WtH: 2000 V70R downpipe hits 1999 Bevel gear rear DS flange

[PresseR]

So I picked up a 2000 straight OE downpipe and I'm putting it on a 99 V70R since the original S-bend downpipe, sheared off at the turbo flange.

I ended up cutting that crazy curve to get the downpipe out around the Rear driveshaft flange on the angle gear.

Now as I dry fit the 2000 downpipe it makes a lot of contact with that rear driveshaft flange on the 99 angle gear. I tried bolting it all up to the turbo and bending the pipe to the passenger side of the vehicle and no dice. Took a ball-peen hammer to the area on the downpipe that connects with the flange and it helped but it's so close that it's absolutely going to make a horrific noise if I drive this vehicle.

Any ideas how the heck I can get this to clear the drive shaft flange and hopefully the drive shaft once I reinstall it?

I don't understand why a 2000 would not fit on a 99 with the later angle gear. A 2002 drive shaft actually fit this car so I don't see it being a difference in an angle gear to go along with the downpipe as an issue between 99 and 2000.

My next step is to do a custom downpipe but that's a lot more work.