Chroming exhaust pipe?

[yellowsocks93]

Has anyone chromed the exhaust pipe on their tractor? I am thinking about taking my JD 990's vertical exhaust into a hot rod shop or bike shop to get it chromed. A while back we took in this JD 4440 with duals and it had a sweet chrome vertical exhaust. Looked and sounded cool. Any thoughts?

 

[Thomas]

For show it does look sharp /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif but on a sunny day when useing tractor you may need sunglasses..reflection. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

35.1F..Cloudy sky. /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif

 

[Deerlope]

I think that it will look great, but you will no long be able to hide in the tall grass with it. You will be found when you don't want to be.

 

[nomad]

a good idea. Especially, if you coat inside walls, the tractor performance will increase a little due to increased smoothness inside the exhaust pipe walls.

 

[PineRidge]

Yes! Chrome pipes and baby moon hubcaps. That will make it a real looker.... /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[Dave___in___CT]

Hi...


Wondering if there is there a source for a new chrome pipe ?

Even one that fits over the original...

Might be less $$$ than chrome plating...

How about polished stainless steel ?


Dave...

 

[Bob_Skurka]

I would think polished stainless would be a better choice, I don't think it "blues" as easily from the engine heat as chrome does. Also no rust worries with S.S.

 

[Thomas]

You maybe lucky enough to match chrome exhaust pipe from parts vendor for motorcycles..Samson,Hines,Extile,Shotgun Sam's,Jesse James etc..than there always the customs. $$'s /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

 

[PineRidge]

Check your local scrap yards. You might find a piece of stainless that will polish up real nice. Most of those boys sell scrap by the pound so its relatively cheap to the end user like yourself. That's how I buy my iron for most of my projects, you will pay pennies on the dollar.

 

[chim]

You could also check if someone nearby does "Process Piping" or "Sanitary Piping". They would likely be able to help you out. Most will have either Triclover or similar tubing. See the link, and look for tubing and fittings:

http://www.alfalaval.com/scripts/WebObjects.dll/ecore.woa/wa/showNode?siteNodeID=1673&contentID=19815&languageID=62

Different levels of polish are available, although it will require some elbow grease to get a mirror finish................chim