:needless to say - this DP issue has trashed what were brand new greddy dp's (not sure of the price of these, but am guessing $400-500), needed to buy new greg d dp's ($400), rewelding the midpipe connection to get the old off and to fit the new ones/labor (150) - talk about roughly 1k worth of wasted money - thanks to a shop in GA!
Damn, that piping looks like a disaster. Here's what mine looks like: