Mat, I was thinking about getting that lip spoiler to add some extra character to my car. Looking forward to seeing those photos!

When your exhaust arrives, you will probably be very surprised at the size of the tips! However, according to my friends, to the untrained eye, the tips look as if it came from the factory. Also, congrats on your decision to order the system! I hope you will enjoy it as much as I do!

Take some pictures and video of your install! I plan on taking some more video this weekend as well...

 

Patrick,

I actually went ahead and ordered it yesterday so I should have it within a week! I'll take pictures of the whole install process plus the finished product so you can see how the lip spoiler looks. I plan on installing it the day I get it after I get home from work.

Mat

 

Mat, any news on the exhaust shipment? I noticed that you are located in New Jersey. I hope that they can get the exhaust from California to New Jersey by the end of the week!

 

Patrick,

I got the exhaust yesterday and put it on with some buddies. The weather has been terrible out the past few days so il get some pictures tomorrow and put them up. I love it so far. noise level is perfect and the car feels a bit peppier. One thing I noticed though is they are smoking alittle bit, im guessing this is just junk inside them burning out? Its getting to be less and less so thats what im thinking it is.

Mat

 

Mat,

Yes the exhaust does smoke a bit because it's burning out...I don't know, but something. When I first installed it, my friends commented that it smelled like roasted marshmellows...of all things. How is the cabin noise between 1700-2400rpm? Any drone under slight load?

Good to hear everything went well! Looking forward to those pictures!

Pat

 

The noise level between 1700-2400 seems to be okay im pretty ok with their being some noise now, the car was just too quiet for my taste. The drone under a slight load is perfect, it almost sounds like a euro V-8 sports car and im loving it!

So here are some pics that I just took after I washed the car: (Sorry for the cell phone quality)

 

Apologies for the hugely delayed response Mat.

You car looks great! I hope you are still enjoying the exhaust now having owned it for a while.

Any new developments or thoughts?

 

Sorry for taking such a long time to get back, I left for college in mid august so I haven't really done anything to the car. I've been home twice, but the car sits under a cover connected to a battery tender so its really a pain to get it going for at the most 3 days. The one weekend that I came home and took it out for a drive I left the car in a small parking lot in the town over from me to go run into the barber and when I came out 20 minutes later and I had been hit. Now there's a nice sideswipe mark from the right passenger door to the rear fender. Oddly enough I noticed the car parked next to me on that side was an 05 XJ8, talk about terrible luck, as I had picked that spot because I thought that at least someone in another XJ wouldn't scratch or ding mine. I'm taking it in to the body shop when i'm home for thanksgiving next week to see about getting it repaired. Other then all of that I am still loving the exhaust and its nice to have my XJ stand out a bit from the others.


Mat

 

What was involved in removing the old exhaust and how easy would it be to replace the factory exhaust, if needed?

Sounds like a DIY job, but just wanted to make certain.

 

it's a piece of cake, the axle backs are just held in place by something similar to a tbolt, that's what you use to put on the mina gallery exhaust, the hardest part is getting it off the rubber hangers, it seriously will only take you about 30 min to do, it's very easy, the easiest exhaust work i've ever done

 

Interesting, so no cutting/welding...

 

That's correct...I was shocked when I did it, because it was so easy. I had a couple ramps I backed onto, just to give a bit more room under the car, you remove 2 bolts that clamp the axle backs onto the rest of the exhaust, and just pull them apart.

 

is it a nice deep tone?
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It definitely changes the way it sounds under throttle, but I can't really hear it over the supercharger under wot. I don't think I would call it a deep tone, but it sounds pretty good. I believe there are some videos on you tube of them.