exhaust help

[TMMK Toy]

Well if anyone saw my last post about my exhaust leak I had a tear in my flex section and was gonna replace it. I ordered a section of flexpipe from jc whitney that was the shortest length available but was still about an inch and a half too long. My friend's dad said that to replace it hed have to move my exhaust back which would be creating a lot more work. He said I may be able to order the flex section back to the cat but I havent called the dealer yet to see if that's an option or if Id have to buy the damn cat with it too. I'm sure if I went to an exhaust speciality shop they could prob. come up with a solution. Most places I've called have said 150-200 to replace it. At first I thought it seemed high but now that it seems to be a hassle may be worth it. Of course Id really just like to replace the whole y pipe section itself with a higher flowing unit but can't find anyone selling a DATSRboi y pipe unless JPP sells just a y pipe from their setup but I doubt it. I also may be able to contact some guys who make custom exhausts around here and see if they could make a pipe but not sure how well thatd turn out since its not like they're 1mz experts. Anyway, advice is greatly appreciated. I'm really leaning twoards just going to a shop for now as I don't want to drive around with this leak for much longer.

[xet]

if it is going to be that expensive anyway if you care about performance at all you might as well upgrade your y pipe. You can just have a shop make a custom one slightly bigger than the stock one. Everyone who has done it has said they gained a noticeable amount of power when doing so