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     Xbimmer |
Granted living in Southern CA my muffler hasn't been subjected to the same conditions that eat away the mufflers of some of you guys, but after 5 years and probably 70K (haven't used the Drummer that much over the years) my stocker was rusting under the chin fairing mounts, at the back where road grit blasts away at it, and mostly in the well around the muffler valve. Overall color was varying shades of dark gray except where the header pipes clamp on which was light gray. I didn't actually expect the results I got so I didn't take any "before" pics, but here are some "afters":    This is after a month and 5-600 miles of riding with temps in the 90-100's around here and the paint still looks great. While I was getting ready to paint the stocker I had repainted the Drummer with Duplicolor High Heat, my previous preference, installed it, and within a week the paint started graying at the front pipe junction. I'm pretty happy the stocker still looks like it did the day I painted it, no evidence of flaking or fading. I started off by thoroughly soap and water washing the muffler and setting it out to dry in the SC sun for a day. Followed with a vigorous steel wire brushing, a water rinse, more baking in the sun, and a couple denatured alcohol wipedowns. Taped off the outlet and hung the muffler from a crossbar, let it sit in the sun and cook, then started spraying. Three good coats with about a half hour between, and finished it off with a few minutes of exposure to my heat gun. At this point I wasn't real happy with the appearance, the color was completely flat black, not what I was after, I liked the satin finish of the Duplicolor. About an hour later of "cooling" in the sun I noticed a bug had landed and died on the paint. When I brushed it away the cloth left a satiny mark, so I started rubbing down the whole muffler. It turned out great, I was able to get the satin finish I wanted in the first place and hopefully the extreme heat protection advertised on the can. I let the muffler cure a couple days in the garage then reinstalled it. When I refinish the Drummer again but with this paint I'll do before-during-after pics. | ||
| Paul56 |
Wow. That looks so nice I'll have to do mine. Thanks for the write up and pics. | ||
| Motorfish |
That looks great. How many cans did it take to coat it 3 times? Where did you buy it? | ||
| Harleywern |
Found a dealer in Germany. Name for the product is different. Would you be so kind and post the part number from the paint. A can from the stuff I found here run around $ 10,- + shipping. The part# on the can I found was 7778. If it's the same, I will go ahead and order it. Thank's in advance. Ride safe Werner | ||
| Xbimmer |
Thanks for the compliments. Time will tell as to the durability. I used about 3/4 can, the coats weren't very heavy. Got it at Pep Boys but it's sold elsewhere, about $8 IIRC. http://rustoleum.com/CBGProduct.asp?pid=371 | ||
| Mr_hyde |
Rustoleum also makes a paint for brake calipers which I got at harbor Freight for 6 bucks. 900 degrees and it is really nice and glossy. So far it is staying pristine looking but I've only put a coupla hundred miles on it running hard on Angeles Crest so durability is still a question. Pipe was previously ceramic coated for whatever difference that may make. | ||
| Rwven |
I used a similar product on my muffler. I sandblasted it, put about 8 coats on it and baked it in an oven here at work. It's still looking good several thousand miles later. | ||
| Hooper |
I just scraped my stocker with wire brushes while it was still attached and brushed on a couple coats of black BBQ grill paint. Worked great! |
