Header looks ugly. What can I do?

[typeone]

yeah, those are the pads i used with the Mothers polish. work great on the older pipes. [up]

 

[Livers]

Scotchbrite, AKA Russian Kotex.

Nice "half polish" there , Jakkal. If you can find an electropolisher, they'd be perfect.

 

[screamineagle]

that looks awesome. did you use wd40 as well. how long did it take?

 

[hula Buell]

Is this another photo shop deal?Those pipes look gerat!! I will try that myself.Do they come from the factory with some kind of coating that makes the pipes ugly? Is this what happens when the coating is gone?

 

[Jakkel]

No, this is no photoshop.
Beware, this are the headers right after the polishing job. Like I said before, after a while they get a little brownish tan (no more blue colors), but they keep shining!

I didn't use wd40, after sanding I've used Sidol metal polish to finish the job.

As far as I know there's from the factory no coating or whatever on the headers.




This is how it looks after a while...

 

[Unekride]

If you wrap them right they look great.

 

[bajabomber87]

I got quoted $195 from Jet Hot for the ceramic coating. Good deal.

 

[browland]

How about rustoleum high heat paint its gas and oil resistant and rated to handle up to 2000 degrees

 

[TooFst]

I've used high temp paint on wrapped headers... Looks great for about a year or so, then starts to fade fast!

 

[screamineagle]

Well I just spent 20 minutes stroking my pipe. I used a scotch brite green pad and WD-40. Looks great for a couple dollars. Took about an hour to do all of it. Still need to put some polish on it yo finish it up.

 

[indy84]

i did the abrasive pad idear on my firebolt, came up great for such little work, got ride of the 2 years of burnt on dirt and road grime, If youve got 1/2 hr, remove the chin faring first so it looks good all the way down. Cost 30cents and some WD40

 

[Baal]

Dayum Jakkel! That looks the bomb!

Wonder if anyone's found a way to do this with a Dremel tool or something. Sounds like a winter project. I did Jet-Hot coating on a BMW I had and liked it a lot, but pulling the headers was a lot simpler on that one.

 

[xtremelow]

Wrap it like your Dad told ya.

 

[brightbuell]

Hey Unekride what kind of tires do you have? They look a little mean. Kinda road worrior looking.[up]

 

[wiznut]

I came across this thread and decided to give Jakkel's method a go while my exhaust is on its way to Randy for modding. I must say that it seemed almost like magic, the gold/brown polished up in seconds. Am really happy with how it turned out!

 

[kfxb12r]

Yeah i did mine about two months ago. Still looks pretty good,but you gotta polish it once in a while. But i live on the Coast in south Texas. Here everything starts to Rust pretty fast. So im thinking Jet-Hot. Down here even Stainess Steel rusts[sad]

 

[kfxb12r]

Also you could wrap em like xtremelow said. And its only like $60.00 bucks.

 

[ramjr55]

Took me two saturdays and about 10 sheets of sandpaper and two scotch bright pads and half a can of WD40. But it was worth it.

Before

After

 

[boreas]

Just did mine ...huge difference

 

[dave_xb12r]

Has anyone noticed rusting after polishing?