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My V & H exhaust sounds amazing but it's badly pitted as shown in the pic. Is there anyway to fill in those pits & sand the surface down again. Or is there enough "meat" to simply grind the imperfections smooth?
 
Anything you do is going to scuff the chrome. I guess you could get the collector ceramic coated at some time.
 
I can't see you polishing out pitted chrome. I would think you will only make the situation worse.
 
If you polish and still have pits rub over them with tin foil creating some friction as if using sandpaper . Tiny little pieces of the foil will bond into the pits . Not a perfect solution but it does fill in the small pits and last a good while .:)
 
Repairing chrome.

Repairing chrome.

Chrome plating cannot be "repaired",at best you can minimize the appearance of the damage. The actual pits are permanent, but the staining around them can be polished out,that accounts for the improved appearance. While i'm on the subject, the shiny silver that you see is Nickel,the Chromium is mostly see thru with a slightly blue tint (Nickel is slightly yellow).
 
Dj66 said:
The actual pits are permanent, but the staining around them can be polished out,
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This is how it works. The rust comes out of the pits and sits on the chrome, discoloring it. The polish removes this loose rust and discoloration, easily. The pits are almost microscopic, without all the rust around them they can't really be noticed.

If you get up close to inspect it you can see the pits. From a few feet away it will look perfect. Of course some pits are bigger than others, and it will need to be redone once in a while, but those pipes in the picture will polish out to look pretty darned good.
 
Actually yours looks really good. Mine was so bad I had to sand blast it and paint it with black ceramic paint.
 
Just nickel would be turned blue grey by now. That is chrome dude.
 
Sorry Jeep,

I know what it is since I had it done & it's nickel plate.
 
I can paint it any colour under the rainbow but it's still going to be pitted. I'll just take it from the replies that it can't be fixed. I'll look for a replacement.
 
Cant the base metal be filled with something like JB weld or another high temp filler, sanded, and then painted???
 
nastyjones said:
I can paint it any colour under the rainbow but it's still going to be pitted. I'll just take it from the replies that it can't be fixed. I'll look for a replacement.
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I would complain to the plaster. It looks just like chrome but then newly plated stuff would.

Yes get it replated.
 
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