Powder or Ceramic Coating Mufflers Questions
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Powder or Ceramic Coating Mufflers Questions
I've had Rinehart True Duals on my '04 EG for 5+ years/55K miles and they're showing signs of wear so I purchased a pair of new chrome muffler cans (i.e. mufflers w/o baffles) which I will install with new chrome Rinehart end caps and reuse the baffles from the old mufflers.
I'm considering having the take-off mufflers (minus the baffles which will be installed in the new muffler cans) and the replaced end caps powder or ceramic coated satin black.
I know zip about powder and ceramic coating. Is it even worth considering powder or ceramic coating the mufflers and/or end caps? Should the chrome be removed prior to either coating? Will coating be durable?
Bascially I'm asking if the used muffler cans and end caps will make good donor parts for powder or ceramic coating compared to purchasing their equivalents as new pieces.
Thanks in advance for your advice.
Carl
I'm considering having the take-off mufflers (minus the baffles which will be installed in the new muffler cans) and the replaced end caps powder or ceramic coated satin black.
I know zip about powder and ceramic coating. Is it even worth considering powder or ceramic coating the mufflers and/or end caps? Should the chrome be removed prior to either coating? Will coating be durable?
Bascially I'm asking if the used muffler cans and end caps will make good donor parts for powder or ceramic coating compared to purchasing their equivalents as new pieces.
Thanks in advance for your advice.
Carl
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Carl, researched all about this about to death. I ended up sending a 2 big boxes and a lot parts including my muffler, heat shields etc to JRK5892 here on the forums aka Joe @ The Powder Pro. I had a lot of questions and he answered them all. I went with powder coating myself. I checked into Jet Hot and I am NOT impressed nor would I ever suggest using them. Hope it helps you out.
Here's Joe's site: http://www.thepowderpro.com/
Tom
Here's Joe's site: http://www.thepowderpro.com/
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when it comes to exhaust ceramic is way above powdercoating, my exhaust was used , they acid dipped and stripped the chrome off before ceramic coating vs with powdrcoating they usually just media blasted the chrome. I used a company called LO KO waaay cheaper then Jet Hot and superior results
http://www.lo-ko.com/
http://www.lo-ko.com/
Last edited by leohd; Jan 29, 2011 at 12:07 PM.
we coat them all the time bud... sorry for the bad pic but i am on the cell, just coated these yesterday!
Leo can i ask why ceramic is way above powder? i have layed and do lay ceramic and completely agree that is has its place... however powder is WAY more durrable, comes in a ton of finishes, and will hold up great on mufflers and heat shields, on the bikes header pipes i will almost always recomend ceramic coat or on some bikes a 1200* high temp powder works great as well ... but for pipes shields and mufflers i would never recomend ceramic to customers (except some bikes with thunderheaders as they just get insane glowing hot) Lo-co does great work, but i would always powder mufflers over ceramic, they simply do not get hot enough a regualr powder can handle 2-300 degrees all day no problem, if you pipes are getting over that then your bike is going ot have way more issues than the finish on the exhaust
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Leo can i ask why ceramic is way above powder? i have layed and do lay ceramic and completely agree that is has its place... however powder is WAY more durrable, comes in a ton of finishes, and will hold up great on mufflers and heat shields, on the bikes header pipes i will almost always recomend ceramic coat or on some bikes a 1200* high temp powder works great as well ... but for pipes shields and mufflers i would never recomend ceramic to customers (except some bikes with thunderheaders as they just get insane glowing hot) Lo-co does great work, but i would always powder mufflers over ceramic, they simply do not get hot enough a regualr powder can handle 2-300 degrees all day no problem, if you pipes are getting over that then your bike is going ot have way more issues than the finish on the exhaust
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Last edited by JRK5892; Jan 29, 2011 at 01:43 PM.
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from what I read and been told ceramic acts as a thermal barrier especially if you coat the inside of the pipes also. plus it can withstand a higher temperature. I only used lo-ko for the ceramic on the pipes, for $90 both large pipes he did a beautiful job, the powdercoating was all done by Bob Buckley at coating specialties, my bike was done up years ago before there was a ton of powdercoaters. years ago his was the only shop I knew of. your work seems to come out looking nice with satisfied customers.
Last edited by leohd; Jan 29, 2011 at 04:25 PM.
ooh bud i am not questioning the work at all man, i know they do great work and 90 for cermaic coating is almost unheard of (you got an insane great price) alot has changed in powder over the past few years as it has grown... it is a common misconseption that pipes cna not be coated. i just wanted an outside perspective as to why it was better, no offence intended at all bud i hope you did not take it that way
*good lookin scoot by the way
*good lookin scoot by the way