M20 header options in 2025

[jasonbk]

I've been searching everywhere and dug up some old threads dating 2014 and 2019 - but looks like a lot of then available options are no longer available anymore. I've been looking at E30zone and NZ forums and the selection pretty much boils down to:

Here are what I was able to find to date:

Supersprint (plug and play but expensive)
Ebay (questionable quality, ill fitment due to incorrect stud)
Schmiedmann Same as ebay Chinese made, ill fitment
BTB headers (regarded as one of best in E30zone forum but it's no longer in production, there were some surplus / rerun from 2020 but they're all gone)
Team2Fast headers (they claim these are german manufactured high quality but I've never heard of them.
AAF (more expensive than Supersprint, potential clearance issue, will likely need custom downpipe solution by looking at the shape)
IE engineering shorty(RD copy) or longtube (lots of quality complaints in R3V but these are no longer available anyways. I reached out to them to confirm)
Motorsports Downunder Kinda looks like BTB, based in Austrailia, but I never heard of this company so no idea if this is legit or scam

Bavauto, Sebring, Magnex, Quicksilver, are reputable names I found but none of these options are available anymore, not even in classifieds, and I also heard some mentions of Alpina, Hartge, BTB copy repros on Ebay but it looks like all copies that are on Ebay is the same longtube design based on the shape).

I'd love to hear if there are other companies I'm missing - thanks!

[digger]

yes, it is a sad state of affairs considering there seems to be a few people putting money into the m20 with itb and the rest, so there seems like a gap in the market.

[Reichart12]

Sounds like my next year's learning hobby is to build a set of m20 headers for the forum haha!

I currently have a very old set of Bav Auto long tube headers and there are starting to look rough at the collection area. Hoping they last because as OP said, these are hard to find now

[digger]

Sounds like my next year's learning hobby is to build a set of m20 headers for the forum haha!

I currently have a very old set of Bav Auto long tube headers and there are starting to look rough at the collection area. Hoping they last because as OP said, these are hard to find now

Despite having a couple sets of BTB headers, i bought myself a TIG welder (for various reasons) so have been half seriously considering doing a custom set likely a one off though not impossible to setup a fixture

[peteb3]

Supersprint for the win

[digger]

those look nice from that angle

i found this in my research incase someone wants https://soaraperformance.com/bmw-e30-m20-na-headers/

[strickland]

Not a new option, but these old H&B have been for sale for a while in SoCal. They look rough but I don’t know much about it.

https://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/pts/d/northridge-hardy-beck-bmw-performance/7825709987.html

[McGyver]

Not a new option, but these old H&B have been for sale for a while in SoCal. They look rough but I don’t know much about it.

https://losangeles.craigslist.org/sf...825709987.html

H&B is pretty neat, especially because the shop still exists. They were clearing out a bunch of inventory (sway bars and such) back in 2016 or 2017 that all ended up at German Auto Sport. Word has it that H&B used to be the US importer of Alpina products to build Alpina cars in the states. They got caught building Alpina clones on the cheap and had all their stock taken back.