tdod101 Posted April 30, 2013 Report Share Posted April 30, 2013 Got some t5's not to bad a shape but need some work. They're pretty rough around the bellows here it connects to the exhaust port of the engine. Not so much rust just a brown roughness....what can I use to get these looking like new ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finch Posted April 30, 2013 Report Share Posted April 30, 2013 steel wool and elbow grease ive used blue magic with good results gets gunk and shit off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdod101 Posted April 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2013 Any idea what it would cost to get them replated again from a chrome shop ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmare Posted April 30, 2013 Report Share Posted April 30, 2013 Any idea what it would cost to get them replated again from a chrome shop ? Their all different, give one a call. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoppedupandcutdown Posted April 30, 2013 Report Share Posted April 30, 2013 http://www.jlengineering.org/chrome_plating.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starwriter Posted April 30, 2013 Report Share Posted April 30, 2013 http://www.jlengineering.org/chrome_plating.html That's a good price. Many chrome shops won't chrome used pipes because they're afraid of getting gunk in their chrome tanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashRyan Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 Love the T5s i thought about chroming mine but i took them in and did a high gloss black ceramic coat on them from head to tail and they look pretty sick now. they charged me $160 to do both pipes and the brackets to hold them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amado814 Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 I'm in az and finally decided to chrome my cpis , they were black before , and for them to strip the old ones and re chrome . I'm paying a lil less than 200. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmare Posted May 25, 2013 Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 I'm in az and finally decided to chrome my cpis , they were black before , and for them to strip the old ones and re chrome . I'm paying a lil less than 200. Wow, that's not bad compared to the prices I've got of 4 to 500 bucks. Sent from my SGH-T679 using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4psnu Posted May 25, 2013 Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 I'm in az and finally decided to chrome my cpis , they were black before , and for them to strip the old ones and re chrome . I'm paying a lil less than 200. Who did you use?? I'm in AZ to and want to re chrome my pipes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickedcarbine Posted May 26, 2013 Report Share Posted May 26, 2013 You can use a medium buffing wheel or even a spiral sewn wheel with brown cake to tear all that junk off the pipes. Be careful with the spiral sewn wheels though as they are aggressive. Then use a fine wheel with white tripoli cake. Finish it with a fine wheel and red rouge. Clean the rouge off and use a good sealer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4psnu Posted May 26, 2013 Report Share Posted May 26, 2013 You can use a medium buffing wheel or even a spiral sewn wheel with brown cake to tear all that junk off the pipes. Be careful with the spiral sewn wheels though as they are aggressive. Then use a fine wheel with white tripoli cake. Finish it with a fine wheel and red rouge. Clean the rouge off and use a good sealer. Thanks man i am going to try that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EZ2FLEE Posted May 27, 2013 Report Share Posted May 27, 2013 what u use for sealer? just curious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickedcarbine Posted May 27, 2013 Report Share Posted May 27, 2013 Quick hand shine with Master Formula to get an insane shine then use their sealer. It's like red lotion. You wipe it over the surface till it looks like its been dipped in slime. Then let it haze up. Once the haze is dry, use a nice soft towel, rag, microfiber, etc. to wipe it off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amado814 Posted May 27, 2013 Report Share Posted May 27, 2013 I went thru papago plating in PHx , there on Washington and 32 st Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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