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Old Mar 9, 2011 | 07:53 PM
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i might have to redo this to my GReddy Se, i polished it and it made it gold
Old Mar 9, 2011 | 07:54 PM
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Nah, Your exhaust looks awesome the way it is!
Old Mar 9, 2011 | 08:18 PM
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thanks man! i want my exhaust gone, buyers are just skeptical bc it has no more blue tip
Old Mar 9, 2011 | 08:23 PM
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I thought you were selling the car...? I totally wanted your front lip and exhaust.
Old Mar 9, 2011 | 08:25 PM
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dude that was gonna buy my car ended up getting a 240sx. so im stuck with it
Old Mar 9, 2011 | 08:28 PM
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That sucks! Well if I lived closer I'd totally switch exhaust with you or somethin
Old Mar 9, 2011 | 11:27 PM
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I really want your exhaust flint. The gold looks good. But you won't ship and traveling to pick it up is really far and I might as well just pay for new when the gas is so high.
Old Mar 15, 2011 | 05:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Spicy_McHaggiz
It won't. But you can try. Good luck.
Not to be vindictive or anything...

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Old Mar 15, 2011 | 09:54 AM
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Not to be a complete dick or anything, but its not entirely that great. Notice all the gold and lack of color on the tip. I mean good on you for doing it, but its not the same result if you had a titanium tip. Nah mean
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it didnt come out that good. seems like you werent even an didnt leave it burning long.
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For comparative. Don't get me wrong, you got the start, it's just not the same effect.
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polish it off and redo! takes time to get it perfect
Old Mar 15, 2011 | 02:15 PM
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its not that perfect yet, but i say it could be improved.. clean it up and redo. Well you have at least you hit your goal, a hint of blue on the tip.. of course its not gonna be pretty like a titanium, but its a 145$ SS exhaust lol.

* a lil up from the positive side, it didnt turn out to be an ugly dull gold
Old Mar 15, 2011 | 02:31 PM
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Thanks guys. It's no where near perfect. Spicy, what I did to get rid of that gold was just polish it; it seemed impossible to just get the tip. I was just happy with proof of concept more or less.
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yeah i polished my greddy Se and it turned gold. honestly, for bein the first to attempt it it came out good.
Old Mar 15, 2011 | 05:00 PM
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I think i'm going to tape up the blue and just polish the gold off. It may look better with a contrast.
Old Mar 15, 2011 | 06:37 PM
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you can leave the gold but not too much gold like it spread to much, know what i mean? if you look at the pic spicy mchaggiz posted theres alil gold line around the blue
Old Mar 19, 2011 | 03:44 AM
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im gonna do this to a stock exhaust!!!
Old Mar 19, 2011 | 03:54 AM
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^ im gonna do this to everything. lol door *****.... kitchen knifes. lol Good job man!
Old Mar 19, 2011 | 04:29 AM
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hahaha yesssss



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