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Old Sep 29, 2007, 10:14 AM
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Has anyone used metal polish on their header?

I'm thinking about getting some Mother's for my Kami header.
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Old Sep 29, 2007, 10:50 AM
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How long does it take for the header to get dull? Mine still shines i have had it for 6 months i think.
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Old Sep 29, 2007, 06:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Lil red '03
Has anyone used metal polish on their header?
the same thing was happened to my friends muffler(oval magnaflow) it used to b silver and he used polish that he had for his wheels and restored it to original color
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Old Sep 30, 2007, 05:20 AM
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Again on my Red Mirage I had the header on there from sometime in 2000 to 2005 when I sold it and it never got "dull" persay. It still had that polished stainless steel look to it. Last time I saw it, July of this year, it still had the same look
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Old Sep 30, 2007, 06:59 AM
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Personally I dont mind either look.

This is my new Mirage with the header installed for about 12 hours




And this is after about 1.5 months
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Old Oct 1, 2007, 08:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Mirage4g93
Personally I dont mind either look.

This is my new Mirage with the header installed for about 12 hours




And this is after about 1.5 months
The bottom one looks way nicer
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Old Oct 1, 2007, 11:22 AM
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^ i disagree, i really like it clean. O well, time to bust out the flat black paint.
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Old Oct 1, 2007, 11:24 AM
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Your lucky on your mirage. On my mirage, it turn that purple color in about a day or so. In a month it looked really bad.
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Old Oct 1, 2007, 06:57 PM
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My advice... douse the thing in oil and make it uniform blue/purple!
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Old Oct 1, 2007, 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted by iufan4lifeul
My advice... douse the thing in oil and make it uniform blue/purple!
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Old Oct 1, 2007, 08:16 PM
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So I guess the key to avoid this is to use gloves during the install... Then again, uniform burple would look kinda cool/titanium like
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Old Oct 1, 2007, 09:00 PM
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coat it REALLY thin with oil to give it that mixed blue/purple color... That would be badass.
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Old Oct 2, 2007, 01:11 AM
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mines looks like Mike's (Mirage4g93)
and i don't mind the look as long its not rust
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Old Oct 2, 2007, 01:34 AM
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Originally Posted by c900t16
i heard it tunrs blue cause it gets so hot and becomes galvanized (stronger than it was)....that's what i heard. haha
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