Powder coating the air cleaner

[Tx Firefighter]

You're welcome Steve. I know it's not a heat tube, but I powdercoated a metric butt load of motorcycle exhaust heat shields. They bolt directly to the hot pipes.



I was kind of showing off there with that one. Most folks say you can't two tone powdercoat. I figured I'd do a three tone to prove them wrong. Remember, if it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing.

Since I am mostly a motorcycle guy, my ceramic coating was mainly silver and semi gloss black.

The black seen here on my one of my own personal Yamahas.



Silver here on a Moto Guzzi exhaust system.





Most custom coating shops shoot ceramic alongside their powder work. They kind of go hand in hand. Ceramic is killer stuff. Just treat it like something you paid good money for and it will last. What I mean by that is don't beat it up, install it with some form of care.

As a durability test I did the entire system on my rider motorcycle and have purposefully treated it bad to see how it lasts. So far, I'm at the three year mark and haven't even washed the motorcycle even once. I treat it like a whore on 5 dollar night. Lots of bug guts, mud, and road debris have bounced off of it. So far, all is well.

This picture was taken three years ago when I first built the bike. It looks like a sack of smashed up buttholes now. I'm making a statement against all of the chrome and polish guys who'd rather clean them than ride them.