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Brass vs titanium?

great job there mate. amazing work.

they are shit, I badly regret letting my mechanic fit these awful shit shocks to my BMW e63, not even 6 months have gone by and less than a 1000 miles and they are already starting to corrode! never been anywhere near the coast or the sea etc but in the city, I only noticed the corrosion when the rear tyres were changed, 'made in Germany' more like made in Afghanistan, do not buy bilstein, I am so *ucked off having been charged a hell of a lot of cash to change all the shocks and springs, I can't even bring myself to look closely at the front shocks

Brilliant resto. Am tempted to do one myself. Btw, Silver wheels look great on this black car.

That Danglish accent is on point😂

The brass one sounds like an old bmw race car

Fantastic video! One thing to consider is that the car gets even lower after driving for a month or two, so the H&R might be fine now but scraping the nose later...

You found out how to make it sound like a Honda! I kid, mostly, I think some the other commenters are right though. If you did some sound engineering with a shop that was capable, like just running a brass X-Pipe or a resonator as you mentioned in the video it could be epic! Also epically loud...

Good work

Change The music

Beautiful…

What would carbon fibre sound like?

Outstanding, mind blowing.

CAI is a must for NA car

I would actually love to see maybe a brass x pipe and some sort of resonator, even a steel one. They could be in clamp-able locations. So you could fit different variations of the system for testing! But I’m a bit of an exhaust nerd lol, I understand that’s a big project.

I have the B12 kit with Eibach Sportline springs, I have 18" wheels with 245' up front and 265 in the back; it rides great, but the steering is pretty skittish and it tramlines pretty bad, but I saw your video on the front LCA bushings, so I will be going with the Z4M offset bushing to get more castor and have a better control feel.

This made me wonder what my 80s corvette would sound like with a brass exhaust

Should of just silver soldered the brass together

I t has a more trumpet sound

Mange tak!, will come in handy, doing the diff on my E36 M3 GT

Brass sounded better with that engine

Thank you for providing thing thorough video!

I didn't quite understand that. Have you now fitted B6 at the front and B8 at the rear? The B4 damper is the same as the OE damper. It is neither better nor worse. From the B6 damper onwards, Bilstein uses better and higher quality technology, which is identical from the B6 to the B16, except that from the B14 onwards it is coilover suspension. I have installed the complete B12 suspension in my BMW 650i and I can say from my own experience that the car drives much better, quieter and more stable at top speed (German Autobahn) than in comparison to the standard suspension. Basically, I don't believe in lowering springs on standard dampers. On the B12, the dampers and springs are matched to each other (B8 = shortened B6).

Hello...great video and help to DIY's.....Thanks!!!

Thanks for the reviews! I recently installed Meyle HD on my 330ci. After trying various methods in my garage to fit them onto the LCA, I found that using Dawn dish soap worked best. The bushings slipped right on.

Wow 👍👍great video.

Can u do titanium next?

Man that brass is too expensive lol

I only watched becuz of the accent. The rest is just a bonus

wow your underside is super clean respect

Aftermarket intakes need box to get cold air

One of the most beautiful works I have seen! I have an E-36 325 coupe and my ambition is to bring it as close as possible to this level.

Would be nice if you could get a cabrio e46 330 and see if you can mod optimise it...

I want to learn how to do this. how would I start

I noticed less rasp in heavier gauge stainless steel exhausts ages and ages ago, as a kid watching muscle car videos (our market is huge! so finding same brand and design with different quality metal was not hard) so i love that you did this but the end result of it being raspier was what i expected, to be blunt. Not personally a huge fan of excess rasp but there are easier ways to achieve this if its something someone desired, namely you just need a large section of pipe that starts resonating (aka, blank pipe uninhibited by extra supports, muffling, or anything that would weight it down.) Similar but slightly different effect a enlarged diameter exhaust tip can do similar, doesn't have to be a muffler literally just a tip. If you want less rasp and just to try brass you could fit resonators mid-way up after largest connecting point near headers, thats cheapest easiest anti-rasp method i know but rare to find since it requires more fab then just sticking resonators at butt end of exhaust when it comes to DiY builds. I like "Bullet" style mufflers for this approach, but all that would have to be made out of steel unless you fabbed brass ones, drilled all the holes and packed the matting to replicate one yourself.

Hey, for how long did you test the filters? Most ecu-s does have a possibility to relearn fuel/air ratios, just needs some time for that :)

I installed the z4m Bushings too! Sometimes i feel like the right self centering has more zest to it. But i think it could also be because of tramlining🤔.

Hi there I‘ve got a little OEM+ Idea for you. Ever heard of the Banjo Bolt with check valve in the e46 Steering Rack? Some people remove the valve to get better flow. So a less restricted steering feel. Im gonna try it myself soon too. Hope you enjoyed my suggestion🙋‍♂️✌️ Greetings

You did a fantastic and painstaking job,please where are you located.

So original exhaust has best performance, Noted.

How is the hammerite on the bottom holding up after 2 years? And how many kilometers has it been driven since the restoration? great video👍

Tim the beauty of the K&N air filter is it is reusable after cleaning and will last the life of the car !!

Great Information Tim, thank you !!

🍎I am definetely joining your group! Illnes has stoped me from doing the shocks and springs! The springs OMG i am lost, i have the M Sport and the car was already lowered when leaving the factory! However, the person who had the car before me, lowered the car even further to such a point he sold it not long after the UK roads are horendous for pot holes i have gone through alloys and front drop links every 3 months I do not like the car as low as it is and want it back to factory spec, but do not know what springs i need or struts, but for ride either B4 or Sachs? 🏁

Elsker at man ved første ord kan sige med 100 procent sikkerhed, han er dansk.

Great video! I am process of refreshing front control arms + rear bushings. What is your recommendation, TRW or lemförder for parts? I think there is big risk to get made in china lemförders :/

I want my e46 to look the same way when I am underneath it as yours.

Very cool working!!!

Great Job !!!

Look up megaphones. Exhaust megaphones. Just seent a video the other day talking about a gradual increase in diameter (megaphone shape) as part of the piping back. Even showed how placing the megaphone pipe in different locations, or distances from heads, offered different sounds. Or really it was pitch. Check the video out.