New ceramic coating on used exhaust - Thunderheader
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For the record the jet hot ceramic coating costs $250/qt. thats what my local powdercoater told me anyway. my local pc said he'd spray my th for $100 using what he had left from a previous job.
Is the thunderheader really loud, because I really like that exhaust and would love one on the dyna but some "artist" in Quebec forced the government to check every exhaust system with a sonometer and everyone higher than 100something in decibel get a 150$ fines and I can't afford to pay that every 2weeks
No its not loud until you really twist that throttle. Otherwise it's pretty mellow.
As for the VHT, I see they recommend 3 or 4 coats, cleaner, primer, paint, clear... Did you do your mufflers per their recommendation?
My mufflers were chrome so I just sanded them down really good with a lapping pad on my grinder then cleaned them with denatured alcohol before paint. Then I hit them with about 4 coats and let them dry overnight. The next day I installed them trying carefully not to rub the paint anywhere and then did the idle/cool/run/cool method and so far the paint is holding up really well. I used the VHT flat black http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-SP1202/
The directions on the can just said prepare and clean the surface to be sprayed and then bake in an oven after several coats which like you I don't have a large firing oven handy. I didn't see anything about primer, or clear on the directions so I am thinking that is for one of the other colors or types. I am attaching a pic showing the mufflers, its been a few months since I painted them and several hundred miles already with no visible signs of anything bad.
I had my head pipe ceramic coated here locally. Sand Blast, prep, coat, $150. Has held up very well for the last 8000 miles. Changed color a little bit, went from a flat black to a sort black with a brown tint to it. Powder coater waranteed the finish for 1 year.
I am attaching a pic showing the mufflers, its been a few months since I painted them and several hundred miles already with no visible signs of anything bad.
Wow, they look really good! I'm really thinking of giving the VHT a try. Even considering their 4 step process. Since it is holding up that well on your mufflers with just the paint, maybe the 4 step process will do well on the Thunderheader as I understand it gets a tad hot.
VHT Coating System
VHT provides a multi-high performance coating system for the ultimate in protection and quality. The system includes surface preparation, primer, paint and clear coat.
Prep SP445 Prep Spray
Prime SP118 FlameProof™ Primer
Coat SPXXX FlameProof™ Color
Finish SP115 FlameProof™ Clear
Originally Posted by Rick's Ultra
I had my head pipe ceramic coated here locally. Sand Blast, prep, coat, $150. Has held up very well for the last 8000 miles. Changed color a little bit, went from a flat black to a sort black with a brown tint to it. Powder coater waranteed the finish for 1 year.
Great deal on ceramic coating! But changing colors now? Hmmm, maybe that will go well with my Brown Bags on order.
I had my stock 2011 Wide Glide Exhaust ceramic coated. It is not cheap. They came out really good and have held up well. I have now decided to go back to chrome. If anyone interested I have them up for sale on the Dyna Parts of this website. Make a reasonable offer and pay the coat of shipping. Photos and more info can be found there....