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Input request - Color for exhaust.

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OK so it doesnt look like I am going to be scoring any nice pipes any time soon. So I need to do something and the best I can come up with it to paint and possibly wrap them.

This the bike:

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So who wants to chime in on an exhaust color? Grey? Black? Red? Gold???

All ideas welcome :)
 
I wrapped mine and am happy with the look.

I left mine natural (painted pipes black underneath), but last week I ran into a guy with a Bonneville, and he had his headers wrapped and painted black, and it looked really tight.

You could go hot pink and be the talk of the town, but you might not like what people are saying.

edit to add: I used 2 inch wrap and it cost me less than $30 (ebay). So it wouldn't be too expensive to give it a try.

Also, when you are trying to figure out if a cylinder is firing or not, the header wrap comes in super handy. They get hot, but not so hot that you can't touch them for a second or two and diagnose.
 
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Too bad you can't get them re-chromed. They seem to help balance the black/chrome theme you've got going. To go to another color seems as if it'll throw off the balance....but still might look good.

If you can't do chrome, I'd opt for black. Gotta stick with the theme.
 
I have stock (factory) black chrome pipes on mine and I like the look.

A few years back I restored a Virago that had really rusty chrome pipes. I cleaned off as much rust and painted them with flat black engine paint. I think they looked fine.

I'm not a big fan of the pipe wrap look but if it works for you go ahead.

Good luck with the project.

Cheers,
Spyug.
 
Craiger said:
Too bad you can't get them re-chromed. They seem to help balance the black/chrome theme you've got going. To go to another color seems as if it'll throw off the balance....but still might look good.

If you can't do chrome, I'd opt for black. Gotta stick with the theme.
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Yea in a perfect world I could cough up the ungodly amount of money to have it rechromed or someone would make a new one for me to buy. But since neither of those things appear to be an option and I can't gamble on a $400 exhaust that I MAY be able to make work i have to settle for painting.

I got some semi-gloss hightemp 1200 deg paint. Hope it works :P
 
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