Dont quote me on this but I believe they coat the inside..


What I meant about doing the slip-on is that you have to take the canister apart and remove the baffles, then they coat the parts all seperately.

Then you rivet it back together.

The coating doesn't affect tolerances, everything goes back together with no gap or size issues.

 

Obviously tolerances aren't much of an issue when you're using pop rivets in the first place.

 

Hershey, if I got the headers of my bike ceramic coated... would they look new? They're completely covered in rust and the surface area is so rough and ****ty that I want to buy a new exhaust system. Its not the orangy colored rust (surface rust), its the corse thick, I like to stick so hard on metal rust. Ahh!

-Jasper

 

Was talking more about the header to the head, header to midpipe and midpipe to slip-on.


Yes it will look brand new, unless there are dents/scrapes as those are not hidden.

First they will shot blast the steel down to bare metal and remove all the rust, then they coat it.

Just do a google image search for ceramic coated headers, yum


-Edit, I just noticed you changed your message... If they're almost completely rusted through they may be a lost cause, they wont coat them if they're too far gone, but usually you can blast away all of that scaly rust and there will be enough metal underneath.

They'll find out if they blast any holes in it while shot blasting hehe.

 

Speaking of bent rear brake pedals...

I just bent mine again (and broke my brand-new front brake pedal) in my first 'wreck.' I guess now would be a good time to get a good one.

I guess that's what I get for not going and properly adjusting the throttle (note to self: the front brakes won't stop the bike if it sticks at half throttle).

Next time I'll remember to use the clutch and rear brake before I put my bike into a bush...lol (I was going a wee bit fast up my driveway)

 

Yea specR, you should have pulled in the clutch and then use your brakes... Your left hand is the more important than your right when it comes to situations like that, specially with your dilemma that you had.

-Jasper

 

I know, but when you're going up a driveway excessively fast and you've got about 30 feet before you hit a wall of azaleas, sometimes you can't think straight.

Sometimes I wonder why motorcycles have such a retarded way of controlling the throttle. My four-wheeler has a thumb throttle, which seems a lot safer, although it does make your thumb hurt after a while.

 

Hershey,

Can this same process be used to do my chrome wheels? There's a lot of salt air/rain here andit's always messing up the shine requiring lots of polish time. That would probably work right?

 

It's not recommended for load bearing pieces, it would probably be OK... But the shop might tell you not to use it on wheels, frames, subframes, swingarms etc...

The heat can fatigue, harden and brittle the metals making them prone to cracking.

 

HECK YEAH THAT THING IS BENT (HOME REMEDIES) HA HA