Yeah I think black will look great too. I was tormented between black and polished.
I did not send the cans off for coating but as I think about it, they very well may be able to do the outsides.
One word of advice. Test fit everything after it comes back coated BEFORE attempting to install on the bike. The coating made it very difficult to get all the pieces together for the first time as we installed it.
Fitting it all together OFF the bike will give you the opportunity to make the necessary adjustments and will make the installation process go a lot faster and easier.
We had to grind some of the internal coating away at the joints in order to make them fit together. Granted we didn't have to take much off but it would have been a lot easier to do it on the bench rather than on the bike.
As it was it is a PITA of a job.
Also, make sure you drive the vertical header portion below the loop for the rear cylinder home all the way! If you do not completely seat it, it will totally screw up your mounting position for the can. Again, test fitting will ensure you can do this easily when it comes installation time.
Cheers and congrats. I am very pleased with the results.
Also, as an aside but related, I purchased the DEI Gold Heat Shield material and applied that to the inside of the lower right fairing. I did it to add an additional layer of protection from the heat. Nice stuff and very easy to work with. Amazon has both the sheets and the tape. I bought a sheet and a 2 X 15 tape roll and it was more than enough to cover the entire inside of that panel with tape leftover.
Cheers and I'm anxious to see how your pipes and cans come out.
Give Jeff Howell a call at Jet-Hot. I'm sure he can tell you if they can coat the cans.
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