are they better than aftermarket for the price?

 

if your gonna buy headers and exhaust, look for the inlet and outlet sizes... i think the exhaust piping is usually 2.5" or 2.25" which i think will fit your stock catalytic converter if you keep it...

basically you try to match all the inlet and outlet into 1 size(or maybe very close to it)...so it would all fit...

 

should i look into headers or exhuast first or down pipe? is the down pipe come with header?

 

most of the headers today has the header and also the downpipe...

i cant really say...what do u want to do with your car? are you going for Forced Induction (turbo/supercharger) or are you going NA(normally aspirated - which im gonna be going for)?

if your going for NA..then the simple upgrades you can do with your car is Intake, Header, Exhaust.. i would say do the exhaust first if you cant do the the full exhaust system yet...

 

Naturally Aspirated dude... just a little correction!

I agree with all else u said...

 

I say sell your car and lease a TL Type-S its a 200hp gain from a 4 cyl and a 130hp gain from 6cyl. Best bang for the buck. I was going to get one...then i decided that i NEED a motorcycle

 

hehe..well basically their just the same(naturally/normally aspirated)...i just looked at wikipedia...lol...haha.but its cool bro....

 

A 4 banger DD does not need a header!!! It will slow the car down under most normal conditions. The biggest restriction that you have is the B-pipe (also called mid-pipe). This is included with a cat-back exhaust.

My recommendations are still as follows (in order of what I'd do):

1. Sway bars
2. Cat-back or B-pipe
3. Intake