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I've used both of those systems numerous times on various F and X-bodies. Fitment is excellent if you spend some time with it, and once installed properly you can't even see the system on the car, ground clearance is excellent as a result.

Never installed one on a convertible though. Hotchkiss and BMR both make a brace that has a slight drop down that would make things a little easier.

However I have successfully installed the Pypes SGF70 system making the intermediate pipes tuck up into the trans tunnel pretty far running parallel to the driveshaft to the point that you can't even see the exhaust from the side of the car. It's easier to do this with the SGF70 system because of the "X" and the ability to turn and trim the pipes as well as angle the "X" upward, making the intermediate pipes tuck up further and closer together inside the driveshaft tunnel to some degree. I tend to think it wouldn't be much more effort to get it inside the brace, even if you had to space the brace down slightly.

Don't really have that ability with the Thrush system because the "H" section comes welded together so you're basically stuck with the width and angle it comes with. Not near the wiggle room and adjustability of the SGF70, So there's that to consider.