Is it possible to paint the headers and exhaust pipe with high temp spray paint? has anyone done it? i think a all black pipe would look good.
painting headers and exhaust
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If you are want to paint your headers/exhaust for looks, then go for it. If you want to try to keep the heat off of you, go with the wrap. I've got my headers and exhaust ceramic coated. I didn't notice a difference with the heat. I am looking into wrapping it now. If I could do it all over again, I wouldn't have spent the money on ceramic coating.
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I am going to go with the wrap and paint it black... i might look into black wrap online if i have time
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That was the way most guys went (black wrap+black sealer), including myself.
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My pipes are off and getting wrapped by someone from this forum as we speak, wrapping and painting is the way to go
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ebay has some black wraps too.. just not sure how much to get - 50 feet , 100 feet? i have a high mount exhaust- i want to do from the headers to the exhaust. using 2 inch wrap.
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for the 07, he said he used 75 feet. if its a single high mount exhaust I would think you would need between 50-60ft.
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If you are planning to wrap the headers all the way to the exhaust can, you'll need the 100' roll and will probably end up using all of it depending on how much "overlapping" is done.
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single can high mount 2000 r1. how much overlapping has everyone done? and when wrapping the headers do you cut the wrap to do each pipe or try to keep it as one strip? or does it not even matter?
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so i bought the wrap and paint and i am thinking about just doing the headers and putting on a car tail end curved pipe on the end of the headers and painting it black.. what do you guys think? a wanna be shorty. will it be way too loud and terrible sounding?
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Good luck with that one. The tolerance of decibles is usually the inverse of ones age. :lol
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it's ok for about a week or 2 but then it gets annoying. stick with the exhaust can shorten it if you can but dont go with the MCM style which is basically the turn down pipe youre thinking.
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i have a high mount that i will probably end up wraping... i might try the mcm style for a week and see how i like it... i will let everyone know how it sounds.. the bike is still in pieces from being flipped but its on its way
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i wrapped and painted my headers and high mount. looks hot. i wil be putting is all back on the bike within the next couple of days.
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Don't get all freaked out when the headers start smoking. The smoking will go away after a couple of rides.
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I also noticed that the exhaust wrap has a ton of cactus like material, very prickly. I think this is from being spray painted, very rough and harsh to the touch. When I rub it with my hand it starts to fall off. Is it important to give it a couple of coats of paint or on solid coat should be fine?
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When I wrapped my OEM y-pipe, I did a few coats of sealer. All the sealer does is try to keep any moisture from entering the header wraps later on. Since I never ride in the rain, I can't say on how good or bad it works. The only thing I can say is that it will definately cut down on the heat from the pipes.
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by sealer are you referring to DEI Hi-Temp silicone coating paint?
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