Came across this old thread. Great pics. Dave. I have two 6025s and can't remember where I found it, but I did a different mod. It started out the same as yours, but instead of cutting out the "tube looking area" the mod I found showed 3 slits cut on the now shorter outflow tube.
Since one of my tunze shafts broke recently, it was replaced for free and now I am wondering which mod is better. Any ideas?
150g glass w/ corner overflow , 60g sump w/refugium, Eheim 1262 return, SRO 2000int skimmer, ATI Dimmable Sunpower 8x54w fixture, 2 Tunze 6105 and 2 tunze 6025 modded.