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drunkenmaster_vic
13-01-2008, 03:28 PM
Hello OH,

my x-force extractors are stained and purple.. i thought this was quite normal until someone said they weren't supposed to be that colour?.. what colour should it be and how do i go bout cleaning it if possible... or is this juz total utter bullshit i shouldn't bother wasting my time over. cheers.

*originally they were silver.. ??
1996ek1
13-01-2008, 03:30 PM
ive heard that SS headers tend to go that purple colour.
I wouldnt say its anything to worry about
Int3gra-T
13-01-2008, 03:30 PM
thats just cause of the heat
dsp26
13-01-2008, 03:41 PM
^^^yep normal. happens to SS when heated.
m0nty ITR
13-01-2008, 03:50 PM
Like everyone has said so far, stainless goes purple when heated. I actually prefer it that way too.
Limbo
14-01-2008, 08:57 AM
its normal. Doesn't matter how much you fix chrome it will start to go back a funny colour from the heat. The only way to get them a certain colour is to ceramic coat them, but that ain't cheap. Your better off buying a better set if you were to do that.

I used engine enamel on the headers also, it works without pealing so that's also the cheap option. You can also pick a nice ceramic colour
dwn_boi
14-01-2008, 09:01 AM
i wouldnt recomend using a metal polish lol i used that on a friends exhaust >_<" lol it made the whole thing look purple, i liked the end result haha but he wasnt too happy :P
SPEEDCORE
14-01-2008, 09:26 AM
i wouldnt recomend using a metal polish lol i used that on a friends exhaust >_<" lol it made the whole thing look purple, i liked the end result haha but he wasnt too happy :P

When you cleaned it, did you get it back to the sparkly raw metal / chrome look? Cause if you did, it will turn purple again once a couple heat cycles go through it. Golden colour... then to purple. If you left oils on it... it will turn a mottled purple.
dwn_boi
14-01-2008, 07:59 PM
When you cleaned it, did you get it back to the sparkly raw metal / chrome look? Cause if you did, it will turn purple again once a couple heat cycles go through it. Golden colour... then to purple. If you left oils on it... it will turn a mottled purple.

lol well i jst ate lunch right before i did it so my oily chicken fingers probably gave it that touch of mottled purple hahaha..

and yaa it went purple straight away, i didnt even see it go chrome it all happnd so fast!!