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Cheers lads, the camera I got doesnt seem to take good zoom in pics so this seems to be the best I can do, I will try again though

Yeah you are right mate, does need to be gloss finish only trouble is getting the poxy thing back off again etc etc etc!!!!!

Cheers Craig mate, its not spotless but not far off, has some odd stuff I still got to do on it, what i am gonna do is leave it like it is until the supermoto wheels go on so that will be after xmas then take a pic of the whole bike and see what you all think, its actually quite easy to get a smooth finish, and I am not expert at spraying stuff, the thing about the spray I used it didnt seem to run, which was great and I did spray about 10 inches away from the pipe, unlike the dtx forks, I sprayed them aswell yesterday and got some run in them oh dearrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Should take the paint of the DEP pipes, I recon it would look good

If you want a semi gloss finish i highly recommend Plastikote barbecue paint available from Wilkinsons and cheap too








Also good for cylinder barrels and heads.






-- Edited by DeeTee on Saturday 9th of January 2010 09:23:21 PM

I have a question

Really impressed with the way these pipes look and would like to do the same with my standard one. I'm going to see if i can pick up some Plastikote bbq paint and apply that, what prep work would i need to do to the pipe before i start...i'm worried i could fcuk it up if that's possible if i forget to do something beforehand.

Cheers mates

lol fairymuff good luck , have done it myself for the past year but again , good luck lol

-- Edited by Seiki on Tuesday 9th of March 2010 09:29:41 PM

I'm almost finished sanding mine, will proberly spray it tomorrow so will post pics up then, if you can wait you will see the results(hopefully good).....

check out the pics tomorrow in my thread

Hey Seiki ! you calling me fairymuff ? Must be because of my 00 status, natural charm and dashing good looks ! 

@Spartan, if you see my pipe its proper rusty so needed to get that off before spraying, i would say get the rust off first how you do it though is another thing, maybe try wd40 a soft cloth and plenty of elbow grease, personally if you do sand it and don't do it right it will leave scratches all over which may look pump even after spraying, i got the BBQ paint(in hind site i would have gone for pj1 or something else) i've never used it or done any thing like this before, but just want my exhaust to last untill next year as i haven't the cash to replace...


-- Edited by frogboy on Wednesday 10th of March 2010 12:58:17 PM

Yo dudes, do you think it's cheating by painting the exhaust without taking it off...i can't get mine off. This is gonna sound real stupid and you can go ahead and call me stupid but i cannot seem to physically get to one of the bolts holding the front pipe on underneath.

It's frustrating man lol, i can get the spanner on one and loosen it no problems but with the other i can't find an angle which allows me to get the spanner on the nut and which gives me enough room to turn it

thanks again bud yeah that's the one. I will see what i can pick up tomorrow

I found a set in my garage after all, the only thing is the screw driver bit was weak and broke under the strain of me trying to twist off yet another rusted bolt. It was one of the ones that had a mechanism inside the handle allowing it to twist the opposite way, makes clicking noises. It's as bad as my fekkin' breadstick allen keys

Will report back tomorrow

The tool that makes clicky noises is a ratchet ;) and it must have been cheepo lol it takes some heavy handed work to break decent sockets and ratchets. only time i've broke them is when they're mickey mouse stuff.

Craig i'll have you know halfords expert tools are good tools for the money we use em on the tractors and i've sheared bolts before using them :D so they can take a bit of misuse. And lifetime warranty on them ;)

:O thats why im ebay ftw lol

if a socket wont easily fit, try lightly tapping it on there with a hammer