M3 CS stock exhaust or akrapovic?

smbm3cs · 01-10-2019, 02:42 AM

just wondering which one is better?
mostly people said that the stock one just same as the competition one.
any recommend?

cionide · 01-10-2019, 03:13 AM

There are 3 exhausts - stock, competition, and m performance.
Personally, I don't think any of the OEM ones sound bad enough that I would spend the $6-8k on akrapovic (not that it doesn't sound great too).

CanAutM3 · 01-10-2019, 03:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cionide

There are 3 exhausts - stock, competition, and m performance.
Personally, I don't think any of the OEM ones sound bad enough that I would spend the $6-8k on akrapovic (not that it doesn't sound great too).

There are actually 5 OEM exhausts:

Base
Sport (Competition Package)
CS
M-Performance
GTS

The most obvious difference between the CS and Sport exhaust is the single walled welded-on exhaust tip that have a larger inner diameter on the CS exhaust. It is not clear if there are other differences, but the CS does sound different than the Competition Package.

Brasko · 01-11-2019, 07:41 PM

M-Performance Exhaust has my vote, but I'm a little bias.

hellokitty · 01-11-2019, 09:50 PM

Akrapovic

yaymitch · 01-13-2019, 01:31 AM

Akra Evo

Maitre_Absolut · 01-13-2019, 11:56 AM

AA mid + CS rear

LOW4LYF · 01-13-2019, 12:39 PM

I think the CS and ZCP exhaust are same except the tips and of course the tune. Most likely BMW did not develop a new exhaust close to end of production.

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