It was time, I was miserable driving with the stock exhaust sound and I needed to get a new exhaust, badly.
Just like everyone here on the forum, I have been researching almost every day for the past month, reading reviews of all the different exhausts, and countlessly listening to all the youtube videos over and over and over. You name it I’ve looked into Meisterschaft, Agency Power, Active Autowerke, AFE, and the list goes on and on. So, I came across a thread by another member, about the ARK Grip exhaust, and immediately liked their design with the extra helmholtz chamber design near the rear muffler.
Since I live close to ARK, I decided to stop by and check out the exhaust. The quality of the exhaust is definitely premium. Full 3” catback exhaust, beautiful welds, and uses v-band clamps. After I saw the exhaust I decided to pull the trigger and get it installed that day. Luckily they were having a sale on the exhaust, so the price was reasonable for a catback.
Note: If you drive a 6MT, you will need to modify the hanger on the midpipe. The guys at ARK did it real quick for me and only took 10 min. to cut and weld. If you have an automatic, you guys do not need to modify anything.
For those of you who have been researching for an exhaust for your F30 328i, I strongly recommend getting the ARK Performance GRiP Exhaust. I personally think this exhaust has the perfect exhaust note/growl/burble for the 328i sedan. At the same time, there is none/barely any drone at low-high cruising speeds, yet sounds awesome from the outside with a heavy foot on throttle. I’ve had friends and family in the backseat and no complaints of piercing drone to the ears. Performance wise, I feel the car pulls a lot better from 2nd to 3rd gear. Btw I drive a 2012 6MT 328i.
It’s been about 2 weeks driving with the new exhaust, and I have no complaints at all. The only thing that you might be concerned is having to reposition the hanger (for 6MT owners), but any muffler shop can do that. For me, I wasn’t bothered by it since you will not be able to see it, or have any effect on the performance or sound of the exhaust.
Since there weren’t many people on here with the ARK exhaust or have enough reviews, I wanted to share my thoughts and hopefully this will help anyone on here who have been searching and trying to decide on which exhaust they should get. With the new exhaust I now enjoy and love driving my car everyday! It’s waaaaaaay better than driving with the crappy and boring stock exhaust.
I hope this review was helpful and I apologize for the crappy pictures and videos using my phone, so please do not judge me =)
Just like everyone here on the forum, I have been researching almost every day for the past month, reading reviews of all the different exhausts, and countlessly listening to all the youtube videos over and over and over. You name it I’ve looked into Meisterschaft, Agency Power, Active Autowerke, AFE, and the list goes on and on. So, I came across a thread by another member, about the ARK Grip exhaust, and immediately liked their design with the extra helmholtz chamber design near the rear muffler.
Since I live close to ARK, I decided to stop by and check out the exhaust. The quality of the exhaust is definitely premium. Full 3” catback exhaust, beautiful welds, and uses v-band clamps. After I saw the exhaust I decided to pull the trigger and get it installed that day. Luckily they were having a sale on the exhaust, so the price was reasonable for a catback.
Note: If you drive a 6MT, you will need to modify the hanger on the midpipe. The guys at ARK did it real quick for me and only took 10 min. to cut and weld. If you have an automatic, you guys do not need to modify anything.
For those of you who have been researching for an exhaust for your F30 328i, I strongly recommend getting the ARK Performance GRiP Exhaust. I personally think this exhaust has the perfect exhaust note/growl/burble for the 328i sedan. At the same time, there is none/barely any drone at low-high cruising speeds, yet sounds awesome from the outside with a heavy foot on throttle. I’ve had friends and family in the backseat and no complaints of piercing drone to the ears. Performance wise, I feel the car pulls a lot better from 2nd to 3rd gear. Btw I drive a 2012 6MT 328i.
It’s been about 2 weeks driving with the new exhaust, and I have no complaints at all. The only thing that you might be concerned is having to reposition the hanger (for 6MT owners), but any muffler shop can do that. For me, I wasn’t bothered by it since you will not be able to see it, or have any effect on the performance or sound of the exhaust.
Since there weren’t many people on here with the ARK exhaust or have enough reviews, I wanted to share my thoughts and hopefully this will help anyone on here who have been searching and trying to decide on which exhaust they should get. With the new exhaust I now enjoy and love driving my car everyday! It’s waaaaaaay better than driving with the crappy and boring stock exhaust.
I hope this review was helpful and I apologize for the crappy pictures and videos using my phone, so please do not judge me =)
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