11-06-2018, 10:28 PM | #1 |
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Anyone install the MPE recently?
Just curious if anyone had the MPE installed recently without the rattle/vibration noise that I keep reading about? I'm leaning toward Dinan exhaust if this is still an issue. Thanks.
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11-07-2018, 04:42 AM | #2 | |
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I have not heard the sound of the Dinan exhaust, but let me tell you something! The MPE is worth it, even with this minor annoyance! It's one of the best sounding line 6's with this exhaust, and after you hear it, you will never want to switch to a M2C! I've heard of people, who switched from Akrapovic titanium exhaust to the MPE after hearing it in person! Last edited by Masterofgoingfaster; 11-07-2018 at 07:33 AM.. |
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11-07-2018, 09:16 AM | #3 | |
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11-08-2018, 02:01 AM | #4 |
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It rattles like crazy. If it's really cold, it'll rattle longer than 10 seconds. But, once it's over I could care less because it sounds so good with the valves open.
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11-08-2018, 02:47 AM | #5 |
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Never understood the obsession over the startup rattle issue. It is not sensible at all to you when you're IN the car. However, you will definitely want to worry about the drone at 3k rpm. How much it drones seems to vary a lot individual by individual. In my case it's not bad, for the record - I have a high acceptance criteria for "refinement", meaning low tolerance of drone. However, that level of drone (again in my case) only adds to the car's character and I would rather have it than not. I also don't understand how people drive staying around 3k rpm anywhere other than the highway highest gear cruise that just happens to be in that rpm range. I hear many enough exhaust to be not biased talking about M2 exhaust. MPE is one of the mods I'd do again over the other options. Check my review threads. Most if not all of them still are true.
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11-09-2018, 01:53 AM | #7 |
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I also don’t get the issues with the MPE. First of all it looks great with the big M performance logo on the muffler. And with the controller you can always open and close it. The rattle is only with cold start... After moving on it’s gone. For sure it will be one of the next first mods on a new car
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11-09-2018, 12:09 PM | #8 |
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+1 that sound is very intoxicating, I didn't want an MPE, I needed one! After hearing it for the first time, it gave me chills....SO GOOD!
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11-09-2018, 03:18 PM | #9 | |
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11-10-2018, 12:23 AM | #10 |
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I found a permanent solution for the rattle and posted it here:
https://f87.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...2&postcount=59 I don’t know about you, but I found it quite embarrassing to start my $60k car in a public setting and have the exhaust rattling like mad (if even only for a few seconds).
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11-11-2018, 11:13 AM | #11 |
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I had my MPE port installed. I have zero rattle or drone. Picked my M2 up in January.
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11-12-2018, 09:03 PM | #13 |
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I've had the MPE for 9 months now.. about 3 months in there was huge rattle upon startup and sometimes when idling.
I took it back to dealer and they fixed it up no charge to me.. since they fixed it up I get zero rattle, which has been for six months now. Also FYI I have tracked the car hard 4 times since, still no issues. |
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11-13-2018, 10:22 AM | #14 |
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11-16-2020, 06:58 AM | #15 |
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Believe the v2 has a drainage hole just beneath the m performance logo
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11-16-2020, 08:33 AM | #16 |
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No matter how we try to justify it the exhaust on a brand new $50k+ car should not rattle. I'm on my second and it still rattles. It's unacceptable. I would suggest not having the system port installed or installed at the dealer as the factory recommended method to fit it past the small lower cross brace is to smash in the pipe on one side. Seriously. Someone on here sells a modified brace that allows the pipe to pass over it at full diameter. That and a proper v-band clamp are helpful.
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Just a note about the Dinan: I ordered mine on July 31, 2020 and I still don't have it delivered. They apparently had COVID related supply chain issues and then changed manufacturing process which meant they needed to build new sub assemblies and get a new machine installed, and I should theoretically be getting mine soon and they should be processing the backlog. But just be aware that you could be looking at maybe 6 weeks from order.
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It sucks for those that were port installed that they weren't able to be part of the process to fine tune the installation. |
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