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Does anyone rechrome oem tail pipes or are they garbage? #2779826
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I've got a b body set that won't clean up, do people rechrome or pitch?


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Re: Does anyone rechrome oem tail pipes or are they garbage? [Re: furious70] #2779959
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hi 70 , the whole tail pipe , or your tail pipe TIPS ? help drive

Re: Does anyone rechrome oem tail pipes or are they garbage? [Re: 1969ronnie] #2779966
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Just the tips, sorry.


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Re: Does anyone rechrome oem tail pipes or are they garbage? [Re: furious70] #2779978
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I doubt you could get them rechromed for what you could replace them for. Unless this is a concours restoration, I'd look up Pypes and get their stainless ones. They're available in different pipe sizes too so you aren't stuck with the anemic factory tailpipe size. I had a set in 2.5" that I got at Carlisle for about $100.

Kevin

Re: Does anyone rechrome oem tail pipes or are they garbage? [Re: Twostick] #2779984
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We found 3" stainless for our Charger, great finish, as good as or better than new OE

Don't know what brand, bought from a poster here, I think.

Joe

Re: Does anyone rechrome oem tail pipes or are they garbage? [Re: furious70] #2779993
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Originally Posted by furious70
I've got a b body set that won't clean up, do people rechrome or pitch?



pitch them, go with stainless, you'll be glad you did...I wish I had the first time rather than waste my money on NOS, that started pitting after just a few years

Re: Does anyone rechrome oem tail pipes or are they garbage? [Re: DAYCLONA] #2780108
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Get polished stainless. Upkeep is much easier!

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Re: Does anyone rechrome oem tail pipes or are they garbage? [Re: hemi-itis] #2780192
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I got the Pypes tips for a great price, only complaint was I had to polish off the logo etchings they put on them.
They still look great 3 years later.
Pic before polishing

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Re: Does anyone rechrome oem tail pipes or are they garbage? [Re: BDW] #2780200
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If you are gonna toss them, can you sandblast and then try that chrome spray paint or even that new "chroming process", like where they chrome a water bottle? Like this --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9-wFTUhpT4

Re: Does anyone rechrome oem tail pipes or are they garbage? [Re: roadrunninMark] #2780226
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OEM tips were liable to came apart in a few years after they were improperly made. The hanger bracket should have been seal welded to the body of the tip, but it wasn't. Not seal welding allowed the acid used in plating to be retained in the interface between the hanger and the main body. The result was the retained acid in time destroyed the hanger, and the rear of the exhaust system fell down on the rear axle. This is exactly what happened to my '69 Barracuda on a road trip about 1500 miles from home in about 1971 or 1972 when I was driving from Houston to Portland, OR. I replaced the failed tip with a parts counter one to get the exhaust pipe off the rear axle. This parts counter tip and the other original one lasted over 50 years, so my personal failure rate was 1 out of 3.

Re-chroming survivors will create the same problem all over again with the new plating acid if the hanger is not seal welded. Most platers would probably tell you to get it seal welded and then they could plate it. Note that to do a proper seal weld all around the hanger, welding needs to be done INSIDE the tip...

I tossed my originals and bought stainless reproductions.

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