- March 08, 2010
Exhaust company reps offer tips on identifying and buying quality chrome products
by James Jaillet
A well-installed, quality exhaust system can work wonders for an owner-operator. Good mufflers and stacks can not only boost engine performance, but increase fuel mileage.
Chrome products are no different. A quality piece of chrome will look good and last long, while a lower quality product will flake and corrode quickly.
To an untrained eye, however, a quality piece of chrome exhaust equipment may be hard to distinguish from the ...
- March 05, 2010
Heat-fighting, chrome popularity define stack trends
by James Jaillet
To accommodate truck owners and operators who want the beauty of the chrome and the performance of a legal, quality exhaust system, chrome technology is steadily advancing and manufacturers are devoting resources to developing new chroming methods to prevent chrome wear and bluing.
Lincoln Industries’ entity Lincoln Chrome released its NeverBlue chrome stacks at the beginning of this year to help prevent chrome stacks from discoloring.
Lincoln’s Darren Parker says the NeverBlue technology is a multi-stage ...
- January 15, 2010
Texas Chrome Shop's 7" Exhaust Package is sure to put the "custom" into your custom rig. The TCS 7" Chrome Exhaust package features 100% American Made products including your choice of top stacks (2), center spools (2), lower elbows (2), exhaust clamps (4), cab brackets (2), Set of Bushings (1). You choose the height, style and elbows....
- November 11, 2009
PRO TIP
Installing 8" Stacks On Custom Rigs Equipped With DPF Exhausts
"One of the problems we have run into on the DPF trucks being customized here at Pro-Fab is not being able to put big stacks and big Pickett-style elbows on them," says shop owner and custom fabricator Randy Kaylor.
So the Manheim, PA, fabrication and installation experts figured out a slick work-around that keeps the factory DPF system intact while providing the monster stack custom-look: They designed a faux exhaust to ...
- October 07, 2009
Looking for more power and a better growl from your "other" truck? The manufacturer of CORSA premium exhaust systems has introduced dB Performance Exhausts - a new line of complete cat-back systems designed exclusively for late-model trucks and their owners.
- March 15, 2009
PRO TIPS / March 2009
Have a question for the custom rig builders out there or a tip or trick to share with CR readers? Send it to us and we’ll slip it into Pro Tips: crtechtips@rrpub.com. Also, go to our web site, www.customrigsmag.com, to take advantage of special links we’ve added to these Q&As and others posted there. – The Editor
HIGH-TEMP PAINTS
I want to paint and detail my Cummins. What type of paint works best to withstand the high ...
