Rechroming for a grand?
Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 7:49 pm
Would it be worth it to rechrome your pipes for a grand? The promise is they would be as good as NOS as long as there are no soft spots or worn through sections.
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Oh I understand completely. As a kid I worked in a muffler shop and remember mechanics using large waterpump type pliers and squeezing pipes with them trying to find weak spots to see if they were worth using. One of my single header pieces on the 79 has a weak spot near the bottom end, well, not actually a weak spot but more like a small section that's not there anymore! Of course I haven't used the pliers test on my 30 year old pipes and I've already had SS patches welded in place underneath on one side right in front of the can. (Maybe) its the idea of having to spend a couple thousand dollars, or even a grand to have shiny pipes that's just too much for me to stomach.alimey4u2 wrote:I think you will find Terry that some metal is lost in the preparation. If the metal is paper thin in places it will come through....