well i looked around and i decided to just get a new down pipe, knock the cat out and just repaint it with high temp paint. the muffler i have on it is a magnaflow, its the welded muffler not the crappy pinch seam one. and i'm just going to figure out what to do about a tail pipe later but thanks for the help ill post pics as it comes along
for the tail pipe i was thinking of just going all the way to the back and dumb out the side near the shackle.. or i was thinking of just doing what CWLONGSHOT did