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Originally Posted by JujufromNYC
Was installing these straight forward ? What needed to be modied ? Sounds abosolutly amazing speacially higher RPMs , great work
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It was definitely NOT a direct install. The pipes, and the hangers are in identical places, but there were a couple of concessions I had to make:
rear (muffler) hanger brackets had to be re-used from the M50i.... they are shorter, because the M50i muffler hangs lower.
Almost the entire undersidenof the car (including chassis braces, and center chassis mount) had to be removed for removal & installation
(AKA.... it was a LOT of unexpected work)
exhaust bezel removal was more of a PITA than the rest of the underside of the car.
Much of the plastic.behind the OEM exhaust bezels had to be removed.
Much of the under-trunk (above muffler) heat shielding had to be removed to make space for the (higher-sitting) X5M muffler.
On a positive note though;
Pipes, hangers, and even the X5M flapper valve motors/electronics were all a direct fit. So, that helped a little.