Cerakote doing my header in

[barbagris]

You'll be pleased to know it's wrapped so that awful paint job you like is untouched underneath (did chop the fender tho )

Not sure if that's better or worse.

I think they still talk of it in hushed tones in Glenrothe ?

Well the shepherds, anyway.

 

[idk]

Get a paint brush and some hi-temp black BBQ paint and paint them. You will be quite surprised at how well they turn out.

 

[Nat67]

Get a paint brush and some hi-temp black BBQ paint and paint them. You will be quite surprised at how well they turn out.

I think your right ! Satin barbeque paint and polished with Zebrite grate polish . Certainly be cheaper !

 

[Grumpy Ole Codger]

Bet you wish you'd thought of satin black bbq paint first..???

 

[Nat67]

Been speaking with a metal finishing firm today , he was told by his technical team that a 3 coat hard chrome would more than likely withstand the heat from a CES altho they didn't offer that service , he said he could put me in touch with someone who could . Alternatively they said they could hard blast and then polish the pipes to a mirror finish . He was pretty certain from experience that , so long as maintained this finish would last up pretty well at keeping rust at bay ! I'm not entirely convinced , mild steel is after all that , still mild steel altho it's the process of hard blasting that supposedly changes the surface and keeps rust at bay . I don't know . I'm catching on to the idea of black , with the heat shields chromed !

 

[Nat67]

Bet you wish you'd thought of satin black bbq paint first..???

I've even got a tin of it in my bat cave !

 

[barbagris]

Or you could donate those silly old CES headers to somebody less aesthetically demanding.

 

[Grumpy Ole Codger]

Or you could donate those silly old CES headers to somebody less aesthetically demanding.

..with a view to development perhaps???

 

[AussieMick]

My own fault this . Money I have spent getting them coated and money I will have to spend getting them 're coated , I should have just bought a new one ! Maybe a cerakote chroming service is business opportunity ? I would be the British market leader !

Mate at least you know when you get them on, the bike will be so much better for it. I had the DP shorties and liked them but loud as. The CES with Ramair and a Nev Lush Tune and this is a different bike. Shame the coating is not working out. Hope you get it sorted soon mate

 

[Nat67]

Mate at least you know when you get them on, the bike will be so much better for it. I had the DP shorties and liked them but loud as. The CES with Ramair and a Nev Lush Tune and this is a different bike. Shame the coating is not working out. Hope you get it sorted soon mate

Thanks Mick . I wanted the CES for so long but could never justify the cost . Not that it was unreasonable , more the fact that by the time HMRC took their bite in import duties and VAT it would have left a bad taste in my mouth . The price I paid for the used header , plus duties , plus refinishing worked out to be around half the price of a new Set. I never even considered that the cerakote chrome finish wouldn't be available here ! Still , after all is said and done , I do finally have the pipes , for which I am made up so all in all , colour of finish is just a detail I will get my head around . It's the pipes that count !