose of all the commuters that pissed me off during my work week. Seriously though, I despise loud fartcan exhaust sounds, as I am bombarded by them here in shithole NJ. BMW PE and PI produce enough music when I want it, and very little when I don't want it. Drone sucks.
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For me, not much about loudness( but I do want to hear it of course!), but more about the sound itself. is it raspy, does it sound like a cheap tin car, or does it make the car feel more muscular, or does it give it a nice ferrari type pitch.
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"Are you gonna be at Bimmerfest this weekend? I wanna see how your exhaust compares to my BMW PE with secondary cats deleted "

How much of a difference is there with the sec cat delete? Doesn't sound better?
secondary cats make a bit of a difference, not as much as the resonator, but it is noticeable

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For me, not much about loudness( but I do want to hear it of course!), but more about the sound itself. is it raspy, does it sound like a cheap tin car, or does it make the car feel more muscular, or does it give it a nice ferrari type pitch.
amen. That is why I went with a proper exhaust set up for the loudness- It is still a very nice tone, and is 95% drone free. I am sure a muffler + res delete would probably be louder, but then the drone and tone wouldn't be as refined
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