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I have seen a few posts where someone got a shop to cut and weld, but most shops won't touch this. The angles are tough.
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12-20-2021, 08:26 AM | #3 |
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I thought they was a way of just taking the stainless tip covers off.
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I'm speaking from an M550 perspective where the tips are all one piece to the axle back. Only way to change the tips is to get a new axle back with quad tips like the Dinan, or get a muffle shop to cut and weld something on.
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Junebug85 was the member I remember reading he used the wood and a mallet for his 540.
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Think powder coat won't work as it too hot and will peel.
Needs specialist paint from what I have discovered in the forums. Will keep you all informed as I do it over Christmas new year. |
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I knocked the tips off with a 2x4 and a hammer and sprayed the tips with high temp matte black spray paint (4-5 coats if I remember correctly). Another member baked theirs in the oven to cure the paint, I did not. You probably want to put a towel between the 2x4 or rubber mallet when putting the tips back on. Did it last summer and the tips still look great.
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To get them off, I warmed up the car for 5 mins or so. I found that with a warm exhaust, it's easier to take them off. A mate of mine recommended to use Foliatec exhaust spray paint. This is an all in one primer, colour, laquer and hardener. I ended up doing around 3 coats. It recommends that you leave them for 7 days before putting them back on the car and exposing them to the high exhaust temps. After 7 days, I coated them with some left over Gtechniq C5 wheel armour. I'm glad I did this as it makes cleaning them so easy. Few pics below. For reference, I paid around £25 for the Foliatec spray. BMW do sell some black exhaust tips, but at £102 each I think the DIY is the better option!
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Did this exercise these days and today I put them back but it seems I did not fit the left one correctly, as when I got home I realized I lost it!
I went out to search it on the road, but couldn’t find it… Any idea if these covera can be bought separately? It kind of looks like s*it without it Thanks |
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