mclovin
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Post by mclovin on Feb 3, 2021 12:55:32 GMT -7
I have a titanium silencer and a stainless mid pipe with the stock headers. The stock headers look like shit. I was thinking of having them ceramic coated but then started thinking, why can't I just paint them? Has anyone done this and how'd it look and hold up.
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Post by willl84 on Feb 3, 2021 18:39:18 GMT -7
I've never painted them. I'd assume the paint would start shipping off and eventually it'd look worse than normal lol. I've wrapped headers before - did it on my Super Hawk. Looked great. Thinking of doing it to this bike as well, maybe in a couple years when they start looking like crap.
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dkim213
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Post by dkim213 on Feb 3, 2021 18:44:02 GMT -7
I’ve painted a different header with the VHT ceramic. Maybe it was shit prep work or on bike curing sucks, but it cracked and flaked off.
I also wrapped those headers afterward. Eventually, the tube cracked.
This was on an older sportster.
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mclovin
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Post by mclovin on Feb 4, 2021 8:43:44 GMT -7
I saw some post where the guy said he did them with BBQ paint and they looked good but had to redo every 2 years or so. There's so many high performance paints out there now that you'd think there'd be one that works.
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Post by mindcrime79 on Feb 5, 2021 2:16:02 GMT -7
Get ceramic coating. Paint won't last. I literally bent the muffler in a mishap and the ceramic didn't move. I was impressed.
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Post by rracerfz10 on Feb 5, 2021 8:47:35 GMT -7
ceramic is the way to go. Not only does it last but keeps more heat inside the header pipes and actually helps exhaust flow.
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