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Old Aug 18, 2009 | 09:43 AM
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anyones pipes turn brown under the heat shields? or is it just mine.
 
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Old Aug 18, 2009 | 10:13 AM
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Yeah, one of the purposes of the heat shield is to hide the bluing.
 
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ive seen them turn blue but this is brown like rust or dirt baked on, well thats probabaly what it is, can i get it off some how or just live with it.
 
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Bluing can look anywhere from a light yellowing color, to darker yellows/browns, all the way to a deep purple, and anywhere inbetween.

I don't know that you can do anything to remove it and keep it gone. Every bike I come across has blued pipes behind the shields.

Your heat shields should cover them up enough to where it's not an eye sore, right? Or are you bluing in your mufflers too?
 
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nah the heat shield covers them up mostly but i notice it. anyways thanks for the input
 
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They all do it. They call them heat shields but I think they are just as much "beauty covers" as they are shields for heat. How much heat to they actually seem to shield anyway? I need some heat shields for my heat shields.
 
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