Exhaust paint.

I painted a Montesa exhaust recently with Halfords own brand brush-on engine paint. It actually stays black when it dries and you can get it very smooth with a good brush. All the black HT aerosols I tried turned grey when they dried.
 
Hi Russ,

I used "Hycote Fast Drying Extreme Heat Aerosol Spray Paint" for years on my Jota on all exhaust parts with no issues.

Benefits from being cured in stove enamelling oven if you have access to extend service life.

HTH - Neil
 
Had my Jota headers ceramic coated, after the black chrome discoloured...also had the exhaust on my XT500 done..not cheap and a bit too early to say how durarable it is, certainly looks good.
 
My 2c, I am a bit reluctant to express it but fuck the sensitive types. I had my stainless system ceramic coated internally and externally about 15 years back. That's a set of big bore headers, I forget the dia but they are a bit bigger than std, a 50mm Jota connector and a pair of straight-through Stainless mufflers. I chose their bright finish, which is similar to polished stainless steel. I wanted to avoid that rainbow effect you can get on uncoated exhausts. It's also supposed to be a performance improver. It apparently holds the heat inside the pipe sending it away better down the system, in the car work it reduces under bonnet temps and reduces the chance of burning you. So for the 1st 3 or 4 years, all it needed was a wash to look great, After that it slowly lost its shine needing a rub with Autosol once a year, but lately, it has now become a dull grey. Another thing is Stainless exhausts are notorious for cracking, mine never has. Maybe it's been helped by this heat shedding, who knows? All in all, it was well worth the cost.
 
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