Blue Tips
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Blue Tips
Well I know its not to every ones taste but I love the burnt blue look on the end of exhaust tips like j's racing ones.
My question to you is how is it done (I presume heating with a blow torch or some thing like that) and would it be possable to do it to an allready finished exhaust?
I ask because I have seen an exhaust I want but with no blue tip's
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Nick
My question to you is how is it done (I presume heating with a blow torch or some thing like that) and would it be possable to do it to an allready finished exhaust?
I ask because I have seen an exhaust I want but with no blue tip's
thanks
Nick
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Map gas, and clean the tips off to the cleanest you can get them, so you need to polish and spend a lot of time on them. It will change colour but time it carefully.
DIY i don't think you will get them a deep shiny blue.
DIY i don't think you will get them a deep shiny blue.
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Right i decided to have a go at doing this on my exhaust i have at the moment, it went quite well i had to try a couple of different blow torches before i could get enough heat. Needed to get it good and hot to really bring out the colours, i don't think i will try it with an expensive exhaust just in case, probably just fork out and get a j's.
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Right i decided to have a go at doing this on my exhaust i have at the moment, it went quite well i had to try a couple of different blow torches before i could get enough heat. Needed to get it good and hot to really bring out the colours, i don't think i will try it with an expensive exhaust just in case, probably just fork out and get a j's.
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Yep that's the end result well i might do the whole tip, what do you think would look best? will get some pic's on the cat tomorrow when it's not raining so much! summer my arse.
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I like just blue tips. The Amuse I have has blue tips and that looks sexy as IMO. Although that is titanium...
That is a bloody good job you have done though!
That is a bloody good job you have done though!