I will take a pic at lunch when I go home and post it.

It's not bad, but noticable.

I thru those new chrome 20's on, then it really stuck out.....

 

sounds like the weld is rusting, not the tip itself.

what about using navel jelly rust remover? get rid of all the rust then paint the weld (silver or gray) with a fine brush. Only someone down on their hands and knees would ever that the weld line was painted.

i dont know alot about welding , what type of rod or process is used for welding s.s. and is the material that is added as rust resistant as say a 304 stainless steel.

 

Can one get just the tips for a stock exhaust?

 

I have not noticed my tips rusting, but I have noticed a very considerable amount of rusting on the bent part of the pipes after the mufflers.
It is much much more than the stock pipes ,to the point where it is starting to flake off in chunks and it is only 6 months old. Are these pipes aluminized or anything? Can you get them made up in stainless??
Thanks,
Scott.

 

It is not 100% stainless..........maybe thats why everyone complains about the cost of the Bassani.

After 1.5 years with my Bassani it still looked like new............all the way back to the mid pipes, not just the tips.

--Joe

 

TIG would be the best/cleanest...........but I am not sure what they use.

--Joe

 

The reason they rust is because they do not or maybe in the past they did not use Stainless Steel wire I bout a Silver bullet used and all welds were rust as well as the crappy 4 series stainles that is used on the 2.5" pipe. Maybe all has changed dont no, But from what I have seen They all will do this eventually!

 

yea my pipes are SS but my clamps aren't and my stock tips are starting to look a little bad and they also droop.

time for a little TLC on the catback after the tbars and ds loop go on this weekend. that may be my project for next week

 

exactly my plans

 

I'm taking lots of pics too. Also going to Byron maybe...

 

Where can you buy this product please ...?

 

Most of the time when stainless rusts it's because it has come in contact with carbon steel (chemical reaction) and the lower the grade of stainless the quicker it will rust. Just thought I would offer this info

 

I know on mine the only places they are rusting is at the welds. Maybe the welding material isn't that great for the Stainless. I don't know. I have noticed NO rust on the stainless itself, just the welds.

Other than that, I have no probs.

 

My Stock Factory Tips are soooooo dirty and funky looking that I'm ready to paint them Black
(or something) ???

 

Hey Rob try using some Blue Coral metal polish and a scotch pad. Thats what seems to work, might be because its more of a liquid and helps to desolve the carbon. I, have almost 55,000 mi. now and they don't look too bad. Don't worry about the coating all the sand on the expressway and all over blasts most off any way. By the way I, picked up a set of JDM cat back from a guy in Jersey he had them on for 2 month's and I, have them in the garage. But they are rusted in quite a few places most are surface but a few on the tips are deeper!! Artie