You know what, i have been thinking that since i bought it and looking at other lifted XJ’s and NOBODY else’s is like that for some reason, not sure if becasue it is a 2000 but it does bother me as well. I have not hit it yet,knock on wood except for part of it on a rock at the dumps but that is it. Any suggestions? I thought about getting a used cat form an older XJ and figuring something else out but not sure yet, haven’t had time to look under it and figure it out.