Downpipes - Painting ?
 

Anyone painted 'em ? If so specifically what kinda paint ya use ??

I'm thinking manifold paint of some discription.

Now that I can get at all my bike bits at eye level :) hee hee


edit : thinking this stuff or this stuff

I usually take mine of every 2 years, wire brush them clean, then use some high-temp paint (either BBQ or equivalent from dealer) and put about 3 coats on.

I think I have stove paint (1200* F) at the moment

They sell VHT header paint at advance auto. It's like $7-8/can. I've used it on gun slides too. lol...

You have to get everything pretty clean, tho. Don't want too much rust or it will just flake with the rust. Not bad stuff, tho.

Here's an LCP slide I did in black. Cooked it in the oven while the wife was out. :D

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Nothing like a gun in the oven eh Dylan :D ! lol

Taking Malbo's route and going to home depot for some stove paint
or rust oleum high temp ultra.

Malbo is saving me $$ these days ( except for the lift ;) )
Good man to know is a down economy :) thx Malbo.

All this extra coin I'll be able to get a second lift soon :D

I still say go for the wheel balancer. Then you can start your own business and charge $15 to balance each tire.

LOL, I have one ......... walmart version.....two jack stands :)

But I use Dyna Beads now ;) ..... LOL

im getting my high mount mid pcd black.... glad my buddy does it for me for free lol...

but since you arent asking about pc ide suggest kilgors method... baked on paint is much less likely to chip... and will be much more resilient

pc ..... ='s bucks not worth it on such old pipes. If i wanted to spend that much
I'd just get a new set of stainless ones ....... but thanks for the pointer anyhoo man :)

I used the vht paint from kragen auto parts for my headers, when I used a color (orange) it turned to yellow from the heat... and well when i did black no change of color its up to you but I had mostly good luck

As mentioned earlier, BBQ black. I have blacked out some engines with it and some pipes. It will be a flat black however. Any Lowe's, Home Depot or hardware store carries it. I am fond of Rust-Oleum BBQ black for some reason.

Oooh, at the bottom of that link is HIGH HEAT ULTRA semi-gloss enamel. The aged copper would look good on that slide Trout. Aged copper slide and gold tooth, you would be pimp n'.

This Hi-Temp offers aluminum color.

Also as mentioned, you will need to do follow up maintenance. As I recall, a lot of riding in the rain seamed to take it off the pipes quicker. Prep work will require you to sand the pipes to a clean metal surface as mentioned before.