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E60 M5 rear bumper...should I / Shouldn't I?
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Caporegime
im liking the idea of 2 oval pipes out the back!
Soldato
But they'll assume it's a 520dThe 530d batch is firmly still affixed to the boot, but I could remove it and no one would know what it was.
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Caporegime
WIN
They sound great on trucks, and not too bad on a few turbo diesel cars, good with remaps I'm told.
Theres an e60 520d where I work that sounds very much like its got one and it sounds alright imo.
Seriously mate, the more I think of the M5 style quads though, just no.
Caporegime
No!
Turbo Petrol only kthx
True enough, for a diesel, I'm probably thinking more of a bypass valve....?
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Soldato
what about a petrol engine?
Why, the equivalent petrol engine has less horsepower or if I managed to find the 272bhp 3 litre, again, there is no difference in performance worth mentioning.
This isn't some 1.4d Fiesta you know
I never said "only BMWs can have quad pipes", and since we're just talking about BMWs it should be patently obvious exactly what I meant so stop acting dumb and/or twisting my words please.[TW]Fox;14926636 said:Where did I say that?
If quad pipes are reserved for M5's perhaps you need to let Alfa Romeo, Maserati, Ferrari, Audi, Mercedes Benz and the other manufacturers who use them know.
Since you apparently need it spelt out for you - which E60 5 series other than the M-series have quad tailpipes?
The point is that you're usually the first to cry foul when someone talks about doing any "masquerading as a better/more expensive model" modification to their car, yet when someone suggests "doing a diesel up to look like an M-series" it's perfectly fine because it's a BMW, or because "it's a big car".[TW]Fox;14926636 said:
I'm still not exactly sure what you are wittering on about. Where did all this 'as long as its a BMW' stuff in your post come from anyway?
Perhaps you need to pop off and get some clue, as the only things I take exception to are misbadged cars. Infact on the contrary I've often said that 'OEM' (ie, fitting bits from higher models) is the best form of modification you can make to a car. After all, both my current and previous cars have bodykits which many beleive are from the top models...
Sorry, denied this time.
So misbadged cars are a no-no, but a mod which only exists on one model in the entire series which coincidentally isn't the one it's being fit on is fine. That makes perfect sense.
In case that's too succint for you - misbadging a 530d as an M5 and sticking quad pipes on an 530d, when quad pipes are only OEM on the M5 means the exact same thing. Saying "as long as you don't change the actual badge it's ok!" is disingenuous.
Anyone who sees quad pipes on the back of an 530d will assume it's an M5 because no other model in the series has them.
In case that's too succint for you - misbadging a 530d as an M5 and sticking quad pipes on an 530d, when quad pipes are only OEM on the M5 means the exact same thing. Saying "as long as you don't change the actual badge it's ok!" is disingenuous.
Anyone who sees quad pipes on the back of an 530d will assume it's an M5 because no other model in the series has them.
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Soldato
But that's the point, the OP isn't going to go the whole hog and badge it up as an M5. It's when people do this that your "masquerading" comment comes into play.
To the OP the other suggestions of having twin pipes is probably the way to go.
My point though is that when a mod exists on only one model in the series, fitting that mod to an "inferior" model is to all intents and purposes the same as actually misbadging it.
Are the 2nd pair of tailpipes functional or purely decorative?
(I should probably qualify "mod" as being an exterior typically-performance-related-obvious-to-laypersons-as-only-being-OEM-on-a-specific-model thing before Fox chimes in with a strawman about how I'm saying it's bad to fit an M5 cigarette lighter or something)
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