Very first Muffler Delete on an X3 M40i

iManu · 02-15-2019, 09:49 AM

Also, forgot to ask you, I can to find the VRSF downpipe for the x3, I'm assuming you got the one for the 540i and it fits on the x3?

Jayf30 · 02-15-2019, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by emmanuel.yoo

Also, forgot to ask you, I can to find the VRSF downpipe for the x3, I'm assuming you got the one for the 540i and it fits on the x3?

Correct I just took the gamble despite the whole fitment issue and got the the only b58 one which is supposed to be for all 40i models and it worked out fine! Though I did get the infamous CEL after about 500 miles so be warned, you'll need a tune for that to disappear.

iManu · 02-15-2019, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Jayf30

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Originally Posted by emmanuel.yoo

Also, forgot to ask you, I can to find the VRSF downpipe for the x3, I'm assuming you got the one for the 540i and it fits on the x3?

Correct I just took the gamble despite the whole fitment issue and got the the only b58 one which is supposed to be for all 40i models and it worked out fine! Though I did get the infamous CEL after about 500 miles so be warned, you'll need a tune for that to disappear.

Thank you for being an ambassador

I have JB4 so the cel should be gone

JustChris · 02-15-2019, 12:31 PM

Brothers love to 'drive it like it's stolen'

Jayf30 · 02-15-2019, 02:08 PM

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Brothers love to 'drive it like it's stolen'

They wouldn't be brothers if that weren't true haha

Derrickluo · 02-19-2019, 05:11 PM

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*UPDATE 2*

New video showing the muffler delete under load (heavy acceleration in this case).

I had my brother drive it for me so I could see how loud it was from outside. I forgot to tell him the different kinds of driving I needed for video purposes.. so he pretty much just floored it throughout lol

It's seriously loud. The video only does it justice to how loud it is if you have headphones on at max volume (if listening through phone) and your ears aren't blocked.

The exhaust note falls off around 3,000 RPM and it picks up a little rasp. In person it's not bad, it's pretty nasty actually, in a good way.

Might get a downpipe down the road to get a little more exhaust note up at higher RPMs but I'm thoroughly enjoying it as is now.

*UPDATE 1*

Filmed the first cold start with the muffler delete this morning. You can hear the turbo in the end when it's a little warmed up.

Below is a copy and paste from another thread from yesterday when I got it done with some quick notes so far.

Here it is, very first muffler delete on an X3 M40i.

Forgive my niece for the orientation in which this was recorded. She's still learning. More and better videos of it to come soon.

Some quick little notes after driving it for a little over 15 minutes:

-drove 95% of that time in sport plus and it sounds awesome especially in the low rev range. It has a really deep tone and rumble up to about 3500 rpm that would make people think it has a V8

-did a quick switch to comfort, with the muffler delete it's actually really quiet. I coded ASD off a couple days ago and I even want to say that it's quieter than when the muffler was on and ASD was still active. They were really blasting sounds into the cabin with that thing lol. Basically very little to no drone but will report later when I do a highway trip.

-windows up in sport plus, it's maybe 15-20% louder when the car had ASD active and muffler on so not much louder inside than stock

-windows down in sport plus this thing sounds beastly and living in California I can enjoy this all year round.

-the pops and bangs are suprisingly not much louder than with the muffler on which I am very relieved to find

-had a little rev battle at the stop light immediately leaving the shop with an E90 M3 owner and he gave me a smile and a thumbs up

-oh and quad tips (ask me if I care) I really hated the stock tips. *Note: the quad tips wouldn't fit if I kept the muffler* incarstyle does make quad tips for the stock muffler but it looks like one of the tips are sorta floating almost like a fake tip.. and they run about $590 for a set of tips, no thanks.

I paid $200 for the delete and $140 for the tips. I went there with no intention of buying tips because I didn't think they were possible given the shape of the heat shield but he assured me it was possible(only with the delete). Had I known this, I would've gotten gloss black tips since all he had were matte black tips. No complaint tho, anything is better than the stock tips and I'm happy with them.

Later this week, wheels.

Where did you get these tips？

Presario · 02-19-2019, 05:27 PM

Sounds mean!!! Love the quad tip look!

Jayf30 · 02-19-2019, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Derrickluo

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Originally Posted by Jayf30

*UPDATE 2*

New video showing the muffler delete under load (heavy acceleration in this case).

I had my brother drive it for me so I could see how loud it was from outside. I forgot to tell him the different kinds of driving I needed for video purposes.. so he pretty much just floored it throughout lol

It's seriously loud. The video only does it justice to how loud it is if you have headphones on at max volume (if listening through phone) and your ears aren't blocked.

The exhaust note falls off around 3,000 RPM and it picks up a little rasp. In person it's not bad, it's pretty nasty actually, in a good way.

