that damn resontator! Stopped by a local muffler shop and he happened to have a nice piece of 2 1/2" stainless to fill it's place. I don't know why I waited so long to do it. Just as a side note, the sticker on the resonator was dated 6/10/05 at 1:38PM and the words...do not paint.
Really? you don't paint mufflers?