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Old 10-07-2002, 04:38 PM
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That's my guess, that the plating process somehow destroys any packing within the pipes so all absorbtion based dampening goes away. I have noticed this several times on customer cars after chroming. I should probubly ask the chemist here at work why, he worked in plating shops for years.
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