[70gteeo]

If they do look and fit who sells the best looking and fitting exhaust tips. Thanks

[Kurt L71S]

I purchased mine from Summit Racing....The entire system..Pypes Race Pro....Looks outstanding in my opinion!...
I would add that when installing them...purchase stainless band clamps from them at the same time...no bolts to show and they will not crush the pipes....
This system sounds so nice....

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/PYE-EVT19

[Chief of the 60's]

Fit? I do not know. Look? Not even close IMO.

[orejudge]

First is repop, second original.

[steve v]

IIRC the repops are about 3/4" wider than OEM.

[orejudge]

Wrong, they are exact width and length.

[steve v]

Inline repop is 5 7/8" vs OEM/GM @ 5 1/4" wide.

Close anyway.

[Chief of the 60's]

LOL! Close now counts in horseshoes, hand grenades and GTO's. I guess that is why some people like Chiwanese repops because they can build their car "close" to a Pontiac.

[Joe's Garage]

They fill the openings in the valance a little TOO full.

The originals have a good amount of clearance on both sides - and look better (actually more correct) because of that clearance. They also came with their fair share of 'warts' with exposed virgin welds and mediocre chrome plating on only the tips section. The chrome between the two tips is usually pretty poor if not non-existent where the tips meet.

The repros we've seen have nice, smoothed-out welds and are FULLY chromed with very few flaws.

The pic above shows original 1970s-early 1980s vintage tips that are only partially chromed - the factory version. I'm pretty sure that later-production GM tips (just before they were discontinued) were fully chromed, like the pic below. Seems like I've seen pics of the two side-by side, but I can't find them now.

As far as how they look, they both look great installed. Pontiac's iconic 'dual-duals' tips are gorgeous, regardless of whose manufacture they are.

At least 'Chairman Mao's minions' got the round part and the chrome part right........partially........sort of................not.........

[70gteeo]

I just measured my oem tips that came on my gto and they measure 5 3/4 from tip to tip. My tips are chromed from the welds forward.

[Chief of the 60's]

Originally Posted by Joe's Garage

At least 'Chairman Mao's minions' got the round part and the chrome part right........partially........sort of................not.........

LMAO

[Kurt L71S]

Stick a fork in me...I'm done....way too much drama.

[Joe's Garage]

They are 5 1/4" +/- across.

I couldn't get the measuring tape exactly level because the cars are so tight together.

[Joe's Garage]

Probably changed suppliers or something. Or the supplier changed it's manufacturing technique.

I doubt that anyone would pick out the difference once the tips were installed, unless they laid down on the ground and looked.

The other notable difference is that the early (production line and early over-the-counter) tips had the part number and 'GM' stamped into the bottom of one of the two tips. Later production (and those repros that bother to stamp them) put the part number and 'GM' on the neck, rather than one of the tips.

Again, impossible to see unless you lay down under the car and look.

In addition to the NOS GM manufactured and the repros shown, several companies made 'copies' of this style tip in the past forty-nine years. Most are not even close to the original style.

[Chief of the 60's]

Originally Posted by Joe's Garage

They fill the openings in the valance a little TOO full.........

This is where its going to matter. A good cam and they could be banging around hitting the valance. Besides beating up your paint, all that noise will drive you nuts.

[72projectbird]

I like them a little bigger. They fill the opening out better.