Exhaust (muffler) Degradation '012 Bonneville

Greetings!

There are small rust spots and bulges occurring on my right-side muffler. The left-side muffler appears to be fine. What's even more interesting (or disturbing) is that it's occurring around the circumference.

The spots are hard to see in the pic, but basically there two areas (identified within the two sets of red markings) where the issue has occurred.

Anyone out there observed similar degradation?

Thanks!

 

Okay, so I received a quote for re-chrome plating the muffler...

~350 USD. That's better than ~656 USD for a new muffler replacement from Triumph.

I have another right-side muffler that I acquired off of flee-bay that has some long scratches and scuffs that just won't buff out. I'll likely have this unit re-chromed instead...

Or maybe I should just accept the imperfections.

 

@TRIPLE X and @Samsgrandad

Thank you for your insight! I'm confident you are correct.

I don't think the scratches on the 2nd unit are too deep, but I'll see what the plating shop has to say about it.

 

Update: After pulling the right-side muffler yesterday, I noticed there is something loose (and rattles around) within the baffle area.

 

Indeed...going to pull the left one today.

My spare is functionally fine. I was going to have it re-chromed, but now I'm thinking of going with a yet-to-be-determined after-market set instead.

 

New Update: I checked the left muffler today...no rattle observed.

The flee-bay seller still has the left muffler. Perhaps I'll go ahead and purchase that one as a back-up.

Also, I tried the chrome buffing compound again on my flee-bay muffler. I just kept at it, over and over. I'm happy to report it looks quite good now. It's not perfect, but honestly, I'm probably the only one that would notice.