Exhaust wrap/powdercoat
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Exhaust wrap/powdercoat
Hey guys, I have a question/problem. I have a 2010 Iron and I had plans to change the exhaust out for some V&H shorts shots. So I wanted to make the bike look "dirty" so I bought chrome short shots b/c they were cheaper than the black and I was planning on wrapping them in exhaust wrap. So heres my problem; after reading through some threads on here I found out wraping the pipes can rust them out. Heres my question if I powder coat them first and then wrap them will this stop that from happening. Thanks in advance
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I haven't read that wrapping pipes will make them rust...then again, I didn't search for it either.
I wrapped mine because I love the way it looks. If they rust out in 10yrs? I'll just buy new ones, my taste may change by then also.
I wrapped mine because I love the way it looks. If they rust out in 10yrs? I'll just buy new ones, my taste may change by then also.
The wraps tend to hold in moisture thus making them more **** to rust but it will take a long long time to happen unless your riding in the rain all the time. I'm not sure what effect powder coating before wrapping will do. but I know the wrap will ruin the powdercoat finish.
I wrapped my wife's chrome short shots.
Yes the pipes will rust beneath the wrap but if you notice the wrap wet then just run the bike until it's dry.
I use header wrap coating on the pipe before I wrap them to help prevent it...but it will happen eventually. I agree with you though, in the amount of time it takes the rust to damage the pipes I will probably want something different anyway.
Yes the pipes will rust beneath the wrap but if you notice the wrap wet then just run the bike until it's dry.
I use header wrap coating on the pipe before I wrap them to help prevent it...but it will happen eventually. I agree with you though, in the amount of time it takes the rust to damage the pipes I will probably want something different anyway.
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Hey thanks for the pic mreed. I really like the paint/wrap, I think on the Iron when you do the all black short shots it almost looks like they get lost in the bike. What kind of paint did you use for the ends?
I sandblasted the pipes (but hand sanding them works fine) to knock the "smooth" off of the chrome and painted them with the DEI header wrap coating then wrapped the pipes. The entire pipe is black under the wrap.
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Hey guys, I have a question/problem. I have a 2010 Iron and I had plans to change the exhaust out for some V&H shorts shots. So I wanted to make the bike look "dirty" so I bought chrome short shots b/c they were cheaper than the black and I was planning on wrapping them in exhaust wrap. So heres my problem; after reading through some threads on here I found out wraping the pipes can rust them out. Heres my question if I powder coat them first and then wrap them will this stop that from happening. Thanks in advance
The real problem with the heat wrap is it causes a super hot layer of air to surround the pipe and it will destroy them, this also is hard on performance as this super hot layer is the heat that should be in the pipe but isn't anymore, when you suck the heat out of a pipe the exhaust slows down which hurts performance.
Take a look at the picture I have included this is a set of stainless steel pipes that the guy I bought them had run that stuff on for about 100 miles, it had caused the pipes to so over heat that they looked cooked and yes they had rust on them obviously SuperTrapps aren't a real high quality stainless. The only way to save them was to wet sand them down and paint them black.
Heat wrap never did what it was suppose to do from day one. It is popular because bike builders have used it for years now to cover up nasty welding jobs on there pipes and pawned it off as cool.
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That's exactly why I wrapped these pipes...to cover up all of the welds.
I made the whole pipe except for the muffler. This was right when I finished them...3500 miles ago at the beginning of this summer and it was a quickie job just to ride it. I finally picked up the stuff to rewrap them and they look fine beneath. This bike is my turd/work bike/commuter. I ride the hell out of it, leave it outside most of the time, let other people ride it (this is the ONLY bike I let others ride), ride it in the rain, basically the most abused bike in my stable because it was free. Anyway, when I unwrapped the pipes they were perfectly fine.
So, if you're going to half *** treat them or not treat them at all then expect the worst. But, if treated properly, they will be fine. And my story is my own, not something about someone else's experience or the half *** job someone else did to theirs lol.
I made the whole pipe except for the muffler. This was right when I finished them...3500 miles ago at the beginning of this summer and it was a quickie job just to ride it. I finally picked up the stuff to rewrap them and they look fine beneath. This bike is my turd/work bike/commuter. I ride the hell out of it, leave it outside most of the time, let other people ride it (this is the ONLY bike I let others ride), ride it in the rain, basically the most abused bike in my stable because it was free. Anyway, when I unwrapped the pipes they were perfectly fine.
So, if you're going to half *** treat them or not treat them at all then expect the worst. But, if treated properly, they will be fine. And my story is my own, not something about someone else's experience or the half *** job someone else did to theirs lol.
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What brand titanium wrap did you use?
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