All -

When I brought my ATVs out TODAY for some
work I just took a hard notice to WOW my
exhaust pipes are really rusting up! They are
washed and cleaned after each ride, protected
good from the weather etc. Take a gander
at a few of my pics below. Does any of yours
look like this? If so why? What can I do?

SP450



SP800



Thanks in advance for the input!

R'

 

Yep thats about how mine look, jet coating would be the only way I know of to stop it.

 

they all do that. i think even if you were to sand them down and use a black high temp paint it might help but think they would rust unless you did what he said to have them cerm. coated.

 

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: stendori

they all do that. i think even if you were to sand them down and use a black high temp paint it might help but think they would rust unless you did what he said to have them cerm. coated.</end quote></div>


Would powder coating them work?

 

Well, if they all DO IT and its "normal"
then I won't worry about it. I just thought
I would post this one for a sanity check.

Seems a little labor intensive to really
protect the rust on these pipes - IMO.

R'

 

all of my wheels have doen it. as far as coating them i dont know if powder coating would w/stand the heat. either way they would have to be 100% clean of any materail and most likely be in an acid bath then sealed? theree again this is only my guess.

 

Hey bro. why do these things rust like this? Is it the kind of alloy that is used and
then the heat or something. Looks like both my quads had been sitting for years in
the water, which were not.

thx,

R'

 

Look at the exhaust under your truck, same kinda material same kinda rust from the heat I guess.

 

I had a '99 Xplorer that rusted something aweful. I pulled the pipes, cleaned them up real good and painted them with flat black barbeque grill paint. Turned out pretty good. The guy that bought it a couple of years later even commented on how good they looked.

 

Yea, if I known this was going to do this maybe I could of sprayed something on it? I am always
re-touching the paint on my brush guard and bumper. I like Polaris products but I notice almost
all the silver nuts/bolts rust. I finally coated mine with black to match the bumpers. Its a shame I
gotta keep doing this! Also, noticed that my stock rim lug nuts are starting to rust, whats up with
that? I thought they were chrome!

Regards,

R'