Okay so I got the depo catted downpipe, bms intercooler, and Cobb AP with eqt ots. I'm sitting in the waiting room of Eastside motoring in Waltham, MA right now and they started working on the car at 12pm. It is now 5:50pm and they're not done. They told me they're having trouble getting the stock downpipe out, I thought it would be the intercooler but apparently that was fine! These guys are APR dealers so they should do this all the time. I'm pretty confused about what's going on... and now worried about what labor is going to cost.
I was told that the mk7.5 model has a different cat, maybe bigger, maybe different angle, than the mk7 and they're having trouble taking the stock dp out. Does this make sense at all?? I thought the facelift was identical mechanically.
EDIT: Got more info. So yeah they're saying they had to remove some extra stuff to be able to get the stock dp out. They're saying it took as much time as an mk7.5 R. Still not sure how the facelift changed the downpipe or surrounding parts. Another fun issue...the depo downpipe is not a good fit for the back half of the exhaust so there's a good amount of leak, including flutter when revved. So I will 100% have to swap for inspection. Is this normal?? Should I contact depo? They said a solution is to weld the pipes, but swapping to stock will require it be cut so I don't want to do that. Are there risks to keeping it this way?
EDIT2: Ended up being charged $600, $350 for IC which I guess is fine, and $250 for the downpipe.