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Posted: 23:46 - 22 Feb 2011 Post subject: Exhaust re-chrome, spray, sand and polish? |
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Well I haven't got any photos as they fucking thing is in the garage but I got it back last night and it broke again so back in it goes and im gonna screw the fuckers over for every penny!
As for the exhaust, it was put on when the bike was rebuilt and polished thoroughly to prevent rusting as I wasnt sure if it was stainless or not. Rode it through the snow and salt and then cleaned it after like 3 weeks of riding (thats all Ive had since like 12th December ) and it had this crust on it that wouldn't come off. Its just really on the front of the exhaust where it joins the engine and pretty much the whole expansion chamber until where it starts going back up the bike. Now I thought it was just sort of covering the metal and wasnt doing any harm and it has formed a layer but now it seems to have rusted. I peeled a flake of earlier (accidentaly) and now it seems bad. Where it joins on the cylinder it looks reeeaaalllllyyyy bad.
I rung up about a month ago to see how much it was to get it rechromed and they said anywhere from £50-£300 depending on what the exhaust was like. Never did take it to get it quoted so I wondered how much you lot thought it would cost?
My other options are to clean it up and spray it in VHT paint but I dont want it all black as it looks very bland. If I did this, could I get it rechromed later on and just have this as a temporary fix to stop it getting any worse?
Or to sand the rust off to bare metal and get some coating for it and keep it polished? But that seems a bad idea, scrap that
What you all think?
Thanks ____________________ Rusty '02 Vito Camper + CBR600F3 |
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