well if heat wrap is a bad solution maybe high temp paint to change the color?
Exhaust Heat Wrap - Pros and Cons
Not a big fan of the chrome headers on the R9T.
Anybody here ever used heat wrap on boxer engine headers?
Thermo-Tec : Exhaust Insulating Header Wrap (Graphite Black)
Thought it might look neat with the classic style of the bike and all...
Anybody here ever used heat wrap on boxer engine headers?
Thermo-Tec : Exhaust Insulating Header Wrap (Graphite Black)
Thought it might look neat with the classic style of the bike and all...
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The headers are definitely stainless steel. Check out the press photos and the videos. The pipes are brown. Chrome blues, stainless turns brown. All recent boxers except the C use stainless.I love when the get the bluish hue, makes people think you know how to move quickly
One tip to get a nice bronze hue. Before the headers get hot even once, wipe down the pipes carefully with disc brake cleaner. On my last boxer, the dealer or I missed a spot and whatever was on there turned dark brown.
For those who are new to the marque, pipe coloring is part of the charm of the boxer. You don't cover, use Blu Away, or Simichrome.
I'd say the best is to dismount the headers before wrapping but if you are lazy just wrap it where it lies
... hello Street, curious to see what you mean by 'nice bronze hue' ...
I'm all for hue, hue is great! hue is soooo desirable! and BRONZE hue even more
... and if it saves me $$$ plus achieving a good visual effect, I wont mind crawling around on the floor at the BMW dealership, pulling out my bottle of disk brake cleaner and wiping down the pipes .... in front of all those R9T admirers who didn't put down a deposit and wanna catch a glimpse of that all-round favoured bike .... and can't believe their eyes seeing this madman destroying her pipes in the first minutes
... however, I've never heard of anyone doing that - and can't even imagine whatever thought process went through the mind of the first guy who ever wiped his NEW pipes down with disk brake cleaner? What, even before he started up the bike for his first 1000kms? was it like ... hm, hm, let's see - how can I create a different kind of anodising effect on my stainless pipes?
maybe there's a photo in your collection to show off that desirable bronze hue?
Yeah. What he said.
Me too.
Me too.
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