[Z06] Do our exhaust tips get shiny? Need to be polished?
03-09-2006, 06:09 PM
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Do our exhaust tips get shiny? Need to be polished?
My tips are kinda dull and I noticed other people with stock tips were nice and shiny like polished aluminum. I assumed the tips were titanium and couldn't be polished. Can and should these be polished? Or maybe my tips just need a good cleaning?
03-09-2006, 06:40 PM
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I just didn't know if they can be as shiny as most aftermarket regular polished alumunium tips look. I've seen a few pictures where they looked just liked polished aluminum but wasn't sure if it was just the particular pictures making it look that way.
I used to have polished aluminum wheels on my WS6 and always used mothers billet polish. Is this ok to use on the tips?
I used to have polished aluminum wheels on my WS6 and always used mothers billet polish. Is this ok to use on the tips?
03-09-2006, 06:41 PM
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According to the 02 owners video, the tips are not ti, they're chrome flashed, so they can be polished, its not easy but it can be done.
03-09-2006, 06:51 PM
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Hmm, what is chrome flashed?? I Have never heard of that. There is no way my tips are chrome and if they were you obviously aren't supposed to polish chrome. So I have no idea what chrome flashed means?? Can anyone fill us in??
03-09-2006, 08:04 PM
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I just got done skipping through the owners video again, I can't find the chrome flashing mentioned. I must have picked that up from the C6 vids? Sorry about the confusion.
03-09-2006, 08:47 PM
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Originally Posted by meadowz06
Just use some good old elbow grease and polish them up.
03-09-2006, 08:54 PM
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Originally Posted by kbreese
I don't mind that, thats just what I am trying to find out, if they are supposed to be polished or what? I didn't know if titanium can be polished or if the tips are even titanium for that matter....
I just use chrome polish.
03-09-2006, 09:33 PM
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Check this thread with pic's..... http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=1311112&highlight=Polis hed+Ti+Exhaust&forum_id=103
03-09-2006, 10:51 PM
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Originally Posted by kbreese
My tips are kinda dull and I noticed other people with stock tips were nice and shiny like polished aluminum. I assumed the tips were titanium and couldn't be polished. Can and should these be polished? Or maybe my tips just need a good cleaning?
03-09-2006, 11:13 PM
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Ok I read that thread, There are different polishes for different metals. Seems like some guys are using chrome polish and others aluminum type polishes. So I still don't know what metal this tips are?? Are they Chrome? titanium? polished aluminum? Once I know that I will know what to do, I just don't know what the heck the tips are, lol.
03-09-2006, 11:17 PM
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Originally Posted by TEXHAWK0
The stock Z06 tips are definitely not titanium.
I just use chrome polish.
I just use chrome polish.
03-09-2006, 11:24 PM
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Originally Posted by TheDVS1
I thought they were chrome-flashed Ti.
03-10-2006, 12:00 AM
#15
Drifting
Originally Posted by kbreese
Can anyone confirm or deny this? And if so, what the heck is chrome-flashed ti?? is that chrome plated titanium?? Are we supposed to treat them like chrome? If so, than you are definitely not supposed to use any type of abrasive polish on them like some people are.
03-10-2006, 01:01 AM
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Le Mans Master
Hi folks -
I have not been able to locate the atricle, but I orignally though that the tips of the Ti exhaust were chromed steel spot welded to the ends of the Ti pipes.
However -
GM contracted with OEM company ArvinMeritor Corporation to develop the Ti exhaust, and those tips are Ti that have been flash-chromed (a special process at least partially developed just for this application).
Use any chrome polish you desire - unless you use something really abrasive you are only going to make them shine more and look cleaner than they are now.
Here is the only link I could find - does not mention the flash chrome tidbit though -
http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/...06exhaust.html
also - here is a picture of the tips - they are spot welded in place....
best regards -
mqqn
I have not been able to locate the atricle, but I orignally though that the tips of the Ti exhaust were chromed steel spot welded to the ends of the Ti pipes.
However -
GM contracted with OEM company ArvinMeritor Corporation to develop the Ti exhaust, and those tips are Ti that have been flash-chromed (a special process at least partially developed just for this application).
Use any chrome polish you desire - unless you use something really abrasive you are only going to make them shine more and look cleaner than they are now.
Here is the only link I could find - does not mention the flash chrome tidbit though -
http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/...06exhaust.html
also - here is a picture of the tips - they are spot welded in place....
best regards -
mqqn
Last edited by mqqn; 03-10-2006 at 01:09 AM.
03-10-2006, 09:44 AM
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Originally Posted by GeorgeZNJ
According to the 02 owners video, the tips are not ti, they're chrome flashed, so they can be polished, its not easy but it can be done.
03-10-2006, 10:10 AM
#19
Le Mans Master
Originally Posted by MAJ Z06
Post # 54 in the FAQ. 
You do a great job of gathering the FAQs for this section (thanks man
).I searched the Arvin-Menitor website and did not find any proof or a definitive answer (post 54 does not have any PROOF in it IMO..)- so I'll email them and see if they will divulge some info for us.
Here is a link to post #54 in the FAQ for those interested in seeing that...
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...5&postcount=54
And, here is the actual link to tip polishing information from the FAQ post...
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...post1553688402
best regards -
mqqn
