# What does chrome do when it's heat cycled?
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-does-chrome-do-when-its-heat-cycled/30544
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive
**Created:** [June 8, 2007, 6:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-does-chrome-do-when-its-heat-cycled/30544 "2007-06-08T06:32:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2007, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-does-chrome-do-when-its-heat-cycled/30544/21 "2007-06-08T13:17:19Z")
[quote=“newman,post:20,topic:30544"”]
i don’t want it consistently blue
i just want it to look kinda… old? ish? not blangity blang, not one big blue thing either…
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so bust out the propane torch and do it up
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### Author:  [@King](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/King)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2007, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-does-chrome-do-when-its-heat-cycled/30544/22 "2007-06-08T13:17:36Z")
psh - coat it with something…black \>\*
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### Author:  [@ZOMGVTEK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ZOMGVTEK)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2007, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-does-chrome-do-when-its-heat-cycled/30544/23 "2007-06-08T13:52:15Z")
id say it would slightly change colors, probably noticibly… But i dont know how the chrome would take to the heat if you hit a puddle or something… Id just go with black
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### Author:  [@FiftyCheven](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FiftyCheven)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2007, 1:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-does-chrome-do-when-its-heat-cycled/30544/24 "2007-06-08T13:56:04Z")
hard to tell, but the headers in my sig at that time had about 500 miles on them. i got another 600 on them, and they look exactly the same…now, as they did then…slight blue/bronze like mixture.
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### Author:  [@LAFENGAS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LAFENGAS)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2007, 1:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-does-chrome-do-when-its-heat-cycled/30544/25 "2007-06-08T13:57:03Z")
pffft… just make a Molybdenum exhaust…that shit gets real color excited when heated.
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### Author:  [@2TurboZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2TurboZ)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2007, 2:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-does-chrome-do-when-its-heat-cycled/30544/26 "2007-06-08T14:53:03Z")
[quote=“LAFENGAS,post:25,topic:30544"”]
pffft… just make a Molybdenum exhaust…that shit gets real color excited when heated.
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awww just like you then…its the Lafengas of metals \<3
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### Author:  [@somedude](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/somedude)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2007, 3:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-does-chrome-do-when-its-heat-cycled/30544/27 "2007-06-08T15:00:08Z")
you could buy a sick turbo kit. Boost will raise your exhaust temps and will color more of your exhaust… 🙂
edit: i think the turbo would have to stay on the car for that plan to work though.
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### Author:  [@ly555is](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ly555is)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2007, 3:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-does-chrome-do-when-its-heat-cycled/30544/28 "2007-06-08T15:16:01Z")
[quote=“93dx–hatch,post:18,topic:30544"”]
please don’t do it anodized blue, that would be horrible; I just picture it looking like a massive earls fitting
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the funny is teh strong on NYSPEED today
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### Author:  [@BrockwayMT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BrockwayMT)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2007, 5:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-does-chrome-do-when-its-heat-cycled/30544/29 "2007-06-08T17:48:46Z")
be fancy and go with 321
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