Might get a downpipe down the road to get a little more exhaust note up at higher RPMs but I'm thoroughly enjoying it as is now.

*UPDATE 1*

Filmed the first cold start with the muffler delete this morning. You can hear the turbo in the end when it's a little warmed up.

Below is a copy and paste from another thread from yesterday when I got it done with some quick notes so far.

Here it is, very first muffler delete on an X3 M40i.

Forgive my niece for the orientation in which this was recorded. She's still learning. More and better videos of it to come soon.

Some quick little notes after driving it for a little over 15 minutes:

-drove 95% of that time in sport plus and it sounds awesome especially in the low rev range. It has a really deep tone and rumble up to about 3500 rpm that would make people think it has a V8

-did a quick switch to comfort, with the muffler delete it's actually really quiet. I coded ASD off a couple days ago and I even want to say that it's quieter than when the muffler was on and ASD was still active. They were really blasting sounds into the cabin with that thing lol. Basically very little to no drone but will report later when I do a highway trip.

-windows up in sport plus, it's maybe 15-20% louder when the car had ASD active and muffler on so not much louder inside than stock

-windows down in sport plus this thing sounds beastly and living in California I can enjoy this all year round.

-the pops and bangs are suprisingly not much louder than with the muffler on which I am very relieved to find

-had a little rev battle at the stop light immediately leaving the shop with an E90 M3 owner and he gave me a smile and a thumbs up

-oh and quad tips (ask me if I care) I really hated the stock tips. *Note: the quad tips wouldn't fit if I kept the muffler* incarstyle does make quad tips for the stock muffler but it looks like one of the tips are sorta floating almost like a fake tip.. and they run about $590 for a set of tips, no thanks.

I paid $200 for the delete and $140 for the tips. I went there with no intention of buying tips because I didn't think they were possible given the shape of the heat shield but he assured me it was possible(only with the delete). Had I known this, I would've gotten gloss black tips since all he had were matte black tips. No complaint tho, anything is better than the stock tips and I'm happy with them.

Later this week, wheels.

Where did you get these tips？

The muffler shop I had the muffler delete done had it on hand so I'm afraid I can't help you there. Although I will say my right tips are experiencing the same flaking that others are reporting. So it's an m40i thing it appears. Doesn't bother me yet but I'll get some rustoleum paint in the near future for it.

iManu · 02-23-2019, 12:47 PM

I’m about to pull the plug on the meddler delete, how much louder is it? On your video it sounds so loud and aggressive haha

Jayf30 · 02-23-2019, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by emmanuel.yoo

I’m about to pull the plug on the meddler delete, how much louder is it? On your video it sounds so loud and aggressive haha

A good amount lol.. but not crazy. Wot will be addicting for a while too especially in closed areas where sound can bounce around. You can turn heads on the stock exhaust, but the delete will definitely scare some people if they aren't ready so as a courtesy I try not to do pulls around elderly, little kids and people walking their pets haha

iManu · 02-23-2019, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Jayf30

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Originally Posted by emmanuel.yoo

I'm about to pull the plug on the meddler delete, how much louder is it? On your video it sounds so loud and aggressive haha

A good amount lol.. but not crazy. Wot will be addicting for a while too especially in closed areas where sound can bounce around. You can turn heads on the stock exhaust, but the delete will definitely scare some people if they aren't ready so as a courtesy I try not to do pulls around elderly, little kids and people walking their pets haha

Haha sounds good! Just installed the high flow cat and love the little extra sound and pops! I'm careful around residential areas, I don't want to piss off people for my own pleasure haha. I was speeding a little on the highway and this young guy in a Mazda pulls over to give me thumbs up!

Jayf30 · 02-23-2019, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by emmanuel.yoo

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Originally Posted by Jayf30

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Originally Posted by emmanuel.yoo

I'm about to pull the plug on the meddler delete, how much louder is it? On your video it sounds so loud and aggressive haha

A good amount lol.. but not crazy. Wot will be addicting for a while too especially in closed areas where sound can bounce around. You can turn heads on the stock exhaust, but the delete will definitely scare some people if they aren't ready so as a courtesy I try not to do pulls around elderly, little kids and people walking their pets haha

Haha sounds good! Just installed the high flow cat and love the little extra sound and pops! I'm careful around residential areas, I don't want to piss off people for my own pleasure haha. I was speeding a little on the highway and this young guy in a Mazda pulls over to give me thumbs up!

