# wtb aluminum piping kit

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**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [April 23, 2012, 11:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-aluminum-piping-kit/263493 "2012-04-23T11:31:47Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 7:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-aluminum-piping-kit/263493/6 "2012-04-26T07:39:48Z")

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> +1. high quality material for a good price. just need to clean it really well prior to welding(they tend to leave bending die grease on the material). Use acetone.

question for ya.

What the hell is the “chrome” looking aluminum tubing some kits use out there? I had a bunch of customers bring that stuff in, aligned and what not, just leaving me to lay some dimes and hand it back… and that stuff welded like shit.

I really doubt its just polished, becasue even the inside was very “polished” looking. Yet when you take a new flap disk or SS brush to it, you cant see a distinct edge you would expect when removing a coating from the substrate.

I removed what ever it was from the outside, and had to use less amperage to avoid full penetration too much, becasue as soon as I melted the shit on the inside, it would instantly float up through my puddle and grey/dull it out, but if I kept away from it it welded/looked normal.

I am thinking dipped somehow.

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