bugie Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 (edited) Calling the welding experts amongst you! So i have just received my new Akrapovic S-Y9R8-HEGEHT exhaust and whilst checking the headers I noticed there is a lot of discolouration around the exhaust header weld points. Is this normal or indicative of weak/bad welds? Edited April 7, 2019 by bugie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buggy Nate Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Discolouration is not ideal but definitely not the end of the world and the welds will be fine. The headers will turn a different colour when run anyways! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugie Posted April 8, 2019 Author Share Posted April 8, 2019 That's good to hear. Thanks :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonboy Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 say.... can I polish the headers with autosol? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugie Posted April 16, 2019 Author Share Posted April 16, 2019 I gave them a quick wipe down with Lucas metal polish and it quickly cleaned them up. I think autosol is specifically for Chrome so I don't know if you can use it on titanium 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonboy Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 I m worried that I ll hurt the coating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugie Posted April 16, 2019 Author Share Posted April 16, 2019 exactly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonboy Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 On 4/16/2019 at 8:26 PM, bugie said: exactly I used Autosol on the headers.. The pipe turned black Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugie Posted April 27, 2019 Author Share Posted April 27, 2019 If you mean turned black whilst cleaning with autosol that is normally how autosol works. Should wipe clean 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankycello Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 For what you pay this is not normal. I would pass a message to Akrapovic & send them the photos they will replace the pipe. Once you have default welding like this the problem will never go away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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