Dinan Muffler solution??

[richiemind]

I'm sure most of you already know and are tired of discussing about the dummy tips on the Dinan free flow exhaust on the e46 m3's but has anyone discovered a solution to making all tips functional?
Luckily for me when I bought my M3 it came with Dinan muffler, saving me $1,500 (I was also given the stock muffler). I love the sound but hate the fact that two of the tips are fake. Has anyone tried drilling a hole into the tips and seeing if it would be functional? Im no mechanic so the last thing I want to do is start poking holes in places that I shouldn't. Has anyone tried this, or any other method?

Note: I'm aware of Steve Dinan's White Paper and his explanation to the fake tips. I know it is designed for better performance.

[Kevlar]

If you saw the white paper... you saw the diagram how the exhaust is designed and drilling the fake tips won't connect you to anything.

[BimmerBreaker]

You would have to cut open the muffler, gut the material inside, cut out the straight-through pipe and weld on a piece to allow exhaust to flow to the outer tips.

Not worth it

[slocar]

I don't think I'd go around hacking a perfectly good Dinan muffler: they designed it the way they did for a reason. If you don't want fake tips, sell it, buy a muffler with functional tips and you'll probably even pocket some money in the process.

[modular93fox]

Can you really not see another solution...


Sell the dinan muffler and install one that has four functioning tips? Not that difficult..

[richiemind]

Thanks guys