Wasting $919 on a cat from dealer Monday arrgh!

Check out Quadratec.

Pacesetter has one for 359, not sure of quality of pacesetter though.
Afe also makes one for 499. which is stainless and mig welded.
OMIX has one for 529, not the best marketing picture as its rusty on the website.

Hilarious, the Omix picture looks like something pulled from a junkyard.

I even saw that Magnaflow offers a less expensive version. The good is we have options, cheap, middle ground or OEM prices.
 
Wow, surprised that the Magnaflow was slightly more when factoring in the core deposit. Did you compare if there were any significant differences between the two? Quality of material/welds and/or sound?

Would love to hear how your install goes after you put it in place.
I thought it was odd they were higher priced than oem as well. No actual pictures of the unit, and basic descriptions that everyone's uses, like "only the finest ingredients" lol. I'm going to install it this weekend if I get time. I suspect it will get really quiet as right now the cats are hollow, it sounds good right now though. Stock muffler in place.
Check out Quadratec.

Pacesetter has one for 359, not sure of quality of pacesetter though.
Afe also makes one for 499. which is stainless and mig welded.
OMIX has one for 529, not the best marketing picture as its rusty on the website.
None of these are CARB Certified, which since I'm in CA, I need.