as far as *****'s go, just ignore it for the time being, im pretty sure everyone gets the idea of who it is referring to. there isnt grudge holding for the most part, but that was a more personal thing and has nothing to do with this and is entirely understandable. so if everyone could, just drop this, all the direct parties involved have settled everything, but the "dispute" still lingers as others are a ways down the info chain.

back to topic:

yes, the 2nd X-pipe is much better then the 1st.