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      07-03-2011, 03:11 PM   #1
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550i Undercar pictures

So i got my new 550i Xdrive with adaptive drive up on my 4 post lift on saturday.
Love to see under my cars and inspect it, and learn more about it.
Here are a few pictures from my iphone. Mostly the exhaust do
The exhaust has a outside diameter of 2-3/4''OD (70mm) from the downpipes all the way to the mufflers. I must say i was impressed on the setup ( for a factory setup) Nice big dual piping all the way, with nice secondary cats. These pipes must flow pretty good. A few crushed areas to add extra clearance room. But not bad at all in general.
I was thinking of making a mid section to bypass the resonator x-pipe with a high flow x-pipe. This could add a bit of sound to the car. The 550 is just to quiet, needs a little more tone!!

My car has the adaptive drive suspension, i took a picture of the rear swaybar hydraulic motor that is located right in the center of the bar, the other edges of the bar is like a normal swaybar, but it has the hyd motor in the middle. This motor must increase and decrease hyd pressure as required by the suspension controler. Pretty cool stuff.
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Very nice...thanks for the pics...agree with you that the car is away too quiet...wish BMW would take a page out of the mercedes V8 cars..all the benz 8 cylinders have great sounding exhausts.. Wonder if just removing the center resonator and replacing with straight pipes/tubes will make a noticable difference.

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Can anyone point out the lift points for the rear in these photos? I assume the front point isn't visible in these.
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You don't see the jacking points on these pictures.
The car has 2 plastics square lifting point on each side below the rockers.
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You don't see the jacking points on these pictures.
The car has 2 plastics square lifting point on each side below the rockers.
I meant the central lifting points, not the jack pads. The beamers of old had a pad under the engine and a brace that in front of the diff that was the place to use seemingly.
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      07-12-2011, 10:16 PM   #6
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oh sorry, was wondering before how come you asked that,
I should have figured that lol
But i did not notice one
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Very nice...thanks for the pics...agree with you that the car is away too quiet...wish BMW would take a page out of the mercedes V8 cars..all the benz 8 cylinders have great sounding exhausts.. Wonder if just removing the center resonator and replacing with straight pipes/tubes will make a noticable difference.
Removing the resonator is going to give you a raspy tone which I don't think fits the 5 Series very well. You may also get highway drone which is a killer.

Try an eisenmann system, you will definitely hear the car after installing it.
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Do you have info on the Eisenmann systems?
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Nice.
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Do you have info on the Eisenmann systems?
I do actually
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