thanks for the words guys.

as for cutting them, at this point by the time i got a new piece to attatch made and then powdercoated the entire new tubes will be done. if you wanted to paint the new piece in say black to blend in i could get one of those out much sooner if your going for the quickest solution but we cant powdercoat just one small piece in black as they have a $250 minimum at the powdercoating company. you could rattle can it with high temp black engine paint also but that depends on how well you can paint (i wouldnt be happy with it the way i spray paint, lol) hit me up on aim, it shows your offline now.