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Dirty Octopus™
03-24-2009, 10:00 AM
how on earf do you get a finish like this? OTHER than Mirage paint :thinking:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j261/Knonimous/CAR%20PICS/TitaniumBolts.png
Master Shake
03-24-2009, 10:01 AM
looks like either chameleon paint or like metal that has been heated to some high temps.

don't hold me to that, i'm not sure.
OTG Signs
03-24-2009, 10:03 AM
Those are probably titanium bolts heated like all the "cool" kids' exhausts.
Dirty Octopus™
03-24-2009, 10:09 AM
Those are probably titanium bolts heated like all the "cool" kids' exhausts.
sooo... you get titanium bolts and heat them? and they turn into that? :thinking:
please pardon me for being such a terrible NOOB. :o
Sammich
03-24-2009, 10:11 AM
pretty much thats the only way i'd know how to do it. get a torch and hold it to them. i dont think u'd want to put ur finger on it for a while until it completely cools because i think it'd mess up what it did by putting your finger print on it
Dirty Octopus™
03-24-2009, 10:13 AM
pretty much thats the only way i'd know how to do it. get a torch and hold it to them. i dont think u'd want to put ur finger on it for a while until it completely cools because i think it'd mess up what it did by putting your finger print on it
but once it cools it'll shine all pretty like that?
does it flip flop colors? ive never been into those kinda exhaust tips so i never took the time to figure out the physics of it.
Sammich
03-24-2009, 10:14 AM
thats what i figure...maybe you'd have to throw a clear coat on it..i'm not sure man. i've never done it, i just know that metal, when put to fire does turn that color.
The BUCKY
03-24-2009, 10:15 AM
its a coating
OG-Skinny
03-24-2009, 10:17 AM
Those are probably titanium bolts heated like all the "cool" kids' exhausts.

If you think Titanium is only for looks, please go back to 1st grade.
Sammich
03-24-2009, 10:18 AM
what is titanium for? all seriousness. i personally just like the look of it, didnt know it had a purpose..
Dirty Octopus™
03-24-2009, 10:18 AM
thats what i figure...maybe you'd have to throw a clear coat on it..i'm not sure man. i've never done it, i just know that metal, when put to fire does turn that color.
gotcha! so it would be multi-colored once put to a flame.

its a coating
so you're saying that thats the mirage thing paint?
AirMax95
03-24-2009, 10:18 AM
Pretty nice. I know heating it does that, but it never looks that good.

What do you have up your sleeves sir?
PURP
03-24-2009, 10:20 AM
those are not really bolts.. They're water.. and the tips were dipped in oil
OG-Skinny
03-24-2009, 10:21 AM
what is titanium for? all seriousness. i personally just like the look of it, didnt know it had a purpose..

This is all titanium plumbing...

http://www.zparts.com/showcase/engines/images/q45zpower_03rw.jpg

You can bend it, but it doesn't like it,

the weight savings from regular stainless steel or any other metal is unreal.

Let's just say a company makes a complete Exhaust manifold to muffler in titanium for a S2000, and it weighs 20 lbs. combined.

All F1 cars us it in a mixture with some other rare metal for the exhaust manifolds.
Dirty Octopus™
03-24-2009, 10:22 AM
those are not really bolts.. They're water.. and the tips were dipped in oil
fucking balls deep dope! :eek:
PURP
03-24-2009, 10:23 AM
fucking balls deep dope! :eek:

:yes:
Sammich
03-24-2009, 10:27 AM
This is all titanium plumbing...

http://www.zparts.com/showcase/engines/images/q45zpower_03rw.jpg

You can bend it, but it doesn't like it,

the weight savings from regular stainless steel or any other metal is unreal.

Let's just say a company makes a complete Exhaust manifold to muffler in titanium for a S2000, and it weighs 20 lbs. combined.

All F1 cars us it in a mixture with some other rare metal for the exhaust manifolds.

thats freakin fire. i knew about the weight reduction w/ it...was thinking maybe it served another purpose w/ 'titanium' bolts
OTG Signs
03-24-2009, 10:29 AM
If you think Titanium is only for looks, please go back to 1st grade.

Please explain why the heated tips are functional.
OG-Skinny
03-24-2009, 10:29 AM
thats freakin fire. i knew about the weight reduction w/ it...was thinking maybe it served another purpose w/ 'titanium' bolts

If it's not going to be used to suffer high temperature punishment, then the bolts are meant to "Look cool"
Sammich
03-24-2009, 10:30 AM
and...titanium tips?
OTG Signs
03-24-2009, 10:30 AM
sooo... you get titanium bolts and heat them? and they turn into that? :thinking:
please pardon me for being such a terrible NOOB. :o

It's my understanding that yes. You heat raw titanium to extreme temps and let it cool and the color stays.
PURP
03-24-2009, 10:31 AM
Please explain why the heated tips are functional.

the tip color is produced from the heat of the exhaust itself. The function of titanium exhaust is WEIGHT...
OG-Skinny
03-24-2009, 10:32 AM
Please explain why the heated tips are functional.

doh, I read your post wrong. It's too early. I gotta go get more coffee..

I explained the real purpose for titanium a few post up.

My B.
OTG Signs
03-24-2009, 10:33 AM
the tip color is produced from the heat of the exhaust itself. The function of titanium exhaust is WEIGHT...

The exhaust is not used before it is installed if it's a new exhaust. Admit it, the heated tip is just for looks. :D
PURP
03-24-2009, 10:35 AM
The exhaust is not used before it is installed if it's a new exhaust. Admit it, the heated tip is just for looks. :D

depends on how it's being used.. Someone with a cool jdm tyte car with it at the V is for looks... a gutted car that needs as much weight reduction as possible... not for looks
OTG Signs
03-24-2009, 10:37 AM
depends on how it's being used.. Someone with a cool jdm tyte car with it at the V is for looks... a gutted car that needs as much weight reduction as possible... not for looks

I agree, but the latter probably wouldn't have a heat-treated tip out of the box... it would just eventually turn blue from heat, like motorbikes do.
Dirty Octopus™
03-24-2009, 10:38 AM
Titanium is sooooooo cool!!! http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j261/Knonimous/GIFs/boobhop.gif
The BUCKY
03-24-2009, 10:40 AM
its no paint its a plating like anodizing
PURP
03-24-2009, 10:41 AM
whatever. It's water and oil.. them it's clear coated
OTG Signs
03-24-2009, 10:42 AM
its no paint its a plating like anodizing

So neo chro lug nuts are coated as well?

http://www.evasivemotorsports.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/r40_neochro.jpg
PURP
03-24-2009, 10:43 AM
So neo chro lug nuts are coated as well?

http://www.evasivemotorsports.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/r40_neochro.jpg

yes.. they're coated with neochro
Sammich
03-24-2009, 10:43 AM
^fire
SixSquared
03-24-2009, 11:58 AM
Patrick said something about dipping metal in water and then heating it while still wet would produce an effect like that... not 100% sure of how he said he did it, but I know we had some purpled and blued piping laying around for a while that he made... it was originally just plain aluminum intercooler piping but he did something to it and made it look kinda like that. The colors weren't as intense, but the effect was definitely there.