[atomic13mgr]

Hey All -

My kids are now old enough to know and stay away from daddy's hot exhaust pipes so off came the heat shields. I am disgusted. I was extremely careful to back off the nuts and peel off the clamps without any shifting only to find that they were already severly scratched. Looks like this was done at the time of install. The pipes are silver jet coated and I have some pretty prominent gashes and what appears to be corrosion. The car has NEVER seen water so I don't know what that is all about. Does anyone know of a way I can repair my pipes or am I looking to getting them redone? I read somewhere that you can sand and polish jet coating but am a little leary of doing this. I don't know how thick the coating is and don't want to make it any worse. Any help here is much appreciated.