The heat shields on my black supertrapp are starting to get stains and splotches on them after only a few hundred miles. Any way to clean them up or do I need to repaint with BBQ black or something?

Black pipes are getting popular, I can't be the first to have this problem.

 

When there cold I'd try a product called Pig Spit. It works great on black parts of my bike frame !

 

Have not tried pig spit but I think it would just burn off as soon as the pipes heated up, just like other things I've tried. Then the pipes look the same or worse because of any residue left.

 

ive used pig spit on my pipes and it didnt burn off. the spit made it look new again. very good product for night train owners.

 

Bump - Looking for more options..

 

scrub em with coal.......

 

Sounds crazy enough to work. I'll try it on a small area. I had thought about graphite or something else to stain them with. I'll never find pig spit here. But, the pipes get so hot, hotter than the stock pipes ever got...I don't think the pig spit is going to stay on there.

 

You can purchase Pig Spit online if you wanna try a can. I know it'll do good job on the rest of black on your bike !

http://www.pigspit.com/

PS THE SWINE THAT SHINES!

 

LOL, I was kidding, in seriousness, just wrap em with some black Accel.........

 

I tried DEI exhaust tape. It looked better but was roasting me. The taped pipes didn't cool off much while riding so I felt the heat all the time, not just when I was stopped in traffic. I took the tape off and put the heat shields back on.

This is really a case of "fix it till it breaks". I had the heat problem fixed with XIEDs and the stock pipes. Then I put on a 2:1 supertrapp. It looks better, sounds better, and pulls a lot harder -- but it throws off a lot of heat on the rear header.