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I love my side pipes and headers. Like was said before, they'll discolor quick, especially the headers and the pipes around the collectors. Eh- it's the cost of looking cool. I salvaged them off of a 77 parts car that I had a while back, so the cost was negligible.
There's a spot on the back of both of my calves that won't grow hair anymore since I got burned way back when I was about 10 on my dad's 68 convertible. He eventually went to the off-road under car exhaust because he was sick of getting burned. Now I have them on my 70 coupe and I wouldn't change them for anything. My wife is 4' 9 1/2" tall and has a tough time jumping over them. All it took was one time hitting the pipe and now she remembers to jump every time.
My uncle had the side pipes removed from his 72' he claimed they took away from the beauty of the coke bottle design. Also said they had to be constantly painted.