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Old Jan 2, 2006 | 03:50 PM
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does anyone know where to get the factory tip styles, but in chrome or stainless steel. Not really sure if theres a company that makes them or not

thanks guys
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Old Jan 2, 2006 | 04:17 PM
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Why do you need those? What's wrong with yours?
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Old Jan 2, 2006 | 05:49 PM
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why !?
i'd not want chromed out exhaust tips
you shouldnt either...
well unless you are going to mtv culture
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Old Jan 2, 2006 | 06:41 PM
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Find somebody unloading their stock exhaust and buy it then cut the tips off and get them chromed.
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Old Jan 2, 2006 | 09:27 PM
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as opposed to what? you're tips are black?
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Old Jan 3, 2006 | 06:07 AM
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something with a bit more of a shine. Do you think the stock ones can be polished out alittle. I dont really want them chrome as in rims, i guess bad word, just something with a bit of shine like if they were polished
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Old Jan 3, 2006 | 06:17 AM
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That's definately possible. All you need is Mother's Billet Aluminum (?) polish and some elbow grease
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Old Jan 3, 2006 | 07:40 AM
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awesome.... yeah i say the word chrome and everyone is like no LOL

im getting my rims in about a month so im guessing if i polish up my tips it can easily blend in with the lips on the wheels.

thanks again for all the help, well definity try it once my car gets out of the paint shop
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Old Jan 3, 2006 | 09:33 AM
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arn't the stock tips stainless steel to begin with?

just buy some metal polish and spend an hour on them with an orbital buffer... garantee it'll come out nice and shiney

i use a $5 container of bluemagic and spent about an hour on my injen TD canister this past summer and they came out so shiney my buddy (following in another car) said i needed to dirty them up in case I blind drivers behind me lol
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Old Jan 3, 2006 | 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Strife350z
arn't the stock tips stainless steel to begin with?

just buy some metal polish and spend an hour on them with an orbital buffer... garantee it'll come out nice and shiney

i use a $5 container of bluemagic and spent about an hour on my injen TD canister this past summer and they came out so shiney my buddy (following in another car) said i needed to dirty them up in case I blind drivers behind me lol
lol
my tips are like brownish color... i think i need a bit of metal polishing
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Old Jan 3, 2006 | 12:10 PM
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Last edited by billet350; Jan 3, 2006 at 12:13 PM.
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Old Jan 3, 2006 | 12:13 PM
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lol mine are the same but with a bit of black.

thanks again for all the helpful info

will definity try all of this stuff out sunday
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Old Jan 3, 2006 | 04:29 PM
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And by all means listen to what the man said, ORBITAL BUFFER, no hand polishing here, you need a buffer for stainless.
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Old Jan 3, 2006 | 04:30 PM
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orbital buffer where would ig et that?
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Old Jan 3, 2006 | 04:48 PM
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No you don't need an orbital. Mine was done by hand and they SPARKLE! One of the guys at the last cruise/meet actually pulled me aside and asked me "what the heck did you do to your tips?!?!? My girlfriend was saying how shiny your tips were since mine can never look that good!"

Honestly you need no more than 5 minutes per tip. Both should be done in under 10 minutes using Mother's Billet Aluminum Polish and a rag (definately use a rag...it will turn BLACK because of all the tarnish)
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