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Old 03-05-09, 08:04 PM   #1
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Default Exhaust coatings

The exhaust on the Raptor is not exactly looking pretty, well TBH it's been like that since we got it- not been polished once .

Neither of us has a polishing fetish like Kwak or DizzyB.
So I was thinking of getting some sort of coating on the zorst only things I could think of were
Exhaust wrap (kitkat not keen on this)
Ceramic coated
Spray it with exhaust/high temp paint


Any other options?
Would powdercoating work?
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Old 03-05-09, 08:10 PM   #2
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You'd probably want a high temp paint, not sure what sorts of colours they are but yeah..
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Old 03-05-09, 08:11 PM   #3
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from dave preston :yc is doing a test for me at the minute to see which paints to use great lad
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Old 03-05-09, 08:13 PM   #4
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Paint sounds ok but I want something that's going to last without me having to touch it up or it flaking off etc
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Old 03-05-09, 08:33 PM   #5
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this is what it's looking like now



like I said not exactly nice looking is it
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Old 03-05-09, 08:35 PM   #6
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Just get some of that wierd metal polish and a wire brush and spend about.. a weekend doing it.
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Polishing is a definite no no!!!!

4 kids, a dog, 5 bikes in the household and work don't lend themselves to having much time to ride let alone a weekend of polishing! I don't even polish the Akra system on the SV!
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Old 03-05-09, 08:59 PM   #8
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Not sure if you'd want black, but I used to use black high temp BBQ paint on my CB500 exhaust quite a bit...seemed to scratch it alot somehow :S covers it well and it'd stop corrosion
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yeah we're looking at satin black to match the peg hangers that i had powder coated a couple of months back
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Old 03-05-09, 09:03 PM   #10
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I'd definately give it a go, the finish is fairly good when you do it yourself, hanging it in the garden on a nice non-breezy day :P cheap stuff too
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