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      08-07-2015, 09:42 AM   #23
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Check Your Pipes Off The Turbo/intercooler

CIWS, Your 100% correct!!

Called another BMW Dealer an 1 hour away that was a Dinan installer and they had no problem replacing the parts. And now that I see the Charge Pipe and Pipe off the Turbo which is the WEAKEST, They are thin cheap plastic, I would recommend everyone inspect these parts especially if your running a Performance tune, you could be leaking small amounts of boost and know it. The wastegate ended up to be OK, the two leaks were the charge pipe, and the worst was off the Turbo. Its right under the Ele. Wastegate.
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      08-07-2015, 07:44 PM   #24
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Is there any one out there making the charge pipe for us or can we interchange with a 3 series aftermarket???
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      09-03-2015, 08:47 PM   #25
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SGEAR's charge pipe and boost pipe

Just got my charge pipe and boost pipe from SGEAR industrial Ltd for $300 from Taiwan to US (they accept PayPal; secure transaction!). Kayo from SGEAR was very knowledgeable and respectful. They were the only vendors who sold charge pipes and boost pipes for the N20 BMW X1. Will let you know ASAP after I install them!

Side note; I previously bought a N20 charge pipe from Evolution Racewerks from a vendor in Las Vegas. He told me that it fits all N20 engines, turns out those don't fit the BMW X1. Got a refund, and then received a call from the sales rep directly from Evolution Racewerks saying that they are currently working on a charge pipe for N20 BMW X1. They said they need to borrow a N20 BMW X1 to build the charge pipe so anyone living in California willing to lend their X1, contact them (christine@evolutionracewerks.com)! I believe she said they'll give the charge pipe to the X1 lender really cheap.
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      09-04-2015, 11:38 PM   #26
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I also bought the charge pipe + boost pipe from sgear. The welds look nice, i did the install. Hardest one for me was turbo side but got it. The only downside is that is touching what i think is a coolant plug anything else is good. Would like to mount a boost gauge to see if it does not leak boost
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      09-05-2015, 12:04 AM   #27
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Hello! I have same afe intake on mine. Will this intake cause a problem? That is the only Mod i have. Thanks
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      09-05-2015, 12:33 AM   #28
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Hello! I have same afe intake on mine. Will this intake cause a problem? That is the only Mod i have. Thanks
Did you get a dry or oiled filter? The oiled filter will require you to keep your MAF clean. The dry is a lot less maintenance.
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      09-05-2015, 02:29 AM   #29
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Hello Twix! I did buy the dry filter. Had issues with oiled filter before with K&N and it messed up my ZHP. I noticed your car you have AC Schnitzer springs are you using stock shocks? Sorry going of topic here I have my H&R springs sitting in my garage not sure if it's ok to use stock shocks Thanks! By the way love your set up on the x1. Oh how big of a difference is the Dinan Tune on 28i engines. Is it worth it?
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      09-05-2015, 01:38 PM   #30
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The intake won't cause any issues for you, nor will running stock shocks with lowered springs. The springs don't lower enough to damage the shocks at an accelerated rate. Make sure to get an alignment right after. I had mine installed as part of my purchase deal, currently 53000 kms on them with no issues besides the ACS springs being stiff.

Dinan is a big difference over stock, coupled with the down pipe boost comes on really hard. I also ran JB4, which, was much better bang for your buck over Dinan. The car becomes an animal with JB4. Dinan is more noticeable in part throttle situations which is good around town. It's worth it to me just for the warranty, out of warranty I'd be putting my JB4 back in.
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      09-05-2015, 06:28 PM   #31
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Thanks for your knowledge Twix much appreciated!
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      09-06-2015, 12:48 PM   #32
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I'm interested in getting these pipes, but I feel that with my stage 1 burger tune and afe stage 2 intake, I am getting surging from the boost not holding all the way. I think I am running into diverter valve issue not holding. The charge pipes look like they will help smooth out after I come up with a DV replacement.
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      09-09-2015, 12:29 PM   #33
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I also bought the charge pipe + boost pipe from sgear. The welds look nice, i did the install. Hardest one for me was turbo side but got it. The only downside is that is touching what i think is a coolant plug anything else is good. Would like to mount a boost gauge to see if it does not leak boost
I just got my charge pipe and boost pipe from SGEAR installed, I had to cut a little bit of the boost pipe to get the installation completed. Was this the same for you?
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      09-09-2015, 05:38 PM   #34
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I just got my charge pipe and boost pipe from SGEAR installed, I had to cut a little bit of the boost pipe to get the installation completed. Was this the same for you?
I managed to get it there, im looking forward for meth injection, but need to get more info with the install Jb4 conections. I really notice that charge pipe is slightly touching what it looks like a radiator plug. Did yours?
I will be trying also 135i intercooler( looks very similar in the mounting points) with custom segments to the boost pipe and charge pipe if i get one cheap to test fit
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      10-31-2015, 12:05 PM   #35
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Just got my charge pipe and boost pipe from SGEAR industrial Ltd for $300 from Taiwan to US (they accept PayPal; secure transaction!). Kayo from SGEAR was very knowledgeable and respectful. They were the only vendors who sold charge pipes and boost pipes for the N20 BMW X1. Will let you know ASAP after I install them!

