Grown some BALLS

i think I'm harsh on these but I'm just being honest, some things i LOVE about my car other things aren't best choice imo, this was one of them.

however, the construction is gorgeous, the weight savings are HUGE, the sound really is exotic and turns heads and they look so so so cool ...... Ive already outlined the pitfalls, when your eye lashes vibrate on a long journey ( i s**t you not that is not a joke btw) and your ears actually ache with the drone levels on longer motorway journeys i think it detracts and they are definitely decreasing the enjoyment i get with the car. i think me and Ga41 are some of the few thats actually had an original set and stuck with them... most have moved on.!! lol!

im willing to bet you sell within 2 month... your wife will HATE, HATE whats coming. remember i said it.
 
Don't listen to Beedub mate, maybe it's his balls that have shrunk! :poke: :rofl:

All joking aside, my car is almost a daily driver and while I'm not going to say they don't bother me from time to time it's not THAT bad really. I do a few motorway miles as well but not that often, say once every couple months for an hour, hour and half trip? They're loud yes but you can get used to them. Most of my friends and family don't even comment any more. My neighbours have never said anything either but then again it is a fairly busy road so noise in general during the day and I am careful to drive slowly and at low revs in the neighbourhood.

One other thing to note, if there's anything that rattles in your car, say an A/C vent or a bunch of small change in the ashtray, they WILL rattle! :D Once you stick them on and drive to your nearest tunnel for some "testing" you will find them much easier to justify!! And the first time that it REALLY pops and bangs on throttle lift-off will just make you giggle like an idiot! Mine still does!
 
Reading your comments I get the feeling that if like me, you only drove the car for pleasure it would be fine?

I think I will avoid telling the mrs about this discussion lol
 
I drive it to work, when we go out, to the shops and generally everywhere. It's just that lately I've been driving my wife's small Honda for ease of parking and less fuel costs just as much. I say go for it and if it doesn't work for you you'll still be able to sell it on for I'm sure not much less than what you bought it for...
 
Just be prepared to be a little shocked the first time you hear the car... It'll sound completely different than what you're used to. For one thing there is no engine note any more. Just exhaust.... That was probably the hardest thing for me to take in but I stuck with it and now really like them. You might have seen a few of my recent posts inquiring about different exhausts, it's not that I'm sick of the RPI's, it's just that after 4-5 years with them I'd like to try something different!
 
I have never been a fan of the way my car sounds, so maybe this will be a nice surprise.

I'm excited to get it bolted it on now :)
 
Popey said:
I have never been a fan of the way my car sounds
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These were my exact thoughts on viewing/hearing my first ZM , in stock form i found the car seriously underwhelming from a exhaust tone point & only on driving do you get the induction & mechanical roar that is great but these cars are M specials pushing 340 Bhp out & should have more aural presence :evil:
Be good to know your thoughts once fitted :thumbsup:
 
I'd say just get a GruppeM intake, the noise improvement is astonishing and you turn it in when you work the engine. Its not a constant noise note. Saying that I'm gonna do a YouTube recce on the exhaust to see what th fuss is about.
 
50/50 with mine. When i have a long (70+miles) motorway trip they do grate a little, yes your bluetooth will be redundant and there is a definite drone on the sustained runs but.......... anything else and the noise just makes me grin from ear to ear.
Drove it to work today for sh!ts and giggles in the rain, and still love it. Regularly have people come up to me on forecourts to ask about it, or thumbs up in traffic.

Re-sale values seem decent too, so if you got a bargain, sure it wouldn't be difficult to sell on.
 
I can use bluetooth just fine on mine... Just have to speak a bit louder and keep the engine speed a bit down but other than that no problem.
 
Im impressed 3 pages on the topic of my balls................... If only the Mrs had so much interest ha
 
Only limited experience of these but I'm with Beedub, I tried a forum members car for sale last year which had the gruppe m induction kit and exhaust and it was insane, I'm not knocking it but it was crazy loud under any throttle load, no way could I live with it, not even as a low mile toy. Think hard friend.

Hey but that's just my opinion of course.
 
Popey said:
Come on now guys................... really............... how loud can it be????????????????????
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Very :P Check out the reverberation off the cliff walls a few minutes in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsQc57cSpVM
 
john-e89 said:
Only limited experience of these but I'm with Beedub, I tried a forum members car for sale last year which had the gruppe m induction kit and exhaust and it was insane, I'm not knocking it but it was crazy loud under any throttle load, no way could I live with it, not even as a low mile toy. Think hard friend.

Hey but that's just my opinion of course.
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OP let me know if I'm exaggerating after you've spent more than 1 hour with the car.
 
If you still have your stock bottleneck cats, the RPI's might be tolerable depending on what you like. If you have high flow cats, God help you...

I have RE Diablos and 200 cell HJS / Supersprint s-pipe on one M, and Supersprint race mufflers with DKF 100 cell cats on the other. Both with catless headers of course... and both are too loud for me 90% of the time. RPI's are a level above that.
 
I think you should sell them to me and keep your wife happy. She might never go near those balls if you fit them :D
 
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