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I like it, I thought about slotting my chrome shields and then painting the pipe heat resistant black but havent gotten around to it yet.

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Originally Posted by Wyde Glyde Bry (Post 7161611)

Did you have the heat shields powdered black after
you drilled or were they already done before you
drilled? Wondering if cleaning up the burrs made
it so the finish is messed up at all?

I painted them myself, about three years ago, after having the chrome bead-blasted off by a local painter for $15 bucks. I used PJ-1 exhaust paint, and baked them in the oven. The finish has held up pretty well. You can compare it to the finish on the slip-ons, which I only painted about five months ago - you can hardly tell the difference.

As for the burrs, I experimented with a smaller hole to see which side the burrs were worse, which was the back side. So, when I drilled the final hole, I did it from the finished side which put the burrs on the inside. Then it was easy to de-burr from the back. It didn't flake the finish at all.

I like the way the bare metal shows at the edge of the holes. If it starts to look bad, I'll just take them back off and paint them again - ain't no big deal.

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Originally Posted by parts eeter (Post 7161670)

I scraped my lower Vance and hines heat shield and have been debating on drilling 3/4 holes in them and powder gloss black. I think you did a fine job. The front pipe needs more holes to continue farther back IMO.

There actually is one more hole in the front one - it's blocked by the brake pedal in that top photo.

Any more heat on your leg from the top pipe due to the holes?

Can't really tell... but the heat index today was 98 degrees.

I've had about enough of this damn heat wave.

OK, kids... more tomfoolery with weird-ass drill bits:

http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/e.../beltguard.jpg

Those look friggin excellent. I've been thinkin about that since I saw the shields that came on the sporty as well. I would like to do that on my chrome shields but my main concern is if I would have to have them re chromed. I may hunt around for some chrome shields to practice on. Thanks for sharing an excellent mod and the pics.
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Great job! I think it all looks awesome!