Side note; I previously bought a N20 charge pipe from Evolution Racewerks from a vendor in Las Vegas. He told me that it fits all N20 engines, turns out those don't fit the BMW X1. Got a refund, and then received a call from the sales rep directly from Evolution Racewerks saying that they are currently working on a charge pipe for N20 BMW X1. They said they need to borrow a N20 BMW X1 to build the charge pipe so anyone living in California willing to lend their X1, contact them (christine@evolutionracewerks.com)! I believe she said they'll give the charge pipe to the X1 lender really cheap.
Hey, was that $300 shipped or was the shipping extra?
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      10-31-2015, 08:40 PM   #36
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i got mine from SGEAR back in august for 250. lol
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      10-31-2015, 10:35 PM   #37
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Hey, was that $300 shipped or was the shipping extra?
Yes $300 included shipping as well.
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      11-25-2015, 03:26 PM   #38
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DINAN is very misleading in there wording...if something breaks as a cause of the DINAN product, DINAN will cover the replacement. NOT BMW warranty.
I wouldn't say it's really misleading. It says it does not effect your BMW warranty, meaning it does not void or alter the warranty, which it does not.

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The BMW/Dinan warranty arrangement ended years ago. Now Dinan just agrees to match your factory warranty should BMW not cover something due to one of their parts.
There really was never an "arrangement". The Magnuson-Moss act was it. A dealer or manufacturer cannot void a claim unless they can prove 100% without a doubt that the modification caused the failure. In which case Dinan would gladly pay for it. The only thing that has changed in recent years is that BMW dealers are no longer allowed to CPO a car that has had Dinan modifications installed where as in the past they were the only modifications that were allowed to be installed.

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Yea, that's what I said. However, it just doesn't always go smoothly. BMW blames DINAN-DINAN blames BMW.
BMW doesn't blame Dinan, the advisor/technician who doesn't really know how to handle this situation and has no interest in helping you blames Dinan so they can take the easy road and pass the buck. I was the Dinan Specialist/Lead Advisor at a BMW dealer and honestly Dinan was great to work with every time we had to deal with them. Had an issue with a e60 550i carbon fiber air intake setting a CEL at random. They 3D printed a new pipe on the spot, overnighted it, we verified the updated pipe design worked, 3 days later I had the final carbon fiber piece in the car and they gave the client a free full suspension upgrade for his trouble. Tell me another tuning company that is even capable of that let alone providing that level of service and compensation. Steve Dinan even called my client personally. Believe me, if you have these kinds of issues it's all the dealer. It's not BMW corporate and it's definitely not Dinan.

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This is entirely unacceptable. At this point Dinan should be working with the dealership of your choice to get this fixed. The only reason people pay their ridiculous prices is so that sh*t exactly like this WON'T be an issue. Any interest I may have had in getting a Dinan tune is going out the window based on your experience.
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Every BMW Dealer in So. Cal that i have talked to, is kind of giving me the impression that it was a bad break up.
There was no break up. BMW still shares technical information with Dinan and Dinan still builds most of BMWNA's racing engines.

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CIWS, Your 100% correct!!

Called another BMW Dealer an 1 hour away that was a Dinan installer and they had no problem replacing the parts. And now that I see the Charge Pipe and Pipe off the Turbo which is the WEAKEST, They are thin cheap plastic, I would recommend everyone inspect these parts especially if your running a Performance tune, you could be leaking small amounts of boost and know it. The wastegate ended up to be OK, the two leaks were the charge pipe, and the worst was off the Turbo. Its right under the Ele. Wastegate.
YAY! Glad to see you finally got it addressed. I feel bad it took so much effort for something that could have been handled so easily.
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      12-31-2015, 03:29 AM   #39
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Hello.Any problem with SGEAR X1 E84 N20 charge+boost pipes kit? I'm interested in getting these pipes.-

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      12-31-2015, 09:41 AM   #40
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i have the H&R's on the stock shocks and the ride is really ruff man, if you hit a pothole forget about it feels like the car is falling apart.
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i got mine from SGEAR back in august for 250. lol
Any problem with sgear kit?
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      01-01-2016, 11:33 AM   #42
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sgear kit is perfect. no problems what so ever. had it for over 6 months now. i drive the shit out of my x1 lol. It'll hold up to alot of boost and alot of WOTs.
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      01-01-2016, 11:49 PM   #43
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OK.Have a nice new year.M/Ths.
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      01-04-2016, 11:11 AM   #44
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Ever since installing sgear chargepipe and boost pipe, i've been getting a few error codes like fuel/air mixture too high something like that. Any of you guys get error codes too?
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