Carven lifetime warranty amaze balls, 3rd set of exhaust tips

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blackbetty14

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Just to start, not bashing carven at all.... they have been very responsive and lived up to the lifetime warranty they market.

Back story... leased a new 2018 ram Laramie and immediately needed 5”
Tips bc I had a catback and 5” tips on my 14 express I returned. Got the carven 5” single wall SS slanted tips and they bolted on. Fast forward a year or so and the tips began to rust (shouldn’t be happening on 304SS tips) so reached out, sent a few pics and within a few days new tips shipped and they requested the return of the old tips. Apparently they had a bad batch of tips something with the stainless or weld causing corrosion. Fast forward another 2 years and the new tips look worse than the old tips, same rusting most around the welds. I live in the rust belt and get lots of salt on the roads in NJ/CT. So recently I reached out again and sent new picks of these tips and within a day or so they shipped out new tips. These new tips are double walled slant which is what I originally wanted but they never offered them. The new tips are much nicer and I prefer the dual walled tips. Not sure what’s going on with the 304 SS they are using or using to weld (should be 308) which shouldn’t rust this easily.

Either way... shout out to Carven for standing by the warranty 2 times in 40 months. I hope these tips last longer but seems like they would be losing money to keep replacing tips plus shipping etc.

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Nothing you can do honestly. I’ve tried wax/sealant like jet seal, shark hide, it’s 304SS so they shouldn’t rust for the most part. I find it suspect that you can see in the pics that it’s rusts only at the welds for the most part.
 

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You sellin the extra tips cheap?? Lol. Never dull works, but sometimes the rust Is already too far gone.
 

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i have the carven muffler and it sounds great. do adding the 5 inch tips change the tone any?
 
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I think u guys are missing the point. A 304 tip shouldn’t rust lol. Discolor and look dirty sure and I’ve cleaned them and sealed them in the past. They look like they do now bc I wasn’t able to wash the truck for over a month and we are just out of winter. Again these tips have only seen 2 winters and are only about 1.5 years old.

I looked up never dull and it got meh reviews. The rust will for sure have pitted the stainless and won’t ever go back unless it’s sanding and polished which brings me back to the original point of not rusting bc it’s 304SS.
 
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Yes, they will slightly. On a stock muffler they made a difference so I would expect on any muffler they would. It gets alittle louder and deeper.
 

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304 will rust, even if its passivated which I doubt carven is doing to their exhaust pieces.

But I agree, carven is great. The first set of tips I got from them looked like a child cut and welded them. Huge chunks and gouges right on the edge you could see. They overnighted me a new set workout any fuss. Really great guys over there. **** happens sometimes, how a company handles it shows what they are really about.
 
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