I’m going to enjoy the quiet ride on the X358 for a while but I eventually want to upgrade to different exhaust.
Looking for a deep throaty sound at take off without the drone or loud idle (cold start exempt). Can anyone recommend muffler brands (with part numbers)? Any sound bytes would surely help as well. I’m only familiar with Magnaflow, Borla and Flowmaster- I don’t want anything Flowmaster on this vehicle. Thank you in advance.

 

Cut off your pre axle resonators and leave your rear mufflers on. No drone and plenty of throaty exhaust notes on take off, and when you put your foot down. No need to use an exhaust system on the 4.2l. If you want to pay money Mina Gallery is your best option but why? Stick with factory rears. Cheapest and best mod for performance sound. Plus you keep the factory look with Jaguar parts. Nothing worse than seeing an XJ8 saloon with aftermarket tips that dont go with the flow of the car. Or in some cases the tips are just trimmed pipes. Keep the original look, only change the sound. Ill load up several clips for everyone to hear, later today.

 

I even seen Mina exhausts on YouTube, but only XJRs seem to be favored with aftermarket exhausts. Probably a reason behind that....

let us see some videos, want to hear it from the cabin and close to the exhaust tips, cold start as well as on the road while you step on it a little. Thanks Brewtech!

 

When you removed your resonators, did you add an X pipe?

 

No, I added and X pipe to my 2007 XK and it was not giving me the sound I wanted, X pipe came off and now it sounds like it should. So with the X350 I went with straight pipes all the way to the rear mufflers, but I might just bridge both pipes in an H config just to see what happens.