No, that's not it. Someone cut off the old tips and welded on new tips from Hall I think. He also talked about masking the chrome on the tips before having the mufflers coated (JetHot or something similar), but in black instead of silver. Pics at completion showed they looked like brand new mufflers. I can't remember where I saw it.
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