planning to paint the pipe.. what color?

Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 5:44 am

I'm planning to paint the pipe, it is a little rusty and dirty. going to sand it and prime it and paint it with the high temp. paint...
what color do you guys think it would be good... black is always cool but i want something different, ive seen the exhaust paint in blue, red, orange, black, silver....
maybe ill go for silver... give me some opinions... Very Happy

Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 6:04 pm

Make sure to use REAL high temperature paint.

1200 degree is not enough it will burn right off.

There is a ceramic,I believe VHT,that is like 2000 degree and has a chance to stay.

Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 6:16 pm

+1 to Sonic's advice on paint.

IMO, the only colors an exhaust pipe looks good with are chrome, black chrome, gloss, semi-gloss, and flat black. Can't imagine any other colors that won't look weird or worse.

Consider leaving the pipe the color it is now and, instead, removing paint from clutch cover, alternator cap, ignition cap - polishing them out and clearcoating. Also use a sanding block and sand paint off the edges of your cylinder block fins. That'll brighten things up and provide extra contrast/highlighting for your ex. pipe. Very Happy

Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 6:18 pm

yeah.. I looked at some paint in autozone already, they have some 2000 degree exhaust paint.. so it would be good.

what do u guys think the silver pipe on my bike?

Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 6:48 pm

Willy, since you've asked for opinions... I think the black looks fine on your bike!

I don't know for a fact, but it seems hard to believe that a color will remain consistent over the length of the pipe, based on the wide disparity in temperatures along the length.

Call it one vote for black.

IMHO.

Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 7:09 pm

cliffiec wrote:

Call it one vote for black.

Two.

Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 7:12 pm

dyrrtmann wrote:

cliffiec wrote:

Call it one vote for black.

Two.

3......... Cool

Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 8:28 pm

Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 9:38 pm

sweet, thanks guys. Ill probably do the black at this time, but in the future when I will be painting the frames and stuff, ill probably change it again!

Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 10:25 pm

Probably not a bad idea to drop a line to Pontiacstogo. He has a black Vance & Hines on his bike and his stuff always looks very sanitary. I think he said he paints his once a year. He's probably tried numerous products and would have a very good idea how the various exhaust paints compare in terms of durability.

Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 12:21 am

cool ill try it. BTW, what kind pipe is on my CB1100f?? it's kind short i think..

Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 12:44 am

Keep it black!!

Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 12:57 am

WillyLin wrote:

sweet, thanks guys. Ill probably do the black at this time, but in the future when I will be painting the frames and stuff, ill probably change it again!

Although I voted for black this morning (and would still keep it black, if it were my bike), I just want to remind you that it's YOUR bike... None of us paid for it, it's your name on the title, and you should do with it what makes you happy. If silver doesn't work out due to paint discoloration or some other reason, you can go back to black later. I should have put these couple of sentences in my earlier post, my friend.

Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 1:24 am

Personally I prefer black, but if you ever ride in the rain, it will get a dirty discolored look to it no matter what color you paint it. Any paint I have ever used needed to be freshened up once a year or so to keep it looking good. A wire wheel in a drill works great for removing rust, and for removing any unwanted company watching you work as well. Have fun Cool

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Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 2:43 am

WillyLin did ask for opinions

Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:42 am

On Kerker meg, I painted header flat black and megaphone section silver. The inside of meg at the back and the rear cone of baffle VHT high heat white. Black exhaust soot staining up the white inside reminded me of a rocket booster exhaust. I got a lot of favorable comments on it too.

Hawk Joined: Apr 23, 2004 Posts: 359 Location: NYC

the old high temp paint in the 1970's and 1980s was white and I remember seeing a lot of flat white painted headers on drag cars and bikes when I was a kid. With retro race paint schemes becoming popular again I would suggest a flat white paint just for that old school down to buisness look.

Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 5:30 pm

Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 6:21 pm

Black

Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 4:13 am

ended up with VHT flat black!!!

but... i didn't turn out what i expected, maybe i lack in painting skill... or i just picked the wrong day to do it. after i started to paint it the clouds gathered and start dropping a little bit of rain drops....

Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 4:26 pm

Looks Good!

Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 6:15 am

thanks!

here's another picture of closer look

you can see the VHT paint isn't dark black, it's more like brownish black..