fudgie
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« on: September 28, 2010, 12:15:40 PM » |
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Any one else have their Airflows discolor? Mine has a hint of gold to it. Noticable when up close, esp against the oem heat shield, but from a distance it looks good.
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« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2010, 02:20:43 PM » |
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My Dragon "Packs & Stacks" have the same situation. I believe that the crome has just gotten hot and may be "blueing". I'm going to try a product called "Blue Away".
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fudgie
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« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2010, 03:34:18 PM » |
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My Dragon "Packs & Stacks" have the same situation. I believe that the crome has just gotten hot and may be "blueing". I'm going to try a product called "Blue Away".
Let me know how it goes.  |
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« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2010, 04:23:56 PM » |
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Yep... Mine are yellowing. Drives me nuts. Mine are from Iowa 80 as Airflow was on backorder at the time.
+1 on wanting to know how the cleaners work on making them look better. Thanks
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« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2010, 05:07:55 PM » |
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You guys aren't putting wax on the stacks are you? Even some chrome cleaners will put a yellow sheen on hot chrome if they are a cleaner/wax. If this is the case, any good chrome cleaner should remove the yellow |
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« Reply #5 on: September 28, 2010, 05:50:49 PM » |
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I'm kinda surprised that there's enough heat back on the tip's to cause blueing.
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« Reply #6 on: September 28, 2010, 06:20:50 PM » |
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only takes 180 degrees for wax/polish to dull http://topoftheline.com/chnipo.html |
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« Reply #7 on: September 29, 2010, 05:09:14 AM » |
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Not wiping down the exhaust after maintenance (grease of some form) can cause them to turn from what I am told.
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« Reply #8 on: September 29, 2010, 06:51:17 AM » |
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I've had no problems with mine, they look awesome!
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« Reply #9 on: September 29, 2010, 06:32:24 PM » |
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Heat? If they are running the full truck stack (IE) driven onto the muffler clear to the collector, they will get really hot. I have the airflows on the STD (21000 miles on them) and Iowa 80 stacks on the I/S (19000 miles) neither one are yellowing, I Use only turtle wax chrome polish to clean them. But I would bet that yours will clean up again.
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bigdog99
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« Reply #10 on: September 29, 2010, 07:26:57 PM » |
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cleaned my turn downs with colonel brassy's, took a lot of the road crap off and put a shine back on... kind of expensive, but it doesnt take much.
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