Originally Posted by haigha

Interesting, I thought that you needed to heat the supports for the exhaust system, to bend them out of the way, in order to remove the rearward one on each side. Do you not need to bend them if you're using the tool, or you did you bend them without heating?

I ended up not doing the rear bushings after getting the tool and bushings, because my mechanic friend inspected them and showed me the rubber was still fine. He looked at the front and a few components are beginning to wear, though not in urgent need of replacement. (04 4.4i, 43k orig miles, garaged)