Rusting Hyper muffler!!!!!!

[vic]

Hi guys & Gals!!! Anybody who's wondering...Im still alive!! : ) just been seriously busy & understaffed at work to the end of working all day & most nights & coming home to pass out on the missus! (She hasnt been very happy about that!!)

Anyway, ive noticed that my hyper muffler, which is only something like 3 months old looks like it's starting to rust at the joints where the pipe exits the box(the bit we see) anybody having the same?????

Cheers all

will be back around again soon

Vic

[lexussport]

Vic,

I have had my HKS'S for about the same time (3months) No sign of rust on either box yet.

[Monster-Mat]

me neither and ive had mine 3 years

[tdiplc]

The Hiper Muffler is not fully stainless steel, but is partially aluminised steel to enhance the sound. The problem with fully stainless is that they have a resonance and "tinny" sound, but they do last longer. This has always been an issue when choosing an exhaust system. Do you want a system that sounds bad but lasts a long time or do you want a system that sounds good but doesn't last as long? Different people have different priorities. Surface rust is not unusual on the aluminised sections so I shouldn't worry about it. The HKS system on my GS300 was fitted in 1997 and is still going strong with some surface rust on it.

Hope this helps :)