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strangeling Senior Member Offline Ex Savage Rider but always a SAVAGE Posts: 427 Salt Lake City UTAH Gender:	Muffler's that don't discolor ??? 05/21/07 at 20:36:30 What slipon or full pipe for the savage won't discolor ? I run a Jardine right now but it has a disclored 2" ring around the chrome just before the baffle and I have noticed the same thing on other savage owners Jardine pics. Thanks
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Savage_Greg Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Don't go around your ass to reach your elbow... Posts: 7844 SW Washington State Gender:	Re: Muffler's that don't discolor ??? Reply #1 - 05/21/07 at 20:39:33 Any black ones.... Anything else takes more work
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28653 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Muffler's that don't discolor ??? Reply #2 - 05/21/07 at 22:45:37 Blued pipes are cool!!
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Violent_Rage Senior Member Offline Burp! Posts: 282 Trento - Italy Gender:	Re: Muffler's that don't discolor ??? Reply #3 - 05/22/07 at 03:21:34 Serowbot wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:05: Blued pipes are cool!! yes, but not rusted...
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Re: Muffler's that don't discolor ???
Reply #4 - 05/22/07 at 05:41:17

The Hard Krome mufflers we had last year are a double wall design and as far as I know there have been no reports of discoloration on them. I picked them up from the Dennis Kirk eBay store clearance rack. Go to ebay motors, then to the stores, then search for "dk-trader".

Here, this is easier ...

http://stores.ebay.com/DK-Trader

I just did a quick check and they are REALLY short on slipon mufflers, no Hard Krome at all.
There must be a new manager in charge of their ebay store now too, I have noticed a big price increase this year for virtually everything. It is not nearly as fun to shop there as in the past.

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Re: Muffler's that don't discolor ???
Reply #5 - 05/22/07 at 06:05:17

LANCER wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:05:

The Hard Krome mufflers we had last year are a double wall design and as far as I know there have been no reports of discoloration on them. I picked them up from the Dennis Kirk eBay store clearance rack. Go to ebay motors, then to the stores, then search for "dk-trader".

Here, this is easier ...

http://stores.ebay.com/DK-Trader

I just did a quick check and they are REALLY short on slipon mufflers, no Hard Krome at all.
There must be a new manager in charge of their ebay store now too, I have noticed a big price increase this year for virtually everything. It is not nearly as fun to shop there as in the past.

I have one I bought new from Lancer and used for about 4-5 months. I really like the sound and it's built like a muffler inside a separate heavy chrome housing. The internal portion may be discoloring but not the outside. At the moment it's wrapped up and in storage in the garage because it's just too much bling on a bike that is slowly becoming more and more flat black. I already had my MAC blacked out and I couldn't bring myself to black out the Hard Krome.

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Violent_Rage Senior Member Offline Burp! Posts: 282 Trento - Italy Gender:	Re: Muffler's that don't discolor ??? Reply #6 - 05/22/07 at 06:51:09 do you have a pic?
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strangeling Senior Member Offline Ex Savage Rider but always a SAVAGE Posts: 427 Salt Lake City UTAH Gender:	Re: Muffler's that don't discolor ??? Reply #7 - 05/22/07 at 09:31:24 Can you paint a chrome muffler black ? If so what paint would be used and what preparation would it need ?
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Re: Muffler's that don't discolor ???
Reply #8 - 05/22/07 at 11:36:35

Violent_Rage wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:05:

do you have a pic?

Here's what it looked like installed.

Here's what she looks like now.

strangeling wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:05:

Can you paint a chrome muffler black ? If so what paint would be used and what preparation would it need ?

Yes. To get it to stick properly, you'll need clean, rough up and re-clean the surface. Something like the stuff below is intended for exhausts, though some folks have used BBQ Black instead. I believe the stuff made for exhausts withstands greater heat though. I found some at Autozone with silica and ceramic that is supposed to be good to 2000° F. In the first image above, my header was painted with it. In the second image above, my MAC muffler is painted with it and the header has been professionally ceramic coated. When that paint begins to wear off the muffler, I'll probably get it professionally ceramic coated too.

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strangeling Senior Member Offline Ex Savage Rider but always a SAVAGE Posts: 427 Salt Lake City UTAH Gender:	Re: Muffler's that don't discolor ??? Reply #9 - 05/22/07 at 12:29:20 Hey Savage Rob, that looks sweet ! Was it expensive to get the ceramic coat and what kind of place do I look up in the yellow pages that does the ceramic painting ?
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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10661 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: Muffler's that don't discolor ??? Reply #10 - 05/22/07 at 14:27:46 Yep, BLACK is the new black. When mine is resurrected it will be black on BLACK. Well, I may throw in a tad of charcoal on the frame, for just a shadow of contrast.
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Savage_Rob Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Mechanically Inclined Amateur Posts: 6972 Texas (Dallas area) Gender:	Re: Muffler's that don't discolor ??? Reply #11 - 05/23/07 at 05:21:12 strangeling wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:05: Hey Savage Rob, that looks sweet ! Was it expensive to get the ceramic coat and what kind of place do I look up in the yellow pages that does the ceramic painting ? See last week's Ceramic Coated Header thread.
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borne2fly Ex Member	Re: Muffler's that don't discolor ??? Reply #12 - 05/24/07 at 17:41:59 Some folks have the pipes re-chromed using "black chrome", ..... looks beautiful, and it hides the discoloration.
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onedivision YaBB Newbies Offline '07 LS-650 - 1cyl., but they know my tag # Posts: 19 St. Augustine Gender:	Re: Muffler's that don't discolor ??? Reply #13 - 05/27/07 at 18:57:33 Just wanted to say that pipe looks GREAT! Black on black is quite impressive Good Job - John BTW, would you happen to know the O.D. of a stock S-40 muffler?
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Savage_Rob Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Mechanically Inclined Amateur Posts: 6972 Texas (Dallas area) Gender:	Re: Muffler's that don't discolor ??? Reply #14 - 05/27/07 at 19:19:31 onedivision wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:05: Just wanted to say that pipe looks GREAT! Black on black is quite impressive Good Job - John BTW, would you happen to know the O.D. of a stock S-40 muffler? Thanks, I like the black a lot too. Sorry, I don't have that measurement though.
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