OEM stainless exhaust?

[Antonn3]

I thought I saw mention of that around the forum, but a search came up with nothing.
What years did the OEM stainless exhaust appear?
Do they polish up relatively easy?

Thank you
Tony

[1tinindian]

I think 1986 was the first year.
They do shine up like chrome, BUT, it does take some skilled work to get them there.
I polished the stock head pipes on my 91 FJ.

Try it, you'll like it!

Leon

[Pat Conlon]

Ouch, my eyes, my eyes....! Leon, you missed a spot on your front rim, heh, heh.

I just finished mine, what a lot of work.
Stainless is the hardest material I have ever worked with. It makes polishing anodized aluminum  seem easy.
Worth it 'thou, they sure are purdy.

[1tinindian]

Ouch, my eyes, my eyes....! Leon, you missed a spot on your front rim, heh, heh.

I just finished mine, what a lot of work.
Stainless is the hardest material I have ever worked with. It makes polishing anodized aluminum  seem easy.
Worth it 'thou, they sure are purdy.

You changed over to later model stainless pipes??
And polished them?

PICTURES, pleeeease!

Leon

[Firehawk068]

You changed over to later model stainless pipes??
And polished them?

PICTURES, pleeeease!

Leon

+1
Post up some pictures.....I wanna see!

[Pat Conlon]

Okay, I'll get them up tomorrow........

[Pat Conlon]

Here ya go.... Due to internal cracks, I had to replace 2 of my oem double wall header tubes, so why not go to the '86+ stainless?

Leon's excellent tutorial shows us how to polish them.......





Like I said.... They sure turned out purdy.

[1tinindian]

OH pretty!

That is just what that bike was needing!
Thanks for posting the pictures. It reminds me how nice they are after the first polishing.
The gold tint will come along soon enough.

Leon

[Firehawk068]

Damn! Pat...........There was a time I actually thought your bike couldn't get any more shiny!
Looks great.........If I didn't already have a ceramic coated header, I would be seriously talking to Leon about how to polish my factory downtubes......

[Pat Conlon]

Thanks guys.

[FJmonkey]

Thanks guys.

F$%$@ polished pipes!!!  I really need to find a local shop with some basic tools for polishing. My new to me Super Traps are in the Queue as well...... Nothing like pressure to make you fell alive......

[Pat Conlon]

....I really need to find a local shop with some basic tools for polishing........

Why local? Southwest Metal has home delivery.....
https://www.swmetal.com/

[1tinindian]

Mark, I get all I need from Sears.
Not trying to promote or push them, just sayin, thats where I get what I need and they are local and right on my way to work.

Leon

[candieandy]

I polished mine, but they didn't come out looking that good. how did you get yours that polished

[1tinindian]

I polished mine, but they didn't come out looking that good. how did you get yours that polished

First, explain how you polished yours so I can get an idea as to where to lead you from.

Leon