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Originally Posted by iviegatron
I would like to know who from all these companies are signing off on these terrible full exhausts setup. Are they trying to be the first to the market and they put out whatever garbage they have produced? Not being biased, but I haven't heard a single decent exhaust from any manufacturer but Remus. Below is a short list of exhausts and what I think about them.
Armytrix - Rasp city, probably the worst sounding exhaust. Might as well buy a weed whacker and install it on your car. You'll get the same sound.
Akrapovic - Expensive and sounds just like stock. Are they even trying?
MPE - Sounds similar to stock, expensive, and don't like the stacked tips
FI - Another raspy exhaust, were probably influenced by Armytrix
Valvetronic - sounds worst than their midpipe, it's definitely quieter. Valevetronic claims this is the best sounding exhaust (maybe in their own little world)
I refused to buy only a midpipe when I can get the same sound by taking it to a muffler shop and get it done for much cheaper.
I'm patiently waiting for Remus, hopefully the wait will be well worth it.
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I feel like the problem really is just the engine. The reason the exhaust sounds “better” than the F8X from the factory isn’t the engine, it’s really just that BMW muffled the exhaust tone way more this time to “hide” the horrible rasp. So when exhaust manufacturers come around to make an aftermarket exhaust, they really only have 2 options - either keep the exhaust super muffled to hide the rasp (but then it sounds the same as stock), or free up the exhaust but then it sounds like raspy hell.
Not to mention BMW “claimed” they made an equal length exhaust from the factory but in reality it sounds almost the same as the F8X when unrestricted. So they failed on that front as well
