hm, aight. called up a muffler shop near me. said to loosen it up would be about 10-20 bucks. going sometime today after 2pm. hopefully they can remove it from the pipe, it's kinda stripped a bit, lol...anywho, yeh. awesome.

Edit: alright. so i went to the shop and they loosened it up for me! awesome. now waiting for the car to cool down a bit before installing the pipes. thanks again for all the helpful advice. I've really appreciated it!!