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Stainless steel downpipes - maintainance? - Kenny Dave - 08-10-11
Sorry if this has been asked before, but I can't find it. I have stainless downpipes on my FZS600 mark 1, and I let them get in a bit of a state. I've had them off and been getting the rust off with a whirly wire brush drill attachment. It's leaving them very tarnished still though and I'm wondering what to do. Stainless means stainless all the way through, not just a coating like chroming, right?
Pics: http://imageshack.us/g/508/fazerzorst1640.jpg/
My options are:
Nowt, leave it skanky
sandpaper, but this takes material off
Paint - but I seem to remember that stainless doesn't take paint well?
Cheers if anyone can help.
Re: Stainless steel downpipes - maintainance? - Gingernutz - 08-10-11
Don't seem very stainless to me! I'd be tempted to use high temperature matt black paint and be done with it
Re: Stainless steel downpipes - maintainance? - Andy - 08-10-11
I agree, I have a stainless scorpion pipe and other than a bit of heat discolouration there should be no rust. That's why we are ripped off paying extra £'s for stainless.
Re: Stainless steel downpipes - maintainance? - Kenny Dave - 08-10-11
Yes I'm not sure the manufacturer quite understands the phrase 'stainless' tbf.
Thanks for the responses, that's 2 for paint and nowt for anything else, so painted it shall be
Re: Stainless steel downpipes - maintainance? - Kenny Dave - 25-10-11
So I painted them, and it isn't sticking very well. They look a lot better than they did though, so still worth it I reckon.
Re: Stainless steel downpipes - maintainance? - solorider - 25-10-11
there is more than one type of stainless steel,some is magnetic and will to some extent rust and some others will rust,just not to the extent of normal steel