Well, I appreciate fellow members looking out. Read the other threads and feel borderline on it.. a mix of lack of communication and perhaps something happened with customs.
I’ve sold / bought a handful of items here so @ MK7Gti, I’d do $400 friends and family.
Honestly no idea if it would work with a spacer. Bought the car new and in CA you don’t smog until the 6 year mark so haven’t gone through it. What I can say is that you can swap downpipes in less than an hour so that would be the way I’d go, at least for CA.