Shiny downpipes & hard cheese
 

I thought that whilst I had the lowers off my machine at the weekend to fit a decent horn (more of that later), I'd polish the downpipe again and get into the bits that suffer a little more due to being hidden away.

Anyway with the usual hard buffing with Autoglym Metal Polish and the two-handed, wrapped cloth technique etc - here is the resulting shiny downpipe...... (taken on an OLD mobile:()

http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/7...hedpipebd2.jpg



The only problem is the oil cooler and its' grille. How bad are they? I thought that I'd remove the mesh and brush down and then a spray with some satin black VHT paint. No chance! The damn screw wouldn't budge even with a ratchet handle after it'd been doused for ages in penetrating oil. Oh well, it'll just need to be drilled out the next time and replaced with something a bit better. Likewise the grille I reckon.:confused:

Garry:cool:

Re: Shiny downpipes & hard cheese
 

bling!! good work!

I had to drill out my oil cover screw, was no other way around it!

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Oh... and I must admit to also employing a polishing mop in the cordless drill - but it still takes mainly hard manual graft doesn't it?

The rest of the bike was treated to a good shine by my ever-so-generous volunteer Quedos...... after she'd finished one of her THREE bikes

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/858/polisherax8.jpg


It was almost worth the knackered kneecaps kneeling on those slabs all day.....



Garry:cool:

Re: Shiny downpipes & hard cheese
 

Good job on the downpipe mate, very good job! Yeah, you'll probably need to drill out the screws. I'd recommend fitting a set of stainless steel radiator and oil coller covers, they'll help protect and also look good kept polished!

Again, excellent job!

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Yep - maybe this'll be the year that I get round to fitting the "Chewy22" stainless screw kit I've been promising the bike.:rolleyes:

As for the cooler cover, it'll probably be a Beowulf. First of all the Hamicad one doesn't seem to come on it's own - "buy a SET sir?" and secondly the "SV" cut out is not to my taste in addition to the fact that I doubt it'd provide much protection against stones.


Garry;)

Re: Shiny downpipes & hard cheese
 

+ 1

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I passed my test yesterday and dropped a deposit on a `04 pointy today , Am pretty glad I saw this thread as the downpipes on my SV are looking a bit dull , came very close to buying an old set and getting them ceramic coated or something :¬)

Re: Shiny downpipes & hard cheese
 

congrats on the test and bike badger, say hello to all in idle banter and introduce yourself.

Shiney Garry.

Re: Shiny downpipes & hard cheese
 

Will do and thanks for the welcome :¬)

Re: Shiny downpipes & hard cheese
 

Paddock stand looks a bit tatty doesn't it? ;)