Actually, I'm pretty sure they got rid of that bypass pipe for the '02 model. My ex-wife ended up selling her '01 VDC because the exhaust was ridiculously expensive, and the '02 would not fit.
This is pretty much exactly what happened to the ex, too, except she also needed a header/manifold or something. She would only use her local mechanic, who was her fathers' friend. He could only find the parts from Subaru, so the total quote ended up being over $2k. She decided to do the "smart" thing and trade it for a Chevy Trailblazer, which she has since dumped far more than $2k into. She never was very bright.
Not sure if they make anything for the H6. To get any nice sound out of it, she'll most likely need headers too. Not sure how it'd sound with dual cans on it lol.
Right, but you have an unequal length header too. Without that, it'd sound like an obnoxious honduh. So that's why I'm saying I assume she'll need something done to her headers to get a decent sound.
