Today I'm installing some awesome FI HFCs, and I have the rest of the 18" resonated FI exhaust out to find a small leak from the original installation (bought used, I may not have scraped off all of the old gasket material). Also, I needed to remove the exhaust to make enough room to wiggle out the rear sway bar and replace it with this Whiteline one. I only did the front yesterday because it looks like someone (I got my z used) either tried to jack up the car on one of the diagonal brace bolt heads, or they just wrenched it into oblivion. Either way, I've got new shiny things to install and finding a replacement bolt isn't going to get in the way so the exhaust has to move to make up for the brace not coming out.
So, here's a preemptive what I 'will have done' with my z today, hopefully I won't be back soon with a "OMG why doesn't this thing work" post.
[my view]