Well, I can't post pics anymore, but trust me when I say the Corsa tip is still just as pretty as ever. I actually spent a little time on it today and got it to shine up cleaner and nicer than in the pic in my last post. It was just as dirty to start with too. The inside of the tips WILL come clean and shine just like the outside, but I've chosen to leave them their now natural flat black but keep the rolled lip of the tips polished clean (better than the last clean pic above). This tip is made out of some GOOD stainless - it seems impervious to the salty nastiness that Winter inflicts on it. The only rust I noticed was at the welds done by the exhaust shop, so this summer I wire wheeled them really well and did some masking, then hit the adapter pipe the shop custom bent and the welds on either side with some good flat black exhaust paint, which has held up remarkably well also. Not a fan of painted exhaust, but you have to be under the vehicle to see the area that was painted anyhow.
The exhaust does have a tendency to want to yellow up the paint just above the tips, although fortunately for me it comes off with a little elbow grease. The side exit exhaust remains very near the top of my favorite appearance mod list, right beside roof rack removal and debadging.
