sorry...i wasnt trying to discredit your advice...i was just voicing my thoughts on the "no muffler" setup, although im sure that alot of people like how their car sounds, and they probably dont like how my exhaust sounds.
i agree with several of the comments here. the exhaust systems available for the RTs are awfully high priced, again in my opinion. your local exhaust shop can do the same work for cheaper, so long as they have a pipe bender. my exhaust is custom bent, as while i liked the stock sound, i wanted a little more noise, but the few "store bought" systems that i had heard on the rts and eclipses just didnt do it for me. i just bent 2.5" pipe, from the mid pipe, up over the suspension, smoothing the lines a bit, and rather than straight pipe or a standard finished muffler, i went with a header muffler off of the mirada. i hated how it sounded on the mirada, so i figured that it couldnt hurt to try it on the stratus...this is what i ended up with: