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I painted my exhaust
Posted: Dec 13, 2012 12:37 PM
by L_N_Love
I painted the back panel of my B&B muffler with flat black high temp paint. The big shiny stainless appearance bothered me.
Posted: Dec 13, 2012 12:55 PM
by shagrath
I was debating on whether I wanted to do this with my car or not. Yours looks great.
I think I'll follow suit with the magnaflow.
Posted: Dec 13, 2012 1:06 PM
by grahamular
I think you meant to say you
Shadowlined your muffler.
Looks good!
-Graham
Posted: Dec 13, 2012 2:54 PM
by ACHTUNG
Looks good! I agree, shiny tips are fine but shiny mufflers look too flashy.
Posted: Dec 13, 2012 3:46 PM
by Brad D.
Looks good!
Posted: Dec 13, 2012 4:34 PM
by rodpaine
Looks good, sir. I did mine the same way some time ago. Found some
high temp gray in a pint size can and will do the exhaust up to the manifold, as it looks pretty grim, compared to the rest of the bottom side. Got the idea from the 'burmester' pics he took of the 1984 M5 in Germany, such as this
one. How does the rest of your exhaust look?
-Rod
Posted: Dec 13, 2012 4:54 PM
by Pavel
Great execution. I was thinking about something similar on my stock exhaust on the 533i until I put a magnaflow.
Posted: Dec 13, 2012 8:00 PM
by L_N_Love
grahamular wrote:I think you meant to say you
Shadowlined your muffler.
Looks good!
-Graham
Wish I had said it that way...Thanks!
How does the rest of your exhaust look?
-Rod
The rest is in good shape. VSR1 cat, E46 resonator, stainless B&B. Thanks Rod
Your car is awesome. I hope I get to see it and you again sometime.
Posted: Dec 13, 2012 8:09 PM
by L_N_Love
That bottom part of the muffler was shiny stainless steel. I didn't look correct on an M5 and has been bugging me for quite a while. Thanks for the positive comments on my shade tree mod.
Posted: Dec 13, 2012 10:59 PM
by wkohler
That's been my complaint about most stainless mufflers. In my opinion, it cheapens the look of the car. This was a very worthwhile project. Nice work and thank you for sharing it with us.
Posted: Dec 14, 2012 12:22 AM
by bunty
wkohler wrote:That's been my complaint about most stainless mufflers. In my opinion, it cheapens the look of the car. This was a very worthwhile project. Nice work and thank you for sharing it with us.
so true as always, looks so after market.
Posted: Dec 14, 2012 5:39 AM
by rodpaine
L_N_Love wrote:I hope I get to see it and you again sometime.
Would be good to see you again, too. I've been thinking about the NCCBMW Concours, as it'll be their 30th year and my 528e is 30 years old, so I may enter it in 2013. You coming north to this event? It would be great to see you again and to meet your M5 in person.
-Rod
