Is this a genuine CME tip?
09-12-2007, 10:54 AM
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Is this a genuine CME tip? These are some ebay specials 
The polished edge is wavy and full of pin holes, probably not visable from 10 feet.
The ss pipe stubs have holes in them where the aluminum is supposed to come through when it's poured, to hold them in I guess, on one side it didn't come through.
http://www.jayscarsite.homestead.com/files/cme.JPG
http://www.jayscarsite.homestead.com/files/cme2.JPG
http://www.jayscarsite.homestead.com/files/cme3.JPG
The polished edge is wavy and full of pin holes, probably not visable from 10 feet.
The ss pipe stubs have holes in them where the aluminum is supposed to come through when it's poured, to hold them in I guess, on one side it didn't come through.
http://www.jayscarsite.homestead.com/files/cme.JPG
http://www.jayscarsite.homestead.com/files/cme2.JPG
http://www.jayscarsite.homestead.com/files/cme3.JPG
09-12-2007, 01:38 PM
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I have a from-factory CME and I see some differences. Particularly
the "web" between the "bells" on mine is single (not two) and as-
cast (not-welded). This is not a bad thing, the original ones break
across the web the first time you try to pull them off. But I am
suspicious that these are reproductions, or they are perhaps a
production article from another type of vehicle.
The lip seems kind of "wavy" in the first photo. Mine came flat
but unfinished from the factory. I wet-sanded and polished them
(great, so now I get to polish them forever). They are still pretty
flat. You might want to dress it with a sandpaper board until you
have brought it flat. Or not. My casting has a lot of porosity (not
pinholes per se, but pits) but when polished it's too blinding to
notice from more than a foot away, and grimy (99% of the time)
the grime covers that right up.
They will look like "factory" to just about anybody who doesn't
crawl under the car, though, so I'd just hook it up and be happy.
the "web" between the "bells" on mine is single (not two) and as-
cast (not-welded). This is not a bad thing, the original ones break
across the web the first time you try to pull them off. But I am
suspicious that these are reproductions, or they are perhaps a
production article from another type of vehicle.
The lip seems kind of "wavy" in the first photo. Mine came flat
but unfinished from the factory. I wet-sanded and polished them
(great, so now I get to polish them forever). They are still pretty
flat. You might want to dress it with a sandpaper board until you
have brought it flat. Or not. My casting has a lot of porosity (not
pinholes per se, but pits) but when polished it's too blinding to
notice from more than a foot away, and grimy (99% of the time)
the grime covers that right up.
They will look like "factory" to just about anybody who doesn't
crawl under the car, though, so I'd just hook it up and be happy.
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Well, thanks for looking guys. I am going to do some finish work to smooth things out a bit. May also drill and pop rivet the aluminum to the steel insert on the side pictured, the holes are there but the aluminum didn't come through.
It lines up good with the SLP Power-Flo Y-back.
My valence didn't ship yet so I have a while to play with this thing before it goes on the car.
It lines up good with the SLP Power-Flo Y-back.
My valence didn't ship yet so I have a while to play with this thing before it goes on the car.