I have a 2009 X Bones and want to know if anyone has ever taken the OEM harley stock exhaust shields from the headerpipe back and painted them black. I want to do this while leaving the actual exhaust pipes chrome. How did it turn out - post pics. What paint was used and how did you do it. Thanks

 

I painted my stock sportster heat shields and drilled the ends to give it a machine gun type look.They came out awesome.I used VHT high heat ceramic flat black and finished it with VHT high heat ceramic satin clear.Just scuffed up the chrome.and sprayed as per instructions on the cans.They say not to use a primer just scuff and spray.I will dig them out out the attic for pics and list the paint part #'S you need later today or tomorrow.

 

Thanks Malingerer - I would love to see pics. I like the idea of drilling holes in the shields - I hadn't thought of that - sounds cool.

 

I have been seriously thinking about doing my V&H 2-1 pipe in black also.
I have done it before on a sport bike and it came out really well.
Did the VHT flame proof flat black on the mid pipe which gets HOT, and did the VHT gloss black on the muffler.
Rode it for 14,000 miles and never had an issue.
I would think on the shields, which don't get as hot as the mid pipe, it should work well.

 

man we powder coat them all the time! plus you get the durrability of powder with that when you coat them

 

The brother of a friend of mine in Europe did it and I got forwarded a picture. Don't know what he used for the paint or what prep he did.

So here you see how it looks on an Xbones.

 

Hey Joe post up some pics of my heatshields if they are finished. I cant wait to see how they came out!

 

He did a great job man. This looks excellent and just what I was thinking of doing. Thanks for posting.

 

Yeah I wana PC them but around here its a PITA to find someone who can/will do it. I will look into it cause I know its a lot more durable and a better finish.

 

I painted the heat shields on my Sportster 3 or 4 years ago. Just scratched up the chrome with sandpaper and did the in flat black with high temp spray paint from home depot. When I traded the bike in two years later and 16000 miles they still looked great never had to touch them up, I also drilled some one inch holes.