Subject	aluminum looks worse every day... stainless looks good
Posted by	AntiHero on December 01, 2005 at 12:29 PM
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In Reply To	pro's and con's to greg d downpipes...aluminum vs. stainless posted by Southern-Z (Little Rock) on December 01, 2005 at 09:53 AM
Message	the aluminized ones will rust and get visibly worse every day. The stainless steel ones will change colors slightly, but they will still look shiny and not like they are falling apart. It takes the aluminzed ones a very long time to fall apart to where you cant use them, but its reletively quick to the point where they look like garbage, in my experience. everyone who is mentioning that stainless discolors with heat.... yes it does change colors, but i would not call the "heated" color unappealing.. i think it looks cool. Antihero These 2530's ain't half bad ;)
Follow Ups	pro's and con's to greg d downpipes...aluminum vs. stainless - Southern-Z (Little Rock) 09:53:55 12/01/05 Well aluminunized looks looks normal after heat where - Piranha(Omaha) 10:20:01 12/01/05 Aluminized would not last as long as stainless steel. - Shawn300zTT GT28R MD 11:53:50 12/01/05 anyway...thanks for the replys...prob go with aluminum (n/m) - Southern-Z (Little Rock) 10:28:58 12/01/05 There must be a small weight difference in them also (?) (n/m) - testingzwaters 10:31:42 12/01/05 Not enough to really affect anything. (n/m) - Kenny 10:32:09 12/01/05 Actually, IIRC, greg has stated that the stainless is - Guapo 10:34:18 12/01/05 thanx, makes sense to me =) but 2nd on Kenny (n/m) - testingzwaters 10:50:09 12/01/05 *Aluminized, not full aluminum. Those would melt (n/m) - BigTDogg (MA) 12:38:38 12/01/05 I was thinking who would know more about it than - 240Z FeO2 10:59:06 12/01/05 IMHO stainless. (n/m) - YugoBernie (NoVA) 11:14:39 12/01/05 SS all the way IMO. WAY more resistant to corrosion.. - Shawn300zTT GT28R MD 11:53:00 12/01/05 they are all steel. - Adam (NoVA) 11:56:34 12/01/05 Aluminizing the same as paint? I don't think so, but then I - 240Z FeO2 12:07:32 12/01/05 The aluminized ones come w. some silver paint on them - YugoBernie (NoVA) 12:10:51 12/01/05 call it what you like. it's paint, they rust. - Adam (NoVA) 13:13:59 12/01/05 vtf (n/m) - AntiHero 02:04:53 12/02/05 aluminum looks worse every day... stainless looks good - AntiHero 12:29:47 12/01/05 what he said (n/m) - PennStateZ 16:40:09 12/01/05 You guys ever heard of electropolishing - bankruptedz 13:12:16 12/01/05 get a set of alum ones and have them jet-hot coated (n/m) - Adam (NoVA) 13:15:02 12/01/05 it would come out to be in similar prices if jet-hot coated - Max865(ATL) 13:40:25 12/01/05 JetHot's prices have gone up dramatically over the past - YugoBernie (NoVA) 14:15:09 12/01/05 ...that said, black is beautiful... - YugoBernie (NoVA) 15:05:52 12/01/05 once you go black... - Max865(ATL) 18:18:32 12/01/05 The coating is actually there to keep heat from dissipating - YugoBernie (NoVA) 20:23:49 12/01/05 That's sexy! (n/m) - TT XTZ 09:32:06 12/02/05 would you just ask spee out on a date already? (n/m) - Adam (NoVA) 13:48:38 12/02/05 I don't need any more smackdowns from Bernie, thanks! (n/m) - TT XTZ 15:26:48 12/02/05 I have HPC coating on my downpipes and it holds up good. (n/m) - AzHeat 16:13:34 12/01/05 the only problem with stainless is it's so shiny - Moxie 13:49:12 12/01/05 Sure can (n/m) - BigTDogg (MA) 15:47:14 12/01/05 Stainless, stainless, stainless... end of story. (n/m) - Scotts94z32 18:59:18 12/01/05
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