so, after about 5 years of driving with a universal and custom 2.25" piping, my mom has finally agreed to let me shell out some good money for a better exhaust. i'm now looking for the typical, non-rice, quiet, no drone, deep, throaty sounding catback. and after searching for 'catback exhaust' and reading about 4 pages of threads (didn't go past 2002 cuz i wasn't sure if that was gonna be that helpful), this is the info and the questions that i've got:

reputable brand names - magnaflow, greddy evo2 sp2, apex-i ws2, comptech, thermal r&d, tanabe, hks, tenzo, rs*r - any others?

catback v. axleback - is there a noticable difference in sound/performance? because an axleback should be cheaper, right?

2" v. 2.25" - do any of these come with 2" piping? because i'd like to have 2" so i can get a little bit more low-end torque.

tip size/shape - anybody know the tip sizes and shapes? because i dont really want something huge, maybe something in the middle, and something circular and angle-cut

fully ss - which ones are fully stainless steel? because i used to live in chicago, and things rust like mad there.

sites to buy from - www.completeexhaust.com , www.modacar.com , http://www.turboimport.com/catalog/accord.htm , www.rpmmotoring.com , www.groupbuycenter.com - any others?

right now i'm leaning heavily towards magnaflow, because people said the sound is nice and quiet, and its fully ss for about 350 shipped. thanks guys. i plan to edit this post with credits, and maybe it'll help all the rest of the tons of people that have exhaust questions.