My exhaust snapped in a similar place and I went to a local muffler shop that put in a whole new middle setup in about 2 hours for around $120. It was generic stuff and actually went from a double resonator to a single resonator with two Y pipes to make it happen. Works well and is nice and quiet. Might try any local muffler place to see if they can do something similar.

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