Is this the part number and exact OEM Muffler that came with our cars? (H5000-162850) Most importantly would this come with the pipe from the muffler to attach to the b-pipe? Please check the link below, and any info you could provide would be really helpful if you could elloborate...

http://www.drivewire.com/nissanparts...xima3.0se.html

Cross reference to this diagram I got from the Nissan parts Dept I take my car to.

I have checked that same document before I posted this question. That only lists the parts seperatley and I need the OEM part number for the muffler as a whole and need to know if it will come with the pipe to connect to the b-pipe.

It comes with the pipe to connect it to the b-pipe...I got mine replaced last month bc it cracked right before the b-pipe...so that solves half of your question

That's exactley what happened to me, cracked right before the b-pipe like it was sawed in half, it was a clean break.

I see that these versions are the OEM replacement's, but not the original that came from Nissan... Midas wanted $218.28 for the same Bosal muffler I can get online for $99.01. What a markup and a ripoff, how do they find suckers to agree to pay that much, I just wanted to use their lift and see myself what was wrong with my exhaust. The only other one I can find online that they say is OEM is a Ansa which is a little more at: $113.68

My question is has anyone replaced thier muffler with a Bosal or a Ansa, and how close does it look and sound to OEM? Does it look the same with the dual exhaust look in the back?

I replaced mine yesterday ( 2k gle) with a Bosal. Look the same with the dual exhaust but you have to take the extension from the OEM to put it on the new one and sounds exactly like the oem!