Yeah there is an offset of about2" but I was able to run one straight peice anyway. Just played with the tail pipe hangers a little and it went together with no cutting welding or problems. The hardest part was getting the old pipes separated, they had been crimped by the exhaust clamp. I had to get a buddy to get the pipe good and glowing with a torch while smacked backwards on the resonator, the muffler to tail pipe end was much easier to do because by then I had it out laying on the ground.