Well I'm 18y.o. going to college on $7.50 an hour so money is definitely a speed bump BUT I'd much rather pay for something that's worth it. What muffler do you run with the borla?

 

Banks torquetube header is made to last. That is what i have

 

I have the APN and am fairly pleased with it noticed a lil more tourque and a throatier growl to the engine with it on bolts right up

 

APN on my stroker

 

im def leaning towards the APN after all the great reviews iv read on it.

 

Well my jeep is REALLY loud. I'm running a single chamber flowmaster haha
If your not looking for LOUD, you can always go with another style. But you can defiantly hear the difference with this header.
I wish I could speak from experience about the other brands of headers, but I can't.. However, I am all about quality, a good warranty, and customer service! And Borla had all of those so that is who I went with. And I have a smile on my face every time I start the jeep!!!

 

if the borla was so expensive id go with it, but being o a budget the APN at around 180 shipped is just the best bang for my buck with my funds atm.

 

Yeah I defiantly see where you are coming from.
I'm not going to lie, it was difficult for me to pass that one up!
Haha I'm not a Borla salesman or anything like that!
I just ended up with their product and I wished I had someone give me straight answers when I did my research.. So here I am to try and help someone else out

 

thanks man, thats what this forums all about. i just think i wanna go with a different route for my exhaust and if im gonne spending $300 more id rather be able to go the exact route i want.

 

Right on!
One thing I would recommend doing if you stick with the APN (or any other flange style header) is get a new down pipe made. Get rid of that stock (crushed) restrictive one!
Good luck man!

 

if the mandrel down pipe is the selling factor on the borla i think walker and another company sell a non crinkled factoy downpipe its not mandrel but it certainly isnt nearly flat...

 

Ive looked all over for exhaust kits, but they're all just a bunch of dimensions and no diagrams. I'm going to be doing a whole intake exhaust re-do in a few weeks, and I was hopefully going to do a cowl intake to a 99+manifold with a 60mm bored 99+tb with newish injectors and upgraded fuel rail. Continuing on with apn headers, magnaflow cat, and walker exhaust because its quiet (I do a lot of driving through neighborhoods at night). I would like to use 2.5" exhaust throughout. Sound good? If my numbers are correct I should be in about 1200-1600 dollars. There is also a possibility I may be getting a new motor from a 2000 but that ones iffy because we aren't sure if it runs.

 

CHECK THE YEAR OF YOUR XJ

Check if it's a later 1999 model (passed 06/99)

Because the later models have the intakes like the 2000 and 2001
Which is a huge problem because the APN headers don't fit them. I called APN cause I was about to order and they said they dont fit late 99 models to 2001.

Unless you're up to doing some modification to it, I think you have to grind it down or something. I got a 2000 so im SOL. Buddy of mine had to send it back cause it didn't fit. Just a heads up!

 

Stupid double post sorry haha

 

Whoops sorry that was meant for another thread. I meant to ask: if there are any renix headers, I noticed there were a bunch of threads involving heads/headers not lining up. Also something about the intake manifolds and what not. Id like to break it down.

What head/intake did they use to create the headers with?

Do renix model headers exist TODAY? If so where can we get them.

Do these models work with upgrades? Such as a 99+ intake on a renix head?

Ill be asking around, calling places, etc. Ill post my findings, I just wanted to get the juices flowing.