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Hi, I'm Jes and I just bought a 98' 318ti. I am new to this BMW stuff so any help is appreciated  my jetta was totalled  and I bought this sweet silver machine. |  |  | | 07-30-2005, 02:41 AM | #2 | | That's not Millpoint Blue Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: BNA Posts: 3,161 |
Ooooo... racer_chick was looking for a silver 318ti... she's gonna be SO mad at you. ;-) heh heh
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From Page 68 of the 1997 Owners Manual: "Vehicles equipped with ASC+T remain subject to the laws of physics." | | | | | 07-30-2005, 02:42 AM | #3 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 9,356 |
Welcome. I totalled a ti back in 2000. I won't do that again. __________________ ...steven
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Welcome Jes
Congrats on your ti!!! __________________  | | | | | 07-30-2005, 02:58 AM | #5 | | Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: MD Posts: 5 |
thanks......This is my 1st BMW and I LOVE IT. - But i need a stock exhaust cause some goof welded my pipe wrong and i figured i could just buy a stock one OR buy a upgraded exhaust!  Could you point me in the right direction? | | | | | 07-30-2005, 03:21 AM | #6 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 9,356 |
Quote: | Originally Posted by Racerküken thanks......This is my 1st BMW and I LOVE IT. - But i need a stock exhaust cause some goof welded my pipe wrong and i figured i could just buy a stock one OR buy a upgraded exhaust! Could you point me in the right direction? | You can read up a little in the exhaust section. __________________ ...steven
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1996 BMW 328ti • 2003 MINI Cooper S • 2016 M235i
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| | | | | 07-30-2005, 04:01 AM | #7 | | Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Pismo Beach, CA Posts: 500 |
IF theres nothing wrong with your exhaust, except its just welded on wrong, most muffler shops can fix that. It shouldnt cost more than $10-$15, maybe $25 if theyre tight asses. They'd just torch it off then weld it back on. No sense in buying a new one if your current one is good. And welcome to the site, you'll learn a lot here. I already have. __________________
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E30-> '96 TI sport -> E30 -> '96 TI | | | | | 07-30-2005, 01:47 PM | #8 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 9,356 |
Quote: | Originally Posted by jflip2002 IF theres nothing wrong with your exhaust, except its just welded on wrong, most muffler shops can fix that. It shouldnt cost more than $10-$15, maybe $25 if theyre tight asses. They'd just torch it off then weld it back on. No sense in buying a new one if your current one is good. And welcome to the site, you'll learn a lot here. I already have. | That is a good point. Don't think you must go to a BMW place to get the work done. I had a shop charge me an arm and a leg who primarily work on Porsche and BMW. A couple years later I found another guy who did the work at a fraction of the cost and lasted a longer time. Where in MD are you? Maybe I can give you some advice. __________________ ...steven
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| | | | | 07-30-2005, 03:56 PM | #9 | | Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: MD Posts: 5 |
Quote: | Originally Posted by 1996 328ti That is a good point. Don't think you must go to a BMW place to get the work done. I had a shop charge me an arm and a leg who primarily work on Porsche and BMW. A couple years later I found another guy who did the work at a fraction of the cost and lasted a longer time. Where in MD are you? Maybe I can give you some advice. | I live in Salisbury, md bout 30 mins from OC. I have friends who run a Performance shop in Berlin, md but i dont want to bother them with my "girlish" car issues Any advice is much appreciated. | | | | | 07-30-2005, 04:50 PM | #10 | | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: state college, pa Posts: 3,431 |
about every 4 years / 75k miles i need a new can. rather than forking over several hundred for a stocker or aftermarket, i just cut the old one off with a sawzall and weld on a $34 generic muffler.
it's pretty ghetto, but anybody that gives me crap about my muffler needs a life. | | | | | 08-02-2005, 09:31 AM | #11 | | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: IDAHO Posts: 134 |
I too wrecked a new jetta and came across one of these TI's .. Personally I like it better.... | | | | | 08-02-2005, 01:42 PM | #12 | | Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: MD Posts: 5 |
Quote: | Originally Posted by prd318ownr I too wrecked a new jetta and came across one of these TI's .. Personally I like it better.... | I miss my Jetta very much, But my ti is amazing like sitting in my comfy reading chair but not reading, shifting And now with a coat of Zaino she shines! | | | | | 08-02-2005, 01:51 PM | #13 | | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Manassas, VA Posts: 4,129 |
I went from a VW Scirocco to my 1998 318ti. Seems there is a kinship between VW cars and 318ti cars. If you need a muffler, I have a low mileage stock system that I removed from my car. It only had about 35K miles on it. Quote: | Originally Posted by Racerküken I miss my Jetta very much, But my ti is amazing like sitting in my comfy reading chair but not reading, shifting And now with a coat of Zaino she shines! | __________________ 
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Quote: | Originally Posted by roadrash Ooooo... racer_chick was looking for a silver 318ti... she's gonna be SO mad at you. ;-) heh heh
Hey, cool... I get to be the first one to say... "Welcome!" | nice -- make me sound like a meanie --  congrats RK --- enjoy it - | | | | | |
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