Rusty Downpipes?
 

They are the only things that let my lovely old F3 down...a couple of years ago I rubbed them down to shiny metal (in situ, would have been easier off) and painted a heat proof black exhaust paint on to them. It all fell off after only six months and I'm back to square one...

Any ideas, is there a good paint out there that doesn't fall off the headers?

Also what about stainless replacements, they need to be a good copy because the F3 has little interconnecting pipes between the headers which do make a difference in power curves.

Thanks

Jules x

RE: Rusty Downpipes?
 

Heat wrap em :) Heat wrap doesn't look bad, and has a few good outcomes.

No clue on refinishing them. my 929 came with titanium i think, looks brand new still.

RE: Rusty Downpipes?
 

Heat wrap just hides the rust, its still there and will continue to get worse if it gets wet.


I'm guessing you used the paint from a local auto store. That **** sucks. You're gonna have to order "good" exhuast paint. Or get them chromed jet hot (what ever its called)

RE: Rusty Downpipes?
 

Theres a spray to put on heat wrap to make it water proof.

RE: Rusty Downpipes?
 

Sure but there is still the heat wrap ends.

RE: Rusty Downpipes?
 

There are a few good companies that do stainless pipes (headers & pipe) that are the same as the original, as an example, this is the type I'm talking about. www.staintune.com.au/
If you can get them over there I can highly recommend them.
I had a similiar thing happening with the headers on my trusty GS500, & I used the paint that you refurb Pot-belly stoves with, it can take the heat & will not flake. But you have to treat the rust 1st before you apply it.

RE: Rusty Downpipes?
 

Thanks for the help...I don't mind taking them back to shiny metal again, it's just getting the right paint...the stove paint sounds promising...the stuff I tried was exhaust manifold paint but it was like water and I had to put on about 3 coats to cover them, only to have it all fall off after a few months lol...

RE: Rusty Downpipes?
 

I have some of this stuff calledCalyx exhaust header dressing. I haven't put it on my headers on my vette, they have a jet-hot coating and never needed it, but i originally bought it for the stock headers and never used it.

It is made for cast iron, not steel, but the rust from either I believe is chemically similar.

http://www.zip-products.com/Zip/prod...m_campaign=cpc

or

http://www.eastwoodco.com/jump.jsp?i...emType=PRODUCT

Maybe that will do the trick, it is cheap enough to try it out.

RE: Rusty Downpipes?
 

Get em ceramic coated...that would involve some work pulling the whole exhaust though

RE: Rusty Downpipes?
 

Thanks Tommy...that stuff looks good...just might do the trick and help me keep the bike standard too...

I'll search for it over here first I'm sure there was a UK outlet for Eastwood....

Jules