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Old May 22, 2012 | 03:24 PM
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Does anyone know the difference between the 304 SS and the 409 SS?
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Old May 22, 2012 | 03:45 PM
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google is your friend

http://www.stainlessworks.net/suppor...estions.html#4
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Thanks. I couldn't find anything that laid it out that simple.
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409 rusts 304 doesn't
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I have full dual 304 ss from manifolds to tail pipe tips on my 1979. They have been on for 32 years and except for slight tan color on mufflers they look like the day they were put on.
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