Pacesetter downpipe question

[cb3016]

ok so i got a 3" pacesetter downpipe, spent friday night and all of saturday porting my turbo, re-porting exhuast manifold, and O2 Housing and then of course installing my downpipe, but i can't seem to get the falnges to lay flat onto the O2 Housing, it sems the welds are in the way of the hex nuts, it looks like a pretty sloppy weld job as it is, just wondering if it would be ok to sand down the welds a little to get the hex nuts to fit, also if anyone else had this problem before did what did you do to correct it? i have one nut all the way down but on the other I have a gap about as wide as the thickness of a penny.

 

[dsmgrimreaper]

shouldnt have bought a pacesetter down pipe they dont know what there doing making parts for turbo cars try megan, makes a good one but still cheap therehttp://www.9secondracing.com/Mitsubishi--Eclipse_GSX--8--26-performanceparts.html

 

[cb3016]

needed something that would bolt to the cat, and i already have it so its kinda stayin for a good bit

 

[cb3016]

looks like they went heavy on the weld metal, i'm going to sand down the weld on the flange a little bit and see if I can get thats nut to go all the way down, i'll post my findings.

-Chad