I just installed my new Invidia with burnt Ti tips today, and was wondering if the burn look goes away with time.

Also, does the exhaust stay shiny and new-looking when you clean it, or does it look like the stock exhaust over time?

 

The burn look is the design of the exhaust! It will def. not go away...

 

Its not going to go away. The only way to change the color (not make it go away) is with a blow torch.

It will stay shiney and not get nasty like the stock exhaust. The only part that will not stay shiney is the inside of the exhaust tube which is pretty obvious why.

 

I clean the cans and tips every time I wash the car and it stays clean looking! The tips will always stay blue though if that's what you are asking about.

 

im in AP/IB Chemistry right now, and if i remember correctly, the blue burnt look is from exiciting the electrons in the Ti atoms to a higher energy level. It is also possible to drop from this energy level. That's why i was wondering if the blue burn stays.


Thanks guys

 

I torched stock AP1 tips b/c i was bored and it came out cool looking

 

I don't think you can drop the energy level once it has be achieved but then again I hate chemistry...I'll stick to physics

 

haha your thinking too hard man. they gonna stay blue though.

 

That wrong I think.
The higher level thing is wrong because the atoms will return to a lower energy state once it emits the light. Pretty sure its just a combustion reaction and the product is blue. Back to studying for chem and physics midterm.

 

heat energy was applied, anyways....not light...

if you could possibly reverse the change, you would have to reduce the temp. to about 50 Kelvin, which I believe is about 5 time the coldest temp. ever recorded on earth. Good luck!