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Those bolts above the rear mufflers definitely won’t be a problem anymore...

Tips powdercoat done now high temp spray for rear mufflers then mounting and picking it up. I think tonight!

Powdercoating process. Went with a textured matte black so it will hold up better and not scratch.

I only have 1 day of vacation left and have a few more things to do - I don’t have that much time :)

Loooove that GT500

2020 BMW X7 M50i. Had a 2018 BMW X5M before but wife wanted something bigger. Not quite as fast as the X5M but close and super comfortable/luxurious.

Pre powdercoat evolution. Double wall, tacked, welded, polished, rounded, trial fitment

Welding the tips

Final stages - custom tips. Will be offset (copying borla offset), slant cut, double walled and powdercoated black. Rear mufflers will be painted black to blend in. The silver muffler of the borlas drove me crazy with the car being black. Ended up doing 3.5” tips as 4” didn’t fit with the...

Oh ok not bad I’m sure we can find a time to meet up, maybe some other people on here in area too.

I moved here for work and not sure where that is to be honest. I barely know my own area. I’m in Grosse Pointe.

I’m 45 mins away and picking it up Sunday. They just sent this one clip. More to come once I get my hands on it!

They just slipped on the rear mufflers to get a quick sound clip for me. Need to align, weld, make custom tips and paint black still (rear mufflers and tips). Should get it back Sunday. Always so hard to tell from any online clip but it seems to accomplish what I wanted - higher pitch, more...

Almost there...

Here are ours side by side. Few minimal differences in layout and path. My resonators are further back, smaller flex pipes, and the mid muffler slightly more forward. Reading Vibrant resonator language it says “Placement further downstream in the exhaust path will target higher RPM...

Oh great! I hadn’t heard that about no break in before. Yah 300 vs 400 so close. Vibrant has no equivalent mid muffler from what I can see either...

The vibrant muffler part is 5x9x15 and magnaflow is 5x8x18 so volume wise only about 7% difference. I’ve only heard MF vs Vibrant on the same platform once and they were similar - maybe Vibrant was slightly smoother but that was years ago and I’m sure the technology has improved. Your MF has...

You’re going all out, I love it! My wife and I also have a X7 M50i and that thing is whisper quiet inside with absolutely zero squeaks rattles etc. I may mess around with some sound deadening on the explorer. Which model magnaflow do you have now for rears? The vibrants are bigger I assume since...

Awesome and yes I can’t wait to hear it. No idea what, if any, difference my custom catted downpipes vs SPD and the extra x pipe will have. I was planning on trying to put some sound deadening under the spare tire and maybe few other places in back. Do you think that’s worth it? My only other...

Yeah we are going with the vibrant I think for that reason but still need to hear them. How large is your mid muffler? You have vibrant resonators? I wish everyone with a custom set up could get together and we could all hear them in person, based on prior experience it’s impossible to compare...