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<blockquote data-quote="ClassicBiker" data-source="post: 30441" data-attributes="member: 1632"><p>Not to change the direction of the thread, but I think it might be difficult to find a plater willing to put the pipes in the plating bath because the carbon in the pipe might/would contaminate the bath. From personal experience, when my father had his original pipes re-plated in the late '70s early '80s the result looked good right up until he started the Shadow up. The chrome bubbled up in a matter of minutes. We heard various explanations as to the cause, "the carbon in the pipe contaminating the bath" and "exhaust gasses that permeated into the pipes being trapped by the new chrome and expanding". Being an engineer now I think it being a combination of the former and poor prep by the plater that was the cause. I don't think I would go the route of re-plating exhaust pipes except as a last resort. I wish you the best and I hope to eat my words if you do it as I would really like to know who did the plating if it does work out.</p><p>Steven</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ClassicBiker, post: 30441, member: 1632"] Not to change the direction of the thread, but I think it might be difficult to find a plater willing to put the pipes in the plating bath because the carbon in the pipe might/would contaminate the bath. From personal experience, when my father had his original pipes re-plated in the late '70s early '80s the result looked good right up until he started the Shadow up. The chrome bubbled up in a matter of minutes. We heard various explanations as to the cause, "the carbon in the pipe contaminating the bath" and "exhaust gasses that permeated into the pipes being trapped by the new chrome and expanding". Being an engineer now I think it being a combination of the former and poor prep by the plater that was the cause. I don't think I would go the route of re-plating exhaust pipes except as a last resort. I wish you the best and I hope to eat my words if you do it as I would really like to know who did the plating if it does work out. Steven [/QUOTE]
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