I hear you and I feel like if you have the space and time where you can leave the car parked and spend a day or two spring penetrating fluid and taking your time it's not so bad. honestly I would pay a shop to do it at this point LOL.
As for the titanium people claim that it can Gall or loosen...
Bro you are awesome! The short-term and long-term fuel trims, IAT and MAF voltage if it shows those?
Also how are you liking the intake? Is it super loud it sounds like it from the videos!
This is perfect and great whenever you have a chance are you able to also grab fuel Trims on just cruising for example at 50 or 60 miles per hour?
Then also at lower speeds such as 5 to 10 miles per hour like local Bumper to Bumper style traffic driving
Videos of the HKS valved exhaust
This time, we are excited to release a sound video of the full exhaust system currently under development!
Featuring a Φ74.7 full straight, valve-equipped exhaust system, it remains calm and refined when the valve is closed, but the moment the valve opens, it...
I may be wrong on this but I thought FL5 has torque-based targeting. If you add a high-flow downpipe, the ECU detects the increased efficiency and automatically closes the wastegate or throttles the engine to keep torque output within its factory-defined limits.
To actually "unlock" the power...
Honestly there's plenty of shops that'll do it. The hardest part is finding one where they weld correctly.
I agree with the downpipe and that is the only reason I would pay to have someone to sell it and run the local money shops so I don't have to deal with the broken stud lol