TopGear Exhaust thoughts

[Casa de Mesa]

Anyone ever hear of or used this brand of exhaust?

https://www.topgear.co.uk/

...and their US dealer:

https://www.topgear-eurosport.com/

I have never heard of the brand, but UK-made and looks like the quality is pretty good. They seem to be more prevalent in the Porsche & Audi worlds.

[SWRT_M3]

They look okay at best...

Section 2 is 2.25" OD and you lose the crossover H. Not sure its much of an upgrade over stock.

[Casa de Mesa]

They look okay at best...

Section 2 is 2.25" OD and you lose the crossover H. Not sure its much of an upgrade over stock.

Yeah, agree on Section 2, I should have been more specific. I was looking at their section 1 with 200 cell cats:
https://www.topgear-eurosport.com/bm..._type=exhausts

There is no mention of tubing diameter.

Having a really hard time finding a bolt-in section 1 with cats [edit:] that isn't a ton of money (Fabspeed, SS, etc.).

[shibui]

Section 3 looks like the Milltek piece. What was the consensus on that again?

[r4dr]

Yeah, agree on Section 2, I should have been more specific. I was looking at their section 1 with 200 cell cats:
https://www.topgear-eurosport.com/bm..._type=exhausts

There is no mention of tubing diameter.

Having a really hard time finding a bolt-in section 1 with cats [edit:] that isn't a ton of money (Fabspeed, SS, etc.).

That's suspiciously cheap, I'd be curious what brand of cats they're using. Fabspeed and SS are definitely priced at a premium, but even if you take that out of the equation they use high quality cats (HJS I think?) which aren't cheap. If you're looking for a catted section 1 and don't want to spend a lot of money, the Euro section 1 pipes could be an option. That would have OEM-quality cats.

[Casa de Mesa]

That's suspiciously cheap, I'd be curious what brand of cats they're using. Fabspeed and SS are definitely priced at a premium, but even if you take that out of the equation they use high quality cats (HJS I think?) which aren't cheap. If you're looking for a catted section 1 and don't want to spend a lot of money, the Euro section 1 pipes could be an option. That would have OEM-quality cats.

Yeah, they do use HJS cats. At least Fabspeed does for sure. Nice stuff, don't get me wrong, it's just a lot of coin for what feels like a couple pieces of nice tubing wrapped around those cats.

Are the Euro cats 400 cell? I know they are less restrictive than the US market cats/manifolds, but I'm not sure how much less restrictive.

I may just pulled the trigger on the Fabspeed. I like supporting American companies.

[T.J.]

These look interesting

https://www.schmiedmann.com/en/bmw-E46/1943113-new?product=SCMSPCAT46M3

[Casa de Mesa]

These look interesting
https://www.schmiedmann.com/en/bmw-E...t=SCMSPCAT46M3

Huh. Yeah they do.