The response from D&D surprises me. Did they say anything about you not caring for them properly or anything along those lines?
No because it had nothing to do with me. When it rusts from under the coating it was the surface prep prior to coating. Their stance was that the finish doesn't last forever.
No because it had nothing to do with me. When it rusts from under the coating it was the surface prep prior to coating. Their stance was that the finish doesn't last forever.
They really should put a disclaimer on their site about that. It's only fair.
I agree. This post wasn't meant to bash D&D, I was just hoping to let everyone know about an issue that I was unaware of when I bought these. They should put something on their site that the black pipes might have to be re-finished every year.
Should last better longer...but, that said, you might want to check out the Jethot process. Or, if you have equipment and skills, House of Kolor makes a real fine high heat black that you can shoot with HVLP or siphon equipment.
Take em off and clean the rust off and paint them with that BarBq grill paint.
^^^This^^^
Or...have them re-coated (ceramic or powder) for a refresh. Still sucky deal fm D&D, but I've had similar issues w/other products & manufacturers...need to relay issues well before their warranty coverage expiration, if known.
Or...have them re-coated (ceramic or powder) for a refresh. Still sucky deal fm D&D, but I've had similar issues w/other products & manufacturers...need to relay issues well before their warranty coverage expiration, if known.
Yeah I think this will be a winter project, although I'm not sure if I'm gonna paint it or get them ceramic coated. For now I'm just gonna let them rot and warn others of the issue.
So in march of 2016 I purchased a Fatcat exhaust from D&D in their black finish. After a few months I started noticing some weird marks on the pipe. At first I thought it was drops of oil from the breather bolts. But I kept getting more of them and they never went away. Then I started getting them in places where oil could never get to. A month or so later rust broke out from one of the spots. Upon closer inspection I realized all the spots were rust spots under the finish.
I called D&D and they essentially said too bad, pipes are only warranted for a year.
Is this common with the black finish, or am I just unlucky?
I have chrome and they did the same thing, and it is getting worst. Thinking about rapping them with black exhaust header tape.
I think I would have to wrap both pipes togeather, still better then looking at rust spots.
08-04-2017, 01:58 PM
