Okay, I am making a decision to get a bassani off road x pipe with my SLP lm1. Which metal material should I get? I live in arkansas, not up north. The price difference is 50$ so I need to know if aluminum is okay? Or...yea
I know their is not sound/performance difference. Just metal, but someone said if you not gonna keep the car over 5 years get aluminum. I'm just wondering if I should just save the 50$ and buy aluminum or spend 329$ on stainless steel
With stainless you're basically paying for Longevity and Looks nicer under the car..it will hold up to driving conditions better but aluminum is a reasonable route to choose also.
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I would get the aluminum. I live in Michigan, if my car was a dd I would get a stainless one, but it isn't. My BBK aluminum one is fine cause it doesn't see snow, salt, etc.
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Since when is aluminized steel less resistant to corrosion than regular ol stainless steel?
Corrosion resistance is basically THE reason they coat the steel in ali+silicon.. So What am I missing here?
Salt is a lot more brutal to steel than it is to aluminum..
It also reflects heat better which is always a plus I suppose.
Stainless steel is probably stronger than Aluminized steel, which could make it last longer. I just don't see how it would be more corrosion resistant in theory.
^Because if the aluminized coating gets scratched or chipped off its bare metal and will corrode. Being on the underside of a car, you are GOING to get rock chips on the pipes at minimum. Stainless lasts longer and that is just a fact. If you think otherwise... well sorry you're wrong.
^Because if the aluminized coating gets scratched or chipped off its bare metal and will corrode. Being on the underside of a car, you are GOING to get rock chips on the pipes at minimum. Stainless lasts longer and that is just a fact. If you think otherwise... well sorry you're wrong.
That makes sense. I guess if the coating gets chipped/scratched then the steel is no longer protected. Just trying to understand the reality for myself. There are so many car related myths that I never trust anything I hear unless theres some sort of logical explanation.
I still hear people saying that running 91 will explode your car if it was meant to run on 87.. so yeah. 90% of things I hear are bull****
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