yea...muffler shops are good...
i had an axle back flowmaster exhaust forever (its painted black with a stock looking chrome tip)...sounded a little deeper than stock and it would spit everyonce in awhile. Then a friend of mine sold me obx 4-2-1 header off his old engine for 40 bux....i put those on and my car sounded a little ricier but the power felt better and then i got a custom made resonated 2.25 midpipe made at a muffler shop by my house for 65 bux....so in total ive spent less than 200 and got a whole exhaust....it looks stock but still sounds similar to a fart cannon but with more tone and backfires