I thought the 99+ GT's only had 4 cats?
On my car (6 cats stock), they melted on me, so I had a muffler shop replace them with just two new cats. It made the car a lot louder, and there's some sad exhaust sounds at a couple rpms that make my car sound like a truck.
If I were you, I'd buy an aftermarket X pipe with zero or two cats, and put it on your 2002 GT. Forget about your wife's car.

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1998 GT Convertible
PI Headswapped, catted UPR Xpipe, magnaflow catback, 4.10 rear gear, lowered 1.5" w/ eibachs, 95 style cobra wheels.