Oh nice btw you might want to get a cold start delete as well. The thing is gonna be LOUD on any start warm or cold. I got it deleted like 3 days after I put my dp on. It was ridiculous lol.

iManu · 02-23-2019, 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Jayf30

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Originally Posted by emmanuel.yoo

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Originally Posted by Jayf30

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Originally Posted by emmanuel.yoo

I'm about to pull the plug on the meddler delete, how much louder is it? On your video it sounds so loud and aggressive haha

A good amount lol.. but not crazy. Wot will be addicting for a while too especially in closed areas where sound can bounce around. You can turn heads on the stock exhaust, but the delete will definitely scare some people if they aren't ready so as a courtesy I try not to do pulls around elderly, little kids and people walking their pets haha

Haha sounds good! Just installed the high flow cat and love the little extra sound and pops! I'm careful around residential areas, I don't want to piss off people for my own pleasure haha. I was speeding a little on the highway and this young guy in a Mazda pulls over to give me thumbs up!

Oh nice btw you might want to get a cold start delete as well. The thing is gonna be LOUD on any start warm or cold. I got it deleted like 3 days after I put my dp on. It was ridiculous lol.

I agree just with the dp I feel it's loud until the cold start stops... does JB4 have a cold start delete? I heard MHD is coming to b58 soon!

Benandluna · 02-23-2019, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Jayf30

A good amount lol.. but not crazy. Wot will be addicting for a while too especially in closed areas where sound can bounce around. You can turn heads on the stock exhaust, but the delete will definitely scare some people if they aren't ready so as a courtesy I try not to do pulls around elderly, little kids and people walking their pets haha

Very nice. I’d imagine it sounds like my m235i I had with the fabspeed delete. It sounded amazing.’’drone?

Jayf30 · 02-24-2019, 04:47 AM

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Originally Posted by emmanuel.yoo

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Originally Posted by Jayf30

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Originally Posted by emmanuel.yoo

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Originally Posted by Jayf30

Quote:

Originally Posted by emmanuel.yoo

I'm about to pull the plug on the meddler delete, how much louder is it? On your video it sounds so loud and aggressive haha

A good amount lol.. but not crazy. Wot will be addicting for a while too especially in closed areas where sound can bounce around. You can turn heads on the stock exhaust, but the delete will definitely scare some people if they aren't ready so as a courtesy I try not to do pulls around elderly, little kids and people walking their pets haha

Haha sounds good! Just installed the high flow cat and love the little extra sound and pops! I'm careful around residential areas, I don't want to piss off people for my own pleasure haha. I was speeding a little on the highway and this young guy in a Mazda pulls over to give me thumbs up!

Oh nice btw you might want to get a cold start delete as well. The thing is gonna be LOUD on any start warm or cold. I got it deleted like 3 days after I put my dp on. It was ridiculous lol.

I agree just with the dp I feel it's loud until the cold start stops... does JB4 have a cold start delete? I heard MHD is coming to b58 soon!

I don't believe the JB4 can change that. I saw that, so many tuners are coming out with B58 tuning capabilities it's only going to get better

Jayf30 · 02-24-2019, 04:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Benandluna

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Originally Posted by Jayf30

A good amount lol.. but not crazy. Wot will be addicting for a while too especially in closed areas where sound can bounce around. You can turn heads on the stock exhaust, but the delete will definitely scare some people if they aren't ready so as a courtesy I try not to do pulls around elderly, little kids and people walking their pets haha

Very nice. I’d imagine it sounds like my m235i I had with the fabspeed delete. It sounded amazing.’’drone?

Drone is just a tad louder than stock with ASD. Really doesn't bother me and unless you're going up a hill for 20 minutes straight it shouldn't bother you

Benandluna · 02-24-2019, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Jayf30

Drone is just a tad louder than stock with ASD. Really doesn't bother me and unless you're going up a hill for 20 minutes straight it shouldn't bother you

Very nice. Yeah I didn’t mind the little amount of drone. I loved it.

BrooklynG87 · 05-21-2019, 11:43 AM

Wow this looks and sounds insane! I would love to get a hold of a set of gloss black tips to complete the look of the X3! Nicely done man!

Jayf30 · 05-21-2019, 01:11 PM

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Wow this looks and sounds insane! I would love to get a hold of a set of gloss black tips to complete the look of the X3! Nicely done man!

Thanks!

I plan on ordering the gloss black diffuser to give it a nice contrast like my boomerangs, side "vents" and mirrors since they are all flat black which by the way is a very nice contrast against the other piano black accents.

xswesx · 05-21-2019, 11:23 PM

how do you plan on passing annual inspections?

Jayf30 · 05-22-2019, 12:18 AM

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how do you plan on passing annual inspections?

No smog/inspections required for the first 8 years here in California and it's a lease

ESP435iM · 09-21-2019, 06:05 PM

hey guys, love the sound of muffler delete

have ordered my X4M40i. coming out of a M2 comp but very excited for the change.

main question

underneath the car is there

1. rear muffler
2. center resonator

im keen for some more sound but deleting both maybe too loud for me.

Anyone done resonator delete only?

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