Nice to know you were able to get it up and working properly. 

There is a local exhaust shop that does really good work for a reasonable price.  I usually just have them bend up a custom setup for me whenever I need a new exhaust on a rig.   I'm very lazy these days. 

I used to do the same thing, pay for someone else to do it, when I lived in SoCal but as I've found since I moved back east in '01, in some places it's impossible to find competent exhaust shops and mandrel bending.

Me-"Do you mandrel bend?"

Them-"Mandel?"

Me-"Mandrel...without the kinks or narrowed diameter."

Them-"Like for mufflers and stuff?"

Me-"Thanks for your time..."

You can get pretty spoiled with a shop that will let you sit there and BS with them while they are welding up your new exhaust. 

Yeah, when I lived in San Diego there was a place in El Cajon I used to have do my work.  Nice people, good prices (sometimes I felt guilty when I was leaving), welded seams, and cool stuff.  I'd usually sit around and look at the cool stuff they were working on or peruse their picture books of the hot rods, 4x4's, and lowriders they'd worked on or built.

Up here?  Crimp bends, cheaper than aluminized piping, overcharging, and muffler clamps...