CSAGrey1

Has anyone tried cutting chrome stacks? Can it be done without chipping and discoloring the tips? Reason I ask is because I found a set of 6" turn outs x 60" reduced to 5" OD for $145 or the same ones 40" for $75. I prefer the look of the miter cuts myself and was hoping to get these and miter the tops. Anyone done this with good results?

fiveology

I cut my 48 inchers down, but I cut the bottom not the top. I used a cut-off wheel in an air die grinder. It did not damage the chrome, but you would need a very steady hand to make a mitre cut with a die grinder.

CSAGrey1

I don't intend to use a die grinder. If the local exhaust shop won't sut them with the miter saw I will take it to Machine Services and have them do it with the water jet.

BigBlue

I'd wrap where your cutting it with a couple layers of masking tape to make sure you don't chip the chrome or scratch anywhere around it.

signature600

That's how I do it
Chris

88bird

i would think the waterjet would peel the chrome off...... i'd just tape them the way you want it and use an ancle grinder with a cutoff wheel.... take it slow and steady..... once you drive them 10-20 miles depending on your fueling situation you won't be able to notice that they've been cut....

matthew05

I just put my 5" stack on last monday and we just used a chop saw to cut the turnout to a miter. Didnt chip the chrome just deburr it good, then mask off all but about 1/4" of the top of the miter cut then use some good temp. silver paint, you wont never notice cause the first 1/2 inch of the stack will be covered with soot anyways.

Oh and I used a $15 stack take off from a local truck chrome shop as my stack, the way I see it is with such a small investment on the main stack you can always cut it off and add new(used) big rig take offs again.

my .02
m rector

CSAGrey1

How tall do they need to be?? Is 36" long enough?

88bird

ya mine are 36" and they look good to me.....look in my gallery....

EDIT didn't realize galleries were down..... here is a pic with 36" 5" mitres....

they look too tall in that pic but when you get at different angles it looks perfect to me....

Topper

If you have a local Machine shop ask them to cut them in a low speed band saw. I cut them all the time with no trouble. We also have a FLOW dynamic waterjet and a waterjet is about the last machine you would want to use.
Good luck,
Topper

Crimedog

Yeah, find someone with a big band saw, one of the ones that goes horizontally on the floor. That's how I did mine. I wanted a little more angle to the mitre.

doodah

hell, I freehanded my set!lol, looks really great, check my pix!, the other sets I have done, we just used a chopsaw. heck, the soot is gonna cover up anything on the top of the stack anyhow!

CSAGrey1

Well I the ones I would up getting are 60" straight. I think I am going to cut them about 4-6 inches above the cab and use flappers for the rest of the year and until spring. If I decide I don't like the flappers I will miter them in the spring.

Sea Bass

I think Doodah's are a perfect height for my taste. The tip is just hair about the cab. It looks a little more subtle but certainly know they're there.

CSAGrey1

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