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Title: Header is burnt blue... anyway to restore original colour?
Post by: Ohm3d on September 05, 2011, 04:00:19 PM
usually I dont care about cosmetic things, but I am about to put on a new arrow header and its going to look like garbage because the oem pieces that have to be reused.

The front pipe is almost completely blue, is there any way to restore it to silver?
Title: Re: Header is burnt blue... anyway to restore original colour?
Post by: bond0087 on September 05, 2011, 07:34:55 PM
Yep, a few bucks and a bit of elbow grease:

http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=43917.0 (http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=43917.0)
Title: Re: Header is burnt blue... anyway to restore original colour?
Post by: Ohm3d on September 05, 2011, 08:27:06 PM
perfect!  thanks [beer]
Title: Re: Header is burnt blue... anyway to restore original colour?
Post by: ManaloEA on September 05, 2011, 08:50:09 PM
If you wouldn't mind, can you post before and after pictures?
Title: Re: Header is burnt blue... anyway to restore original colour?
Post by: Ohm3d on September 06, 2011, 05:09:46 AM
Before

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v128/b16n08/IMG_0322.jpg)
Title: Re: Header is burnt blue... anyway to restore original colour?
Post by: bond0087 on September 06, 2011, 06:57:04 PM
By the way, for those looking for a before/after, I just posted some on the original tutorials thread for this technique. My exhaust was about as dingy as any I've seen, and it ended up looking pretty much brand new. (If I had taken it off the bike to do this, it would have looked perfect, but the parts you really see look great).
Title: Re: Header is burnt blue... anyway to restore original colour?
Post by: ManaloEA on September 06, 2011, 07:02:37 PM
bond0087,

Your pipes came out great. I'm gonna invest in some gloves and start working on my pipes. We have rain forecasted for the following week, which will be a great opportunity to take care of business.