Hey Last5, that's v impressive for a temp fix
I found a big jar of elbow grease in the garage and may just do that to mine in the interem, however I have '02 3.0 and am hoping that my stock tail pipes would be of the same original metal finish as V8's & thus would end up nice n shiny as yours.
What grade paper did you use, was it 'wet n dry' ??
You have to check out what Michelle did here -
CHECK OUT MY TIpS! just make sure the welder guy is not crosseyed