i knpw yas doin things your way which im totally up for, if every one did the same stuff...1.8t this 1.8t that yawn yawn etc things would grind to a halt (not just on about engines just using that as an example...), just think you were stung a bit on the cost thats all, a friend of mine makes the kind of exhaust you got (although not very fashionable in the motorbike world anymore since peeps started putting them on there cars...) and i can get that kind on can (unbranded) but he makes them for a few various top names, for probs about £40, so i hope for the price you paid you got right back to the downpipe and all hangers and new rubbers etc... ive got a spare race can in me shed for my gsxr, and im after an exhaust for the vr6, but wether its my age or not ill pass on slappin it on the back...
good on yas though fielder, pays to be different...

Gaz