After similar grinding and sawing off the old system I was able to fire up the new exhaust on my G/F's 2002. Its a great looking exhaust and top notch quality but...way louder than expected. Seeing as the car is primarily driven by my G/F she is not so happy. It just has way to much noise in the cab to live with. I might have to pull it and replace with something else. Any tricks to tone it down? oh well