[Vinnief96]

Tiago@VRSF hey. I’m interested in purchasing a high flow catted downpipe for my 2015 335i xdrive m sport. I have been checking ecs tunings website, and for almost 2 months the downpipe is “back ordered with no eta” when can I expect it to back in stock to order the same actually goes for the 5” stepped intercooler as well... getting antsy, and I don’t want to buy the er downpipe as it’s way more expensive.

[ian332isport]

Originally Posted by Vinnief96

Tiago@VRSF hey. I’m interested in purchasing a high flow catted downpipe for my 2015 335i xdrive m sport. I have been checking ecs tunings website, and for almost 2 months the downpipe is “back ordered with no eta” when can I expect it to back in stock to order the same actually goes for the 5” stepped intercooler as well... getting antsy, and I don’t want to buy the er downpipe as it’s way more expensive.

May I suggest you give them a call

[bbq]

Because of the covid lots of things have been out of stock for months. It will come back eventually, just don't expect it to be soon.

[Vinnief96]

Originally Posted by ian332isport

May I suggest you give them a call

Lol, have you done business with vrsf? They don’t seem to have a # on their site, and it’s only email correspondence

[Vinnief96]

Originally Posted by bbq

Because of the covid lots of things have been out of stock for months. It will come back eventually, just don't expect it to be soon.

Sucks to be vrsf then... I guess I’ll just cough up the coin and go with ER

[thejeremyman9]

Originally Posted by Vinnief96

Sucks to be vrsf then... I guess I’ll just cough up the coin and go with ER

There's other options out there. CTS should be about the same price as VRSF IIRC and its a better design last i saw (has a bracket, and reportedly better fitment). There's also ER, wagner, AFE, etc etc. There's also a new brand on XPH at a similar price point, but i think its so new to market its untested.

[Vinnief96]

Originally Posted by thejeremyman9

There's other options out there. CTS should be about the same price as VRSF IIRC and its a better design last i saw (has a bracket, and reportedly better fitment). There's also ER, wagner, AFE, etc etc. There's also a new brand on XPH at a similar price point, but i think its so new to market its untested.

Yeah I bit the bullet and instead went with the active autowerke intercooler, as I've read it is quite good and pretty much neck and neck with vrsf if not better

[culpability]

AFAIK the VRSF catted downpipe is extremely spotty on whether or not it passes smog anyways. My shop tells me ALL the catted downpipes are liable to fail smog but the vrsf one is one of the worst. If you want a catted downpipe, my research indicates the ER one is the best bet for passing smog, but no personal experience.

[Vinnief96]

Originally Posted by culpability

AFAIK the VRSF catted downpipe is extremely spotty on whether or not it passes smog anyways. My shop tells me ALL the catted downpipes are liable to fail smog but the vrsf one is one of the worst. If you want a catted downpipe, my research indicates the ER one is the best bet for passing smog, but no personal experience.

Any comparison to er catted dp to the Wagner catted dp? The Wagner catted dp is around $100 cheaper..

[Canadared]

Do yourself a favour and get a CTS CP/DP/IC. All quality made products and have been on my A4 and 335

[thejeremyman9]

Originally Posted by culpability

AFAIK the VRSF catted downpipe is extremely spotty on whether or not it passes smog anyways. My shop tells me ALL the catted downpipes are liable to fail smog but the vrsf one is one of the worst. If you want a catted downpipe, my research indicates the ER one is the best bet for passing smog, but no personal experience.

If you are talking about emissions compliance in the US, the AA DP is the only one currently on the market that has EPA certification and is therefore 49 state legal (all expect CA because CA requires CARB approval). Having said that, fabspeed has the longest track record of getting the catalyst monitor into ready state and not throwing a CEL (they guarantee this, as does AA), but since it is technically not EPA approved, it can still cause you to fail the visual inspection. People have tens of thousands of miles on the fabspeed across probably hundreds of cars over many years. I run fabspeed myself.

All other catted DPs will not pass emissions and will almost certainly throw a CEL, especially if you are tuned and drive hard. This includes Wagner, ER, AFE, VRSF, and CTS. These DPs will not get the catalyst monitor into ready state and therefore you will not pass a OBD2 emission check, in addition to failing a visual if they look. So, if you need to pass emissions, be prepared to pay much more for the two mentioned above, and AA is only available for EWG. If you just want catted for other reasons (smell, etc), then any of these can work.

[Vinnief96]

Originally Posted by thejeremyman9

If you are talking about emissions compliance in the US, the AA DP is the only one currently on the market that has EPA certification and is therefore 49 state legal (all expect CA because CA requires CARB approval). Having said that, fabspeed has the longest track record of getting the catalyst monitor into ready state and not throwing a CEL (they guarantee this, as does AA), but since it is technically not EPA approved, it can still cause you to fail the visual inspection. People have tens of thousands of miles on the fabspeed across probably hundreds of cars over many years. I run fabspeed myself.

All other catted DPs will not pass emissions and will almost certainly throw a CEL, especially if you are tuned and drive hard. This includes Wagner, ER, AFE, VRSF, and CTS. These DPs will not get the catalyst monitor into ready state and therefore you will not pass a OBD2 emission check, in addition to failing a visual if they look. So, if you need to pass emissions, be prepared to pay much more for the two mentioned above, and AA is only available for EWG. If you just want catted for other reasons (smell, etc), then any of these can work.

I have ewg, as my 335 is the 2015 m sport. So I think I'll go for aa catted. Delaware is pretty lax on emissions lol

[thejeremyman9]

Originally Posted by Vinnief96

I have ewg, as my 335 is the 2015 m sport. So I think I'll go for aa catted. Delaware is pretty lax on emissions lol

AA is a good choice. Will get you all the performance and no worries about emissions, smell, CEL, fitment, etc, which is worth paying for IMO. It was just launched the same week i bought my fabspeed. Had it been around sooner/longer i probably would have went that route instead, but no complaints about fabspeed so i can't be mad.