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I am a new owner of a '79 small block vette and am interested in putting a nice set of side pipes on my car. Any suggestions?
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Go with Stainless or Jet-Hot coated. Otherwise you'll be replacing them when they rust thru. And they WILL rust thru eventually
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I am a new owner of a '79 small block vette and am interested in putting a nice set of side pipes on my car. Any suggestions?
Just make sure you don't need to keep the cats for inspection. Some counties need them for the visual inspection.
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Hooker side pipes

So how do you like the "cobra-style" shields? I like the look, though they are a little shorter than Dean's, but much less expensive. Wondering how hard it is to keep them looking good, with all the holes??

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Go with Stainless or Jet-Hot coated. Otherwise you'll be replacing them when they rust thru. And they WILL rust thru eventually
Im with you. I got the chrome hookers and they started rusting in three weeks.
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So how do you like the "cobra-style" shields? I like the look, though they are a little shorter than Dean's, but much less expensive. Wondering how hard it is to keep them looking good, with all the holes??

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The shields work very well. No more leg burns on the wife. I don't drive the car in bad weather so I never really had to clean them. All I do is hit them with car polish once and a while.

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