12-16-2014, 11:06 AM | #1 |
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aFe downpipe with cat: complete disappointment
I had my aFe downpipe with cats since 3 weeks ago... today I finally had time to go to the tuning shop to install it....
Surprise, surprise, that thing won't ever fit my M235i, a complete waste of money for me If anyone else has this installed, please let me know because I ordered the correct part but if you look at the picture, you'll see that it doesn't even looks like the OEM part... the aFe intake hole is way smaller, the position of the sensors holes, length, etc.... Edit: picture uploaded Last edited by AlexGT; 12-16-2014 at 03:29 PM.. |
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Have you reached out to AFE directly? Don't just give up like that.... they do claim to provide a lifetime warranty and if it is not good for this then I don't know what type of company they claim to be....
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Who are you trying to sell it to? Why would anyone want to buy it if it does not fit...? That sounds shady..
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12-16-2014, 03:27 PM | #8 |
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No I haven't reached out to aFe yet. Do you know if there's an aFe representative here in the forum who I can contact?
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You're right, thing is that I purchased it more than a month ago, I'll see if they will take it back (I bought it directly from amazon, not from a merchant thank God).
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That sucks, hope it works out for you.
From the picture it does not look close to having the plugs/connectors lining up. Do you know what car it will actually fit? That might be an option is to find out that info and post it up for sale to the correct target audience.
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So is that the issue... this is for the old N55 interface?? They obviously sold the wrong part then or marked it incorrectly. Did they not know that there was a flange change in between 2013-2014? That is considered false advertising (whether intentional or not).
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Looks like the main issue just the MY year difference. The AFE you got is the 3.5" flange and your car is 4" flange.
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I completely agree with you alz
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These days, a lot of kids that have access to a computer and internet thinks that they can just sell something without ever knowing things about car or even have the car. Some manufacturer sometimes are behind on updating their information just because they are not putting their efforts. But then, that's why they give discount to their dealers or resellers to compensate the work on taking care the end user, not just a pure profit or margin where it is being used to beat each other up with price war. But hey, it is Amazon, anyone can sell there.
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You may want to contact them and have them sort it out. Good luck, I hope you can get it sorted out soon.
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