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Old Mar 21, 2013 | 01:35 PM
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Default CFRs Rusting @ three months

For all who doubted me ...........CFRs Rusting @ three months-wp_000028.jpg

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You have to look close at the third pic all along the weld and all over are small spots of rust and they are only about 5 months old(last october/november
 

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Old Mar 21, 2013 | 01:42 PM
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WOW. That is bad. I have black CFRs. Have had them on my bike for almost a year. No rust at all. You must have gotten a bad set of pipes. Where did you get them from? Hopefully they will exchange them for a new set.
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I Talked to Cary and to be fair he has promised to replace them now the waiting begins(im seriously thinkin about goin black on the new ones)

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