Well I guess that is a matter of opinion but I would go with this exhaust below. It is a full cat back stainless magnaflow exhaust system made for GM. You get it at a reduced price and it will look really nice and give you a nice rumble. Take a look.

For an 01' Monte without stock dual exhaust:
Cars not orginally equipped with dual exhaust will need the dual exhaust conversion kit 12498653 (sold seperately)

http://www.gmpartsdirect.com/results...umber=12498617

I guess it all depends on what you want to do if you want exhaust that is good but will not get you as much HP as doing a new downpipe with the u-bend delete. A cold air induction would be a good add and a tuned PCM would also be a good add. That is also mostly what I have done to my N/A car and so far I like the power it has produced.

 

That is actually a Magnaflow exhaust with 4" tips. Gorgeous exhaust with a good note to it.

 

sweet, i actually have a shop thats all mexicans, nothing against them or anything, theyre all awesome, but they do really cheap work on anything i could probably get a custom flowmaster exhaust for about 250, so im gonna talk to them here soon, im gonna check that downpipe too, thanks guys