Is it possible to heat and bend an exhaust tip?
11-27-2011, 04:42 PM
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Is it possible to heat and bend an exhaust tip? Is it possible to heat and bend an exhaust tip?
I have a project that involves a rectangle shaped exhaust tip that is slanted.
I cant find them anywhere online.
i was thinking if i heat the corners of the tips up with a heat torch then i might be able to bend it by hitting it with a rubber hammer.
also, in case i cant do it, anyone know where to buy these tips or what they're called. (the slanted tips)
i want it to look like this:
i have 2 stock z28 rectangle tips like this:
I have a project that involves a rectangle shaped exhaust tip that is slanted.
I cant find them anywhere online.
i was thinking if i heat the corners of the tips up with a heat torch then i might be able to bend it by hitting it with a rubber hammer.
also, in case i cant do it, anyone know where to buy these tips or what they're called. (the slanted tips)
i want it to look like this:
i have 2 stock z28 rectangle tips like this:
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11-27-2011, 10:38 PM
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anything is possible but for it to fit exactly how you want it your better off just going to a fabrication shop and have them make you a set. tips are usualy made of fairly thick material
11-29-2011, 08:40 PM
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Just stop at a expensive exhaust shop, the ones that look luxurious all clean and what not. theyll have catalogs of different kind of tips. stop by, get a brand name, part number, and go to ebay and check. my local exhaust shop has that, you would be surprise how many tips are out there.
11-30-2011, 04:38 PM
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Can you or a friend not make one/two up yourselves? Not trying to be an *** but if it's something you really want/need but can't find it anywhere, I'd look into making them myself.
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12-17-2011, 03:47 AM
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Those shouldn't be too hard to make. 1)Go get some steel with a decent thickness. 2)Cut it into a long, thin strip. 3)Heat where you want to make a bend until red hot. 4)Make your bend. 5)Repeat steps 3 and 4 two more times. 6)Weld the 2 ends together. 7)Repeat steps 1-6 for your other tip. 8)Clean up your welds and take your tips somewhere to get coated.
My advice would be to practice with some cardboard first to use as a template. Cut yourself a strip of that and make your tips. Then unbend it and trace your template onto your metal. Anybody should be able to at least do steps 1-5. If you can't weld, find someone who can or just take your almost completed tips to an exhaust shop and they'll weld them up for you. If you're lucky they may not even charge you since it shouldn't take them more than a minute to make two small welds. Now I should also note that you'll need to weld a back onto each tip with a hole in it the same diameter of your exhaust pipes that can then be welded to your pipes.
Hope this helps and that I explained that well enough. Post up pics when you've got this completed.
My advice would be to practice with some cardboard first to use as a template. Cut yourself a strip of that and make your tips. Then unbend it and trace your template onto your metal. Anybody should be able to at least do steps 1-5. If you can't weld, find someone who can or just take your almost completed tips to an exhaust shop and they'll weld them up for you. If you're lucky they may not even charge you since it shouldn't take them more than a minute to make two small welds. Now I should also note that you'll need to weld a back onto each tip with a hole in it the same diameter of your exhaust pipes that can then be welded to your pipes.
Hope this helps and that I explained that well enough. Post up pics when you've got this completed.
