Nah mine was good too... a bit of a tight fit but overall no major problems (other than their packaging really being poor). I plan on upgrading to a FI within the year but have no qualms about the CNT exhaust. I've actually gotten a few compliments on the sound.

Oddly enough I had one of the first batches and they cut off the 4th brace after finding they hit... are people saying they are now making them with the four braces again?

This is what i was wondering about too. cuz i purchased on of the batches with the 4th piece cut fof as well and it seems that cnt forgot that this was an issue and just said f it