Chrome Exhaust Tip - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

thapranksta · 03-22-2006, 07:57 PM

Going to buy a chrome exhaust tip. Anyone know the size for a Gen 5 and/or know a good looking brand?

I thought it would be a good addition to my car since I have a chrome license plate cover, the chrome trim on my Gen 5 trunk, and my altezza tail lights have chrome housing. I could care less about sound.

KILRCAM · 03-22-2006, 08:04 PM

I was planning to do the same. I have been looking at some tips at the local muffler shops. They usually have very nice tips. I am going to have 2wickedtoys weld it on for me.

DOES ANYONE KNOW IF TRD HAS TIPS WITH THEIR LOGO ON IT? PLEASE LET ME KNOW...I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY. THANKS.

leasaunce · 03-22-2006, 08:16 PM

That:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Exhau...47834239QQrdZ1

Or:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Exhau...49786483QQrdZ1

islandboy57 · 03-23-2006, 12:55 AM

I just bought a Toyota OEM (made by Valor) exhuast tip. It's a bit fat/wide but I like it. It's different. It ALMOST looks like I have some sort of custom exhuast setup

thapranksta · 03-23-2006, 09:56 AM

My question is: Is it worth it to spend $40+ for the OEM exhaust tip?

WhiteRabbit · 03-23-2006, 09:58 AM

if youre gonna get a tip, get a weld on type

thapranksta · 03-23-2006, 10:11 AM

Why, it looks cleaner?

TXST8tj · 03-23-2006, 10:22 AM

looks cleaner and you know it's not going anywhere.

GrkBallaG · 03-23-2006, 10:40 AM

Get the stock one, it looks bad ass on gen 5's, even gen 3's(look below)

Todd Soden · 03-23-2006, 01:22 PM

Just don't buy the cheap ass $10 ones from Canadian Tire.

I bought one last summer (a bolt on model from Canadian Tire that fit my gen 4.5) and it looked good until mid season when I noticed that it was starting to rust. I guess it was not really Chrome after all. Probably just bare metal.

thapranksta · 03-23-2006, 01:33 PM

What's the size of the stock exhaust tip? Anybody know?

RICO8458 · 03-23-2006, 04:08 PM

Go with Valor OEM tip... the best.

KILRCAM · 03-23-2006, 07:27 PM

I had a 3 inch chrome tip welded on my old gen 3 before I got a custom exhaust. I will probably do it again wit a different tip for my gen 5.

TXST8tj · 03-24-2006, 09:13 AM

personally, i'd stick with stainless steel. chrome is just a metal coating. if it gets scratched or chipped, the metal will start to rust. same as paint on a car. stainless will never rust. i think it is worth paying more (generally twice as much for the same style tip) to get stainless the first time and be done with it, knowing it won't rust.

thapranksta · 03-24-2006, 09:32 AM

Can't you get metal with a scratch-resistant chrome finish?