[alien]

Well I just bought a brand new Active Autowerke Exhaust for my 2013 328i N20 engine.

The price was just right in comparison to other exhausts from the competition.

As you can see in the pictures everything came perfectly wrapped and arrived safely at my house. The quality of this piece is phenomenal. All the welds look perfect.

All in all I am very happy with the way this exhaust looks for the price that I paid for it. I have bought other exhausts for past caras with a similar price and the quality has not been even close to the quality of this piece.

I would like to thank Mike from Extreme Powerhouse (www.x-ph.com) for the excellent customer service in setting up my shipment. I live in Puerto Rico and its sometimes a challenge to get things shipped here. The buying process was very smooth and shipping was very fast. Item arrived in 3 days and in perfect condition. And I got the best price for it comparing to other sites as well.













I will put up pictures of it installed later.

For the ones who are interested the exhaust is a perfect fit, looks 10 times better than stock but still retains that almost stock look. And the sound is amazing from the outside and hardly bothers you in the inside. 0 drone and is perfectly livable for daily drive use.

[alien]

Saved for installed images

[Fanitron]

so excited to get mine! It should be here by end of week.

[K320]

I saw alien exhaust in person and i can tell you it is great.
AA quality is awesome and the sound is perfect for the 4 banger.
This will be my next upgrade.
Alien estas danaooo....weee

[Jeff@TopGearSolutions]

Get some vids!

[BeachsideF30]

Yea where the hell are the videos at lol

[alien]

Haven't had a chance to take videos. It's been raining a lot down here in Puerto Rico. Maybe this weekend I can take some and upload them. Along with pictures of the install.

Need to take videos now since the downpipe is on its way and that will change the sound.

[BeachsideF30]

Yea pre downpipe videos

[mike@x-ph.com]

Thank you for the review

[Tiago@VRSF]

Looks like a nice piece!

[idrive328i]

Congrats on the exhaust!! Hurry up with the video =P

[MyFragileHalogen]

I bought one from Mike too. It came with no bolts and no tips. After 4 more days, I received tips but they were wrong ones. After another 4 more days, I finally received the right tips. Mike was quick to take care of the issue, but my buying experience wasn't so good due to AA's handling being not so professional. Also, the installation was not easy for the yelp-famous muffler shop guys in NoHo.

It looks and sounds good, although I want to drive it a little more before I confirm my judgement.

[mdavis12]

bought mine from Mike also. came complete. Ran into the issue as the poster above, muffler guys took quite a bit of time to install due to fit of the unit. They were able to work around it though. AA also needs to enhance their install guide so it is more descriptive.

Sound is great so far. Deep but not too loud. Will add pics and sound clips once I get a chance.

[alien]

My guys had no issue with the install. They just took their time to make sure the alignment was good and nothing was rubbing. Other than that it was all easy.

[alien]

For those that wanted install pictues and video here we go!





The tips are adjustable so you can hide them more if you want. I decided to let them hang out a little more so you could see the brand



Cold start:
http://youtu.be/Vx6Sst2IpOw?list=UUL...NYj06ybKFeBwWg
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Regular start and some revs:
http://youtu.be/DiW-UC4Y3do?list=UUL...NYj06ybKFeBwWg
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[alien]

For some reason videos are not working in the forum, if anyone can let me know what could be wrong so I can fix it. If not just click the link.

[alien]

Also just got this today in the mail

[thisismikeyb]

Just installed mine today. During the install I did run into some fitment issues. Aside from that looks perfect.

Initial thoughts are the sound is just right. Plenty of pops and burbles. You can defiantly hear the exhaust while cruising. It is not any more intrusive than wind/road noise with the windows up, its just there in the background.

[Tiago@VRSF]

What kind of fitment issues?

[mdavis12]

Originally Posted by thisismikeyb

Just installed mine today. During the install I did run into some fitment issues. Aside from that looks perfect.

Initial thoughts are the sound is just right. Plenty of pops and burbles. You can defiantly hear the exhaust while cruising. It is not any more intrusive than wind/road noise with the windows up, its just there in the background.

I just notice you also have an xdrive. I also had fit issue with the system not aligning. it was pushing more to the left as if the right flange was too long. Not sure whether there is slight difference between xdrive and non xdrive 328is.

[mdavis12]

Here is a normal start up sound clip. I really like the sound on this exhaust.

https://soundcloud.com/mdavis12-1/st...haust-1#t=0:10

Here is another driving (around 30 to 40 MPH) with windows down

https://soundcloud.com/mdavis12-1/st...exhaust#t=0:44

[thisismikeyb]

Hmm, xDrive Strikes Again...going to be putting in on the lift again today as I had limited time yesterday.