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Old Mar 10, 2014 | 06:14 AM
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I learned back in my two wheel days, the best thing for exhaust to plexiglass windshields was Semichrome. You can get it at many bike shops. I bought a buffing cone for my drill and it works great inside the trumpets. It's hard now to tell they're not chrome .
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Shouldn't they be black to match the trim and wheels?
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I bought a "polishing kit" from a vendor for my C6 that included Semi-Chrome. The polish works, but their drill bit buffers were pretty bad. I use the Nevr-Dull because the wadding is so simple, but the Semi-Chrome paste works well too with some rags.
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Get a mothers "power cone" and any good metal polish, I use Borla. Literally 3 min from ok looking to great looking. I then opti coat the flare to make soot blow off....BTW, the cone is killer for wheels, too.....



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Good Job. I bought that same cone from Wallmart a week or so ago, haven't used it yet. Here's mine with Semi-Chrome and used the cloth cone from Home Depot.
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Get a mothers "power cone" and any good metal polish, I use Borla. Literally 3 min from ok looking to great looking. I then opti coat the flare to make soot blow off....BTW, the cone is killer for wheels, too.....

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Originally Posted by Cruiter
I learned back in my two wheel days, the best thing for exhaust to plexiglass windshields was Semichrome. You can get it at many bike shops. I bought a buffing cone for my drill and it works great inside the trumpets. It's hard now to tell they're not chrome .
I bought the large can of Semichome through Amazon for $26 which is a great price for a person who uses it for lots of applications.
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i am interested in blacking out the tailpipes, any ideas what the best option would be?
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Black chrome or powder coat...
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Black chrome or powder coat...
would i need to remove the mufflers, i dont believe the tailpipes come off.
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