Exhaust paint question.....
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Exhaust paint question.....
The after market slip-on mufflers on my 2003 Fat Boy are looking kinda ragged, the previous owner of this bike didn't pay much attention to details as far as keeping the rust at bey, and they are starting to blue as well. Took the heat shields off and couldn't believe the rust on the insides of them, and the stock pipes are looking ugly as well.....
Spent my wad buying the bike and can't afford new pipes til probably Christmas, so I was thinking about painting the heat shields and slip-on's flat black. The local auto parts store here sells Plastikote Hi-Heat Paint for headers and exhaust. It claims to be good up to 1300°, was wondering if a product like this will hold up on my pipes, at least until I can swing a set of V&H or Samson pipes.....?
Spent my wad buying the bike and can't afford new pipes til probably Christmas, so I was thinking about painting the heat shields and slip-on's flat black. The local auto parts store here sells Plastikote Hi-Heat Paint for headers and exhaust. It claims to be good up to 1300°, was wondering if a product like this will hold up on my pipes, at least until I can swing a set of V&H or Samson pipes.....?
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Used "High-Heat" Flat Black paint on steel expansion chambers way back in ancient history....The best part is you can sand off the paint easily if it starts to rust/peel off and hit it with another layer of flat black until you get your new pipes.....
Just don't paint over top of chrome!!!!!
Just don't paint over top of chrome!!!!!
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Try "brushing" the chrome with a Scotch Bright pad. It will make the chrome looking like stainless steel. If you don't like the look you can paint over it.
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