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Old 30-12-14, 15:12
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Painting Exhausts

Hi,

I am new here and recently bought a Yamaha XT 660 X 2008 model. I want to paint the bike matte black. I asked a few paint shops if they can paint the exhausts. They all said it would be too hot. I have titanium Akrapovic slip on as well, i want to paint those too. Is that even possible? Can somebody help me with this and what i need to use etc.?

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Old 30-12-14, 17:31
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I'd say a car accessory shop would be your best bet.
I used some Exhaust Header paint (spray) on a previous bike that was good for 800 degrees. Worked really well and lasted. As with most painting it's all in the preparation.
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Old 30-12-14, 20:36
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The only thing I've ever found that works long term on exhausts (headers and silencers) is a decent ceramic coating such as Camcoat. You can DIY it with reasonably good results, but a professional paint shop or powder coaters should offer a cermaic coating service.

http://www.camcoat.com/main/coatings3.html
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Old 30-12-14, 22:59
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I would recomend ceramic coating. Google if there are any nearby your location. Ceramic coating can be done on the outside as well as on the inside of the exhaust. There are also some DIY kits but they are not as good, the ceramic coating needs to be cured in a oven.


Edit: next time I will refresh before posting.... Pleiades posted the same..

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Old 31-12-14, 10:38
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I would recomend ceramic coating. Google if there are any nearby your location. Ceramic coating can be done on the outside as well as on the inside of the exhaust. There are also some DIY kits but they are not as good, the ceramic coating needs to be cured in a oven.


Edit: next time I will refresh before posting.... Pleiades posted the same..
I already asked a powder company nearby and they said that it cannot be done. The exhaust are going to get too hot for powder coating. The specialist in paint jobs motorbike said the exhaust cannot be painted because of the heat:S
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Old 31-12-14, 11:22
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I already asked a powder company nearby and they said that it cannot be done. The exhaust are going to get too hot for powder coating. The specialist in paint jobs motorbike said the exhaust cannot be painted because of the heat:S
You need to go and talk to a better "specialist"!

I guess you must have missed the link in my earlier post:

http://www.camcoat.com/main/coatings3.html

Ceramic coating is different from a standard powder coating used for frames, wheels etc. Cereamic is good for 1000+C. It is suitable to coat manifolds, turbo charger casings, brake calipers, radiators and even pistons!

This link will give you an idea of pricing and what can be achieved with exhaust parts:

http://www.camcoat.com/main/coatings9.html

It isn't actually all that expensive.

Not sure whether is will work on riveted silencers like the Akras? Because they are not made entirely of one metal, the different metals will expand at different rates and there will be small amounts of movement at the rivet joints. Cast, formed and welded parts expand and contract more uniformly.
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Old 31-12-14, 11:27
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You need to go and talk to a better "specialist"!

I guess you must have missed the link in my earlier post:

http://www.camcoat.com/main/coatings3.html

Ceramic coating is different from a standard powder coating used for frames, wheels etc. Cereamic is good for 1000+C. It is suitable to coat manifolds, turbo charger casings, brake calipers, radiators and even pistons!

This link will give you an idea of pricing and what can be achieved with exhaust parts:

http://www.camcoat.com/main/coatings9.html

It isn't actually all that expensive.

Not sure whether is will work on riveted silencers like the Akras? Because they are not made entirely of one metal, the different metals will expand at different rates and there will be small amounts of movement at the rivet joints. Cast, formed and welded parts expand and contract more uniformly.
Thanks! I will find a specialist for this. I hope that the akras will work as well. Maybe i'll buy a wrap for the akra silencer, that way the silencer is black and all other pipes are coated.
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