Best X pipe...
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Best X pipe...
What do you think is the best X pipe to compliment my Borlas and stock headers? I assume this is a DIY install, much like the Borlas? Thanks guys! 
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Originally Posted by DsC5
I don't think there is a "best" per se, so long as it is stainless from one of the usual names, you'll be fine. Except for the cutting aspect, it is a DIY install.
I thought I had heard others were "better" than others, but that's been a while.So what exactly needs to be cut?
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Bill, you may want to consider replacing the entire center section and include some high-flow cats with your mod. No cutting and even a better flow. I've got Random tech center with slip flanges, easy to deal with, high flow and very clean looking.
Hope you find what you're looking for! Cya!
Hope you find what you're looking for! Cya!
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I have a Bassani X-pipe on mine - does the job I bought it for - quiet the drone and resonance in the car. Had to cut the stock exhaust behind the cats to install, which I left to a local muffler shop. Cost was $30 for them to cut and install.
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if you want some real benefit,get the kooks headers w/hi-flow cats and a 3 inch x-pipe.otherwise the rest are pretty much all the same...corsa,borla whatever.i was amazed at the difference in my corsa when it came off and was up next to the 3 incher from kooks.borla makes a pipe,so if you don't go the header route,you may as well keep everything borla.no welding,cutting that i know of or ever had done.
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Originally Posted by JDs00PewterCoupe
I have a Bassani X-pipe on mine - does the job I bought it for - quiet the drone and resonance in the car. Had to cut the stock exhaust behind the cats to install, which I left to a local muffler shop. Cost was $30 for them to cut and install.
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Originally Posted by jrose7004
Call me old fashioned but what ever cat back system I would have would be the kind of X-Pipe I would get! 
It might make alignment of the tail pipes a lot easier too.Tom
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Originally Posted by Tino
Does the x-pipe replace the h-pipe in the exact same location on the stock system.
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Originally Posted by lemansbleu2004
Best what? Price, ease of installation, silencing of the burble, most precise welds? What?
I'm looking to gain the most from the sound, really. I was just wondering if my Borlas would sound even "better" with an X-pipe. By better I mean less burble and even a deeper sound. Thanks all!
