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Wafer_Thin_Ham
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PostPosted: 12:07 - 03 Jul 2007    Post subject: Titanium or Stainless Steel Reply with quote
Probably asking a really bone question, but how can you easily tell the difference. I've just got an exhaust and either they have given me the wrong can(and I've been overcharged) or the wrong instructions.

Is Titanium magnetic, because I know stainless is.
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PostPosted: 12:25 - 03 Jul 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
titanium isnt magnetic, stainless might be but it depends on the chrome content. The more chrome ( and more corrosion resistant), the less magnetic it is.
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Trixie
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PostPosted: 12:27 - 03 Jul 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
Big Pete wrote:
titanium isnt magnetic, stainless might be but it depends on the chrome content. The more chrome ( and more corrosion resistant), the less magnetic it is.

What he said. Good quality stainless won't be magnetic.
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PostPosted: 17:39 - 03 Jul 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
Titanium is probably half the weight of stainless. If your silencer is stainless it'll be quite heavy. Titanium also tends to be a dull, rather than polished finish.
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ZRX61
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PostPosted: 17:39 - 03 Jul 2007    Post subject: Re: Titanium or Stainless Steel Reply with quote
Big_Ham wrote:
Probably asking a really bone question, but how can you easily tell the difference.

By looking at it..... Rolling Eyes


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Ravo
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PostPosted: 17:44 - 03 Jul 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
Owdamer wrote:
Titanium also tends to be a dull, rather than polished finish.

X2. If they ddin't chrome over the titanium you'll tell real quick because it looks like matte silver.
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ZRX61
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PostPosted: 18:08 - 03 Jul 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
Owdamer wrote:
Titanium also tends to be a dull, rather than polished finish.

Unless it's TiNi plate over polished stainless or mild steel which looks like rainbow coloured chrome..

Ravo wrote:
X2. If they ddin't chrome over the titanium you'll tell real quick because it looks like matte silver.

Show me one link for chrome plated Ti exhuasts... Wink
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PostPosted: 19:56 - 03 Jul 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
Spray it with WD40, if it wipes off with no marks its stainless. If it messes up the looks & ruins the can totaly by leaving big grease spots its Ti. Shocked Confused
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Ariel Badger
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PostPosted: 20:05 - 03 Jul 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
Look at your bank account. If you still have cash in it it is SS, if it is empty it is Titanium.
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