Geoofduc, Everything lined up just fine in the end. I hooked up the mid-pipes first and getting the mid-pipes onto the rear header pipe was a pain and took a LOT of wrestling. My next issue was getting the lamda sensor routed. The lamda port is on the opposite side with the marving pipe, so I had to pull the sensor wire out of the spaghetti tangled mess of wires it was originally in and then re-route it as best I could. Once I had everything in place I tightened it all down and let the pipes "burn in" real well.
Next came the cored cans. They were pretty simple. The marving mid-pipes came out at exactly the same spot, so it was just a matter of hooking the S pipes (down pipes) back to the cans and lining it all up. This was nerve-racking because I didn't want to scratch the awesome finish bergdoerfer managed to get on the cans. After a bit of fiddling all was well and I fired it up to "burn in" the paint on the cans. It sounds awesome!
My original plan was to ceramic coat the marving mid-pipe and the S pipes in flat black, but I kinda like the way it looks now with a bit of bronzed pipe, the flat black, and the polished tips. I have an extra stock exhaust thanks to another great forum member, so I might get those S pipes ceramic coated and just see what I like best. If I like the black I could later send off the mid-pipes.
I don't have a video camera, so I'll have to try and borrow one to get a video posted for you. Maybe over the weekend.
Many thanks again to bergdoerfer and Jeff from Monsterparts!
