Has anyone ever cleared and carbon muffler?

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Has anyone ever cleared and carbon muffler?

Postby Jimmy82 » Sun Jul 28, 2013 6:12 pm

Hi guys and gals,

Probably going to sound crazy but....

Just wondering if anyone has ever attempted to either clear coat or paint a carbon muffler, did it work ?? or was
it a epic fail?

Keen to try it on my ZX7r which has a carbon yoshi on it, want to paint it gloss black... I reckon it will work personally but if someone has worked
it out already would like to hear how it went.

The obvious drama's I can think of are
finish ( may need to chop it and paint 2 or 3 times to get it flat )
adhesion ( painted many things before but never a old carbon muffler )
heat ( doesn't seem to get too hot, painted rocker covers and other engine parts before never with any issues )

Thoughts??
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Re: Has anyone ever cleared and carbon muffler?

Postby Cshat » Wed Jun 11, 2014 7:45 am

I re painted my carbon muffler I used hi temp gloss black coat, sanded the carbon with wet and dry, turned out really nice, I tried to clear coat it but the yellowish colour from sun damage didn't go after the sand, so I went black,
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Re: Has anyone ever cleared and carbon muffler?

Postby Jimmy82 » Sun Mar 08, 2015 8:29 am

I previously did a carbon muffler direct gloss black which turned out nicely, just recently purchased this carbon Akrapovic
muffler and re finished it... was a nightmare ! Not sure id recommend this to anyone unless they are prepared to really
spend a lot of time fixing up fry ups etc. All in all turned out really nicely but I did have several attempts at it.

The first muffler I did in direct gloss black was a walk in the park in comparison. If any one does want to attempt this
at any time happy to give any advise that you may find helpful.
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Re: Has anyone ever cleared and carbon muffler?

Postby Jimmy82 » Sun Mar 08, 2015 8:35 am

Here is the Yoshi I changed from carbon to Gloss black.
I did also shorten it a few inches, sounded really nice and I liked the look.
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Re: Has anyone ever cleared and carbon muffler?

Postby ZX9R Man » Mon Apr 06, 2015 6:54 am

Hey Jimmy, So how did you go about clearing the Akrapovic muffler ?
I looks real deep and glossy in the pics.
I'm assuming a 2 pak clear...?
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