I haven't had much time to play with my car today. Went to indy shop before going to work today. The install took one hour from start to finish. I will give the highlights of the install for now:

I bought my exhaust from Matt at Remus. info@remusexhaustshop.com
I had good communication with Matt, quick shipping, a fair price and a high quality product.

The exhaust system included the following.

Muffler with inlet piping and extremely nice tips
Sleeve adaptor to facilitate fit-up
optional sleeve and clamp necked down for use with 545i
two heavy duty pipe clamps

Here is the sequence we used for the install:
Removed entire stock exhaust system and laid flat on floor

Overlaid Remus muffler with furnished adaptor sleeve on top of existing exhaust, careful to line up hanger points on front and rear of muffler

Transferred end of adaptor (pipe) location to stock pipe and marked end of pipe location

Backed off about 1.5 inches (for sleeve travel) and made cut in stock pipe (the cut was made in perfectly round section of stock pipe which alleviated my previous fears of a round to oval fit-up)

Re-installed balance of stock system

Installed Remus on two stock hangers

Installed adaptor sleeve between Remus and Stock piping

Rolled adaptor as necessary for vertical and horizontal alignment

Bolted up system

The only issue we had was tip elevation. We had to bend the hanger on the rear of the Remus to help raise tips.

Lowered car, started and raised again to check for leaks. system was tight

Done

For anyone concerned about this exhaust being a pure bolt up fit for the 550i, I can tell you not to worry (at least from my experience) - no bending, crimping, welding necessary.

Now I am sure that evryone wants pics and soundclips. They will come as soon as I can get to it. Hell, I drove from my indy to work, 1/4 mile and that is the only time I have had with the car. I want to hear it too.

First impression - not loud, deeper tone with a little burble. Have not had it under full accelleration load as yet. Will follow up later.

Hope this helps

Al

Now I am sure that evryone wants pics and soundclips. They will come as soon as I can get to it. Hell, I drove from my indy to work, 1/4 mile and that is the only time I have had with the car. I want to hear it too.

Al


:redspot

We want clips!!!

There was a 550i with Remus installed recently at our shop. That thing was a beast. Very exotic sounding.

I will be away this weekend and I work from o'dark thirty to o'dark thirty each day. I want to make them so I can hear too. I need to find someone to thrash my car around so I can hear it, but most of my friends don't do manuals.

The sound from what I hear inside the cabin is nice. It is not too loud, has a distinctive tone and is befitting the 550i. No drone or resonance either.