[daktah]

well after a few days of driving normal and spirited driving i can confirm that i was indeed overreacting a bit. with the mufflers open its just slightly louder than before (when not wot), when closed its almost as quiet as before. still torn if i want a muffler/resonator because i both love and hate the rasp and resonance when jammin it but until i decide to at least its not as unbearable as i thought.
one thing for sure though is the tsp cats are definitely not cleaning the exhaust enough to pass a smog here (obd only but theyll definitely smell me rolling up) even after as heated as theyll ever get so ill have to get some 300 or 400 cell units for sure :/