# What does chrome do when it's heat cycled?

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**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")\
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^ fine, i’ll keep it simple.

you wont get the colors you want with the relatively low heat at end of the exhaust… Headers yes.

But yes, chrome will change colors with heat cycling, but more so with the intense heat, since it builds up a higher oxidation layer that refracts the ‘pretty colors’

you’re looking at more of a goldish brown color over time…as compared to the purples and blues.

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