| Author | Message | ||
     Burdette |
I have two questions- What are you guys using to paint the stock mufflers and does it look stock?Has anyone ever polished a stock muffler for a 2000 X-1? Andrew | ||
| Littlebuggles |
Polished the exhaust on my 2000 M2, turned out great, it will turn gold once it gets heated. Had another header coated by HPC, performance coating has been great under the hood of my car, but I wasn't happy with the finish for my bike. here's a couple pics for your consideration Ceramic coating  Polished  | ||
| Littlebuggles |
Oh yeah, both pictures taken in my garage, lights on with a flash. Another M2 guy, Mick has a ceramic coated header that looks much brighter than mine turned out. He's in Australia though, so getting the same company to do your's would be expensive. | ||
| Brinnutz |
People here still run the stock muffler? lol j/k Buggles, wanna cut my cam cover? lol | ||
| Littlebuggles |
PM me if you are serious Wilson. I'm a perfectionist, polished the pipes myself six years ago, paid a shop to buff them out this year because I didn't have time and didn't want to put them back on my bike partially done. They cleaned up really nice. Nice thing about the ceramic is most companies doing these high performance coatings do inside and out, it really helps reduce the radiated heat. Cooled things down quite a bit under my car just doing its factory headers. So if you want comfort do it. Where's Pk on this, I think his headers are coated? | ||
| Burdette |
Thanks Guys But I am only concerned about the muffler.I noticed a small crack at the connection where the elbow goes into the muffler.While it is off I want to either repaint it or possible polish it.I would like to keep the bike close to stock. | ||
| Cyclonemick |
You can paint it with HI-Temp rattle can spray found at your local hardware store. | ||
| Hootowl |
The stock muffler is mild steel. It will just rust on you if you strip the paint off of it. Flat black BBQ pit paint is the way to go. | ||
| Dave_02_1200 |
VHT brand high-temp Silver looks nice too. | ||
| Dave_02_1200 |
I was surprised how well the stock muffler works with a properly adjusted and jetted carb. Loud gets old after a while. | ||
| Kyrocket |
I just bought some flat black at Autozone last week. It was around $7 for a can. they had different temps for different jobs, I was doing a rocker box so I went with the engine paint rated at 2000 degrees. Hope I never have to test it. I think the BBQ was rated at 1200. | ||
| Littlebuggles |
Oops, sorry! Yeah, I'd go with these guys on the car or hardware store high temp paint on the stock muffler. | ||
| Brokeneck |
High temp paint is not very rust resistant -- touch up will be a constant chore -- you should be able to powder coat for around $50 -- just my 2 cents -- | ||
| Simond |
I used to run my X1 on a stock stainless S3 muffler. It worked surprisingly well once I'd switched from the Euro 2" collector to the US Spec 2.5". It is a real shame that any oe Buell is still lumbered with having a heap of rust sitting underneath the engine - particularly now that the stock XB12 muffler works so well. I too find that I don't always want the noise of an aftermarket pipe. | ||
| Pkforbes87 |
"Where's Pk on this, I think his headers are coated?" Work, Work, Work! and playing with my Zuma My header is coated inside and out - the D&D muffler is coated outside only (probably a waste of $$, but at least it matches the look of the header) The first bend in the pipe coming off the rear cylinder WILL get milky and dull looking. I've been told that you can polish it with any billet or metal polish to maintain the shine, but I simply don't care about it enough to spend time polishing in that cramped area next to the O2 sensor and the step in the frame. I've used fiberglass wrap + DEI high temp silicone paint before, and the ceramic coating does a MUCH better job of insulating heat. Before the coating, I had issues with my IAT sensor inside my forcewinder absorbing too much heat off of the header and causing issues because of a skewed temp reading. Since the ceramic coating - no more IAT issues. On a warm day in town I can feel some heat on my right leg but it's never unbearable. Also I can grab the header with my bare hands 10 minutes after shutting off the bike. One note on polishing headers - I've never done it, but since polishing my cam cover, primary cover, and engine cases I've noticed that they stay VERY hot for a long time after shutting the engine off. Like 4-5 hours after shutting the engine off they're still almost too hot to touch. I guess it's a good thing that the polished surfaces pull that much heat out of the oil, but damn it's uncomfortable when trying to work on something after a ride. If a polished header surface has the same effect, then I really wouldn't go that route. It's pretty counter-productive to make the exhaust system radiate even more heat unless you've got a show bike and want all the shiny parts you can get. |
