without having a set of xrl headers and a xr silencer in front of me its hard to say exactly,
but i wouldnt think welding the 2 together would be your best solution,and could cause problems fitting and removing it as one piece,
i would think some sort of collar to increase the diameter of the xrl headers so they fit tightly into the xr silencer would be a better idea,
wouldnt expect much improvement in performance from just changing the silencer though,think the xrl headers are a bit small and restrictive,
if your after a performance increase i'd change the lot,