You got lucky, I had mines cut clean off
, I installed a straight pipe where the section was cut off and then the original 23yr old muffler blew up about a month after with all the extra flow, changed it with a new walker and everything's ok for now.
One thing I did notice is that I can get tires ripping with ease now and noticed less down shifting when climbing hills. Still need to install the rear O2 sensor mod.
I also made a full 3/16" thick plate to cover the 4 cats on my 2021 4runner. not chancing another theft.