Advice Help! AR Design Catless Downpipe Install + Stock Exhaust

CSM3 · 10-06-2011, 01:12 PM

Hey Guys,

So i just dropped my car off at a local indy exhaust shop whose very experienced with european cars like BMW and Audi, and i just got a call from them that its gonna take 3 hours to install at minimum, while charges should be somewhere around the $300 + mark.

Is that what you guys paid as well? I told them to just drop the subframe, and it should be easy from there, but they said they just wanted to warn me. This is the first N55 car they are doing btw. Not to mention that its not near a train station, and i have to pay another $90 in cab fares!

I wasn't expecting it to cost this much!

Its basically the price of the charge pipe!

turugara · 10-06-2011, 04:53 PM

Yeah the XI is more difficult than the RWD

ian2002525 · 10-07-2011, 12:14 AM

i paid mine $120 for 2hrs. but mine is not x-drive

CSM3 · 10-07-2011, 02:36 AM

Thanks guys, i ended up paying 300. But for the sound, i think its worth it. Car sound so sick right now! Will post clips when i get a good camera + mic!

nkadisha · 10-11-2011, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by ian2002525

i paid mine $120 for 2hrs. but mine is not x-drive

Really?! I paid $300 and I'm also RWD, feel like I got ripped off now..

CJ421 · 10-11-2011, 10:09 AM

$200-300 is normal.

ar design III · 10-11-2011, 10:33 AM

That sounds about average for install time, especially if it is the shops first install.

Glad to hear that you enjoy the new sound!

CSM3 · 10-11-2011, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by chris @ ar design

That sounds about average for install time, especially if it is the shops first install.

Glad to hear that you enjoy the new sound!

Thanks Chris, you should know that the shop i went to handled alot of DP installs for the N54 and many other makes and models, but they wanted to know where i got your DP from because they said its one of the best they have seen thus far in terms of build quality and designs.

for a great product!

ar design III · 10-11-2011, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by bimmer35

Thanks Chris, you should know that the shop i went to handled alot of DP installs for the N54 and many other makes and models, but they wanted to know where i got your DP from because they said its one of the best they have seen thus far in terms of build quality and designs.

for a great product!

That's awesome to hear!

ModBargains III · 10-11-2011, 02:03 PM

Yeah that labor quote sounds about average. Typically anywhere between $200-$300 would make me happy if it was my car

ar design · 10-12-2011, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by **********s III

Yeah that labor quote sounds about average. Typically anywhere between $200-$300 would make me happy if it was my car

hiter202 · 10-12-2011, 07:45 PM

very looking forward to hearing the exhaust, looking forward to that clip

im planning on doing a muffler delete over the next week or two and then getting a DP most likely

dbudh001 · 11-11-2011, 02:31 PM

to add to this, do you get better gains with the DPs on stock exhaust or stock DPs with a cat-back exhaust system ...

eyim1988 · 11-11-2011, 02:53 PM

i got mine installed for 50$!! from a guy i know though haha

oldirtysturdy · 11-11-2011, 11:16 PM

I got mine installed for free, by me...

dbudh001 · 11-12-2011, 05:44 AM

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Originally Posted by dbudh001

to add to this, do you get better gains with the DPs on stock exhaust or stock DPs with a cat-back exhaust system ...

Bump my own question

ar design · 11-13-2011, 10:15 AM

Catless downpipes offer far greater gains.

dbudh001 · 11-15-2011, 08:59 PM

i know its a bit hard for anyone to gauge, any idea of the kind of gains we talking .. in terms of WHP?
stock exhaust , CAI ...nothing else yet.
everyone says get the jb4 or cobb for better gains first but, im not very comfortable with the ECU Tunes that are out...hopefully cobb makes some big improvements because i really like what they are doing.
, doing DPs, FMIC, full exhaust, before i do any ECU tunes,

im purchasing my DPs from Alan @ **********s 2mrrw!

cant wait

Evooooo · 11-16-2011, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by dbudh001

i know its a bit hard for anyone to gauge, any idea of the kind of gains we talking .. in terms of WHP?
stock exhaust , CAI ...nothing else yet.
everyone says get the jb4 or cobb for better gains first but, im not very comfortable with the ECU Tunes that are out...hopefully cobb makes some big improvements because i really like what they are doing.
, doing DPs, FMIC, full exhaust, before i do any ECU tunes,

im purchasing my DPs from Alan @ **********s 2mrrw!

cant wait

Why would you not be comfortable with the tunes available? These guys are pro's & know what they are doing otherwise these tunes would never be on the market because of too many failures. Have more faith brotheren.

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CSM3 Captain 130 Rep 645 Posts Drives: E86 Z4M, F80 M3CS Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: MA iTrader: (8)	Thanks guys, i ended up paying 300. But for the sound, i think its worth it. Car sound so sick right now! Will post clips when i get a good camera + mic!
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hiter202 Captain 35 Rep 733 Posts Drives: BMW Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: CT iTrader: (6)	very looking forward to hearing the exhaust, looking forward to that clip im planning on doing a muffler delete over the next week or two and then getting a DP most likely
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dbudh001 Lieutenant 87 Rep 555 Posts Drives: m4cs 2020 Join Date: May 2010 Location: west palm vesch iTrader: (1)	to add to this, do you get better gains with the DPs on stock exhaust or stock DPs with a cat-back exhaust system ...
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