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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 11:25 AM
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After a long winter of adding chrome and my rinehart true dual exhaust i finally got to take a spin on my bike yesterday. it has been in the garage all winter. I stopped by a few friends and noticed that my exhaust has turned gold behind the heat sheilds. i under stand that this is going to happen etc but i have a problem. the gold off the exhaust reflects on to my chrome inner primary and my chrome timer cover. The heat sheilds dont cover enough to hide it. I dont like the trex exhaust. Does any one have any suggestions how to hide this or a replacement heat sheild that will cover more. maybe a way to polish off the gold color. powder coat the exhaust etc. Who else has experienced this and what did you do about it. I am too dam picky i know.


 
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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 11:45 AM
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Have you had your bike dyno tuned? That can help with the blue/gold pipes, but it will never go away alltogether.
 
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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 12:06 PM
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it was dyno tuned with a sert. I did ride it for about 100 miles or so before it was tuned. I understand the reasons as to why they turn colors. was looking for a way to get rid of the reflection.
 
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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 12:38 PM
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Its not a Rinehart problem, its a tune problem...that being saidtry Dri Wash' n Guard by DWG International, its a premium metal polish and it works like magic. I bought it at a dealer and its the best I've found for removeing the blue/gold from pipes. Good Luck
 
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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 01:05 PM
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I had/have the same problem with their 2 into 1 system. I called them and they sent a replacement shield no cost.
 
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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 01:47 PM
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I had the same problem.

I took my pipes off, removed the head shields. Painted the pipes with flat black hi temp header paint.
 
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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 03:20 PM
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Moorefun how is the paint holding up. just wondering ifit would start flaking off and look as bad or worse.
 
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Have the pipes ceramic coated in the chromex finish.
+ a good tune--no more worries.
 
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just had the bike tuned with the new rh td and put 100 miles on today
right (front) pipe gold
left (rear) pipe blue
sert tuned afr 13.6-13.2
no decel pop the bike runs great
95" 02 ultra
now i have to put those blue lights by the engine

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