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.