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Old Dec 26, 2009 | 09:27 AM
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Im looking at getting a new high flow header for the XJ.... Ive heard good things about Borla.... opinions?
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Old Dec 26, 2009 | 09:54 AM
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over priced waste of money........you wont see the chrome unless the jeep is on its side...go on Ebay and get a Newer style header...for less than 100.
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Old Dec 26, 2009 | 02:52 PM
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JBA is better than the ebay crap and priced 150 less than banks or borla
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Old Dec 26, 2009 | 06:51 PM
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ive heard of borla being pretty poor quality but have never used any of there stuff before, i need a new header sometime also im gonna weld my current one for the time being, ebay has some decent headers for sale for like 200 bucks or so and there 1 5/8 thick i think but i dno if there nice or not.
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Old Dec 26, 2009 | 08:23 PM
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Originally Posted by BeepBeepImaJeep
ive heard of borla being pretty poor quality but have never used any of there stuff before
i dont think so...million mile warrenty...Good quality...High $$$$ Ebay headers are good quality!! built like a tank...i know because i own one. any header will crack if you have old motor mounts ...so you should replace them if you strip the motor down to replace the header!!!
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Old Dec 26, 2009 | 08:44 PM
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Ran one on my stroker and my son hjas one on his 4.0L

http://www.ineedparts.com/auto-parts...-manifold.html

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...7846118&hl=en#
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Old Dec 26, 2009 | 10:31 PM
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Originally Posted by FrankZ

Great links
Merry late christmas gift to me!
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Old Dec 27, 2009 | 07:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Long Island XJ
Great links
Merry late christmas gift to me!
I've just ordered mine:

http://www.ineedparts.com/auto-parts...-manifold.html

Shipping has been slow during the Holidays, so i should be getting it in about a day or two!!!

I shopped around for awhile, but couldn't justify paying for the "big name", ya know?


BTW- i will be replacing my motor mounts as well!!!

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Old Dec 27, 2009 | 09:10 AM
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banks power header
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Old Dec 27, 2009 | 10:33 AM
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Im looking for a high flow header... then gonna get a high flow exhaust.... I dont want some stock XJ header... im most likely going to wait until I have both to put them on ....
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Old Dec 27, 2009 | 10:44 AM
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Then get the one I linked too.
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Old Dec 27, 2009 | 10:50 AM
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haha! sry I must have looked over that link.... would it be ok to put the header on before I got my cat back?
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Old Dec 27, 2009 | 11:31 AM
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why wouldn't it be ok? tons of people do that, plus it doesnt hurt anythiing?
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Old Dec 27, 2009 | 11:47 AM
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I just finished installing headers that I bought off eBay..I must say that im pretty pleased with them.

I looked at the borla ones, and they are identical except for the material there made of.

The one on eBay was 410ss which will rust faster, but will still perform the same,because they have the exact same design
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Old Dec 27, 2009 | 01:59 PM
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Originally Posted by GIjoe
haha! sry I must have looked over that link.... would it be ok to put the header on before I got my cat back?
Yes, and you may decide to skip the cat-back alltogether.
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