Subject	You guys ever heard of electropolishing
Posted by	bankruptedz on December 01, 2005 at 1:12 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	Never understood why anyone would give 2 shits about the way their DP's look after intall LOL. If your that concerned get them electropolished. It comes out looking very much chrome...would be about $100....
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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