blue angel Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 Just wondering if you guys think I should try to polish these silencers or sand em down and paint them flat black. pipes are flat black now and I have never polished anything before and do not know the first thing about it but it's never to late to learn in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baker Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 Just wondering if you guys think I should try to polish these silencers or sand em down and paint them flat black. pipes are flat black now and I have never polished anything before and do not know the first thing about it but it's never to late to learn in my opinion. i'd try to polish them first, but i also have never tryed polishing although it cant be too hard. ask around a little longer before painting them some guys on here can give ya some great tips on polishing, ive read threads b4 on it but dont recall how to do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tundish2800 Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 i had a set that was polished they look sweet. And i cut the down they looked alot better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmfisher71 Posted April 6, 2010 Report Share Posted April 6, 2010 just me but i like to see a nice slick painted surface. to me it depends on how much other polished/chrome parts you have on the bike about the only polished parts i like on quads are the pipe. as for the silencers if the headpipes are polished i would polish them and vice versa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madjimmax Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 I'd try polishing em first and if all else fails paint em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClimbAnyHill Posted April 10, 2010 Report Share Posted April 10, 2010 Those silencers are very polishable. I had my old T5s' ceramic coated and polished silencers myself. Wet sand them & step it up to a fine grit as needed. I used loose/sewn buffer wheels with brown/white/green compounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue angel Posted April 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2010 I kinda wondered how it would look with black pipes and polished silencers....and seeing yours it actually looks good. although my pipes are flat black and yours have more of a gloss finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClimbAnyHill Posted April 10, 2010 Report Share Posted April 10, 2010 Flat black pipes look so much better than gloss, gives it a more stealthy look. Let me know if you need help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tundish2800 Posted April 10, 2010 Report Share Posted April 10, 2010 I hate to jack your thread. Climb can you tell me how big around the tip of the sparky that goes into the silencer tube is. I need to fab up some sparkys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastassbanshee96 Posted April 11, 2010 Report Share Posted April 11, 2010 I would definetly go polished. How can you beat the chrome look. I'm actually in the process of polishing mine. Let us know what you end up doing and post some pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulvafan537240 Posted April 11, 2010 Report Share Posted April 11, 2010 make em bling man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mradam85 Posted May 11, 2010 Report Share Posted May 11, 2010 polish. then if you dont like it paint them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badbar88 Posted May 11, 2010 Report Share Posted May 11, 2010 I painted the canister, thought it looked pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClimbAnyHill Posted May 11, 2010 Report Share Posted May 11, 2010 I hate to jack your thread. Climb can you tell me how big around the tip of the sparky that goes into the silencer tube is. I need to fab up some sparkys Sorry, I don't have these pipes anymore.. I'm sure someone can take measurements for ya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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