eg9525,
I think 2.5" for ur car is too much if ur modification is minimal. Your car will not enjoy the low-mid torque. In short ur car will lose the G-force effect. My satria mivec is using a 2" piping wt GTI muffler coz i don like noisy exhaust. Its difficult to find a exhaust shop that knows how to match exhaust + engine.
In my opinion, out of 10 exhaust shops, only 3 knows what u want, the rest are only interested to sell u noise, bigger size and more noise.....
FYI, for 2 " piping, the internal diameter is 1.75".