i still have the resonator on it… mk3 vr6’s have 2 mufflers, i donno if yours does. the mid one ALWAYS rots out. when i bought the car it was rotted to shit, so i cut it off and put a flex pipe in there instead for a quick fix, but it sounds pretty good on its own, so i left it. i was going to have a straight pipe bent by a lowlyoilburner, but the car is pretty much sold.