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1955 CHEVY STEPSIDE - EXHAUST QUESTION


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I'm in the process of building this kit and have found the chromed exhaust pipes and glasspack mufflers to be a very big contrast to the rest of the build of this "street machine". Would it be better if these were painted the same as the headers (flat white)?

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I would suggest stripping them and going with a stainless steel finish. That would be closer to what you would find on a 1:1 street truck.

The mufflers on the tips are not actually glass packs, but rather they are SuperTrapp mufflers. They're more of a motorcycle item, particularly off road motorcycles. They did manufacture them for cars and trucks, though, in the late '80s/early ;90s, and they were somewhat popular as they not only were quiet, but could be tuned for performance very easily. They fell out of favor when mufflers like Flowmaster and Magnaflow came out, which were much cheaper.

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The version on the kit have the optional end cap. On the 1:1 version, polished stainless or brushed stainless were options.62878088-pu-supertrapp-chrome-tapered-sl

 

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I would suggest stripping them and going with a stainless steel finish. That would be closer to what you would find on a 1:1 street truck.

The mufflers on the tips are not actually glass packs, but rather they are SuperTrapp mufflers. They're more of a motorcycle item, particularly off road motorcycles. They did manufacture them for cars and trucks, though, in the late '80s/early ;90s, and they were somewhat popular as they not only were quiet, but could be tuned for performance very easily. They fell out of favor when mufflers like Flowmaster and Magnaflow came out, which were much cheaper.

The version on the kit have the optional end cap. On the 1:1 version, polished stainless or brushed stainless were options.

If polished or brushed stainless were both options, what was considered stock?

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