Back in the day I had a 93 Accord that I had a custom exhaust bent to fit. It was loud, but not as loud as a lot of people's that you see. I think the key is getting a smaller tip or dual tips. THe one I had was just a generic Arospeed muffler with mandrel-bent 2.5" pipe all the way back from the cat. It had dual 3" DTM tips on it, so not restrictive, just different looking.

It had a nice deep tone, but it droned a little at highway speed. For like $200 total into it, though, it was a pretty good value (may have been less, but I can't remember). If you're going to get an exhaust, remember that if you don't remove the restrictions before it (header, catalytic converter) that it's all just for sound and bling. Minimal power gains, I mean.


Good luck with it.
(My first post on HA-net in at least two years. w00t!)