Exhaust questions....

Well, i would go to Summits website and check out the H or X pipes WITH CATS if you want to pass emissions. Although, what i do is put the old H pipe back on when i go take them. As for a catback ( or h-pipe back, if you will) there will be a lot of different suggestions, i personally have the stock mufflers and think it sounds great. Flowmasters always sound great, and i think they will tune it better for your car than some others. Borla is good too. If you're looking for cheaper, good luck, you always take a risk.

I personally would vote for some motorsports headers, and a bassani x-pipe (with cats), maybe some Borla mufflers welded up to you stock tails for now. I'm not sure how the headers will do with emissions, but I know everyone who runs a Bassani catted x-pipe has passed emission better than they did with the stock h-pipe. Not the cheapest, but some of the best quality. I'm a firm believer that you get what you pay for.