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Old Apr 4, 2004 | 01:27 PM
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When I bought my vette, I knew the previous owner had a set of used Hooker Headers and Sidepipes.
He pulled them off years ago as he had to pass the local emissions laws.
I got them with the car.
They are not in very good shape, and I wonder if they are worth having.
They are chrome.
My questions are:
1. if they have a coupld of small pencil size holes in the collectors, are they fixable?
2. If the sidepipes have rust through at the beginning of the silencers, are they fixable?
:confused: Do I just need to buy new ones (pricey) or can these be repaired?

Thanks,
Mike.
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Old Apr 4, 2004 | 02:13 PM
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you could get them coated
but if they are so bad that the rust have eaten thru them i should buy new ones.
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Old Apr 4, 2004 | 02:28 PM
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rust is a bust,you will always be fighting rust :crazy:
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Old Apr 4, 2004 | 02:54 PM
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once you have rust your gonna be fighting it forever
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Old Apr 4, 2004 | 03:56 PM
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Kind of what I thought.
Thanks. . . :sad:
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