Honda VFR 6th gen exhaust-gut and the heat-shields

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    irishrOy New Member

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    Hey guys!

    I got a quick question, I think and hope you can help me out.

    How hard is it to take off the heat-shields from the stock exhaust and put them on another stock exhaust?

    To make things short:
    I'd like to make the hole-saw & dremel-mod to my exhaust.
    However I'm not sure if the cops like this (here in Germany).
    So I'm getting a used VFR-exhaust to work on, and if I the men in blue don't like it, I can put the default exhaust back on.

    The problem is: The new exhaust has weird heatshields and I'd like to use my own.

    So the question I'm having is: How hard is it to take off the heatshields?

    I know there are two screws holding the side-heat-shields in rubbermounts and two allen keys are holding the end-cap-heat-shields. Is that really everything there is to the them, or are there any hidden shenanigans?

    Thanks in advance for your input, guys! :)
     
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    sorry cannot help you but how did you get on with your petrol tank paint??,cannot remember how it panned out
     
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    Oh yeah, the petrol tank paint-thingy :D
    It went pretty well. "okay-ish". Not great, but not very bad either.

    I pried away the paint, there were a few specks of rust underneath on the metal.
    I sanded the rust away and put some "Brunox" on the remaining metal and small spots of rust. This Brunox-stuff stops the rust from spreading and is supposed to contain it.
    Let it sit a few hours.
    Then I put some NH441-paint over the Brunox, the same paint like the VFR, ordered online.
    And then sprayed and put on some clear-coat which is supposed to be gas-resistant, according to the can.

    It's not that subtle, however it gets the job done and I stopped the bubbles from getting bigger (for now).

    I won't put too much work in, tho. It doesn't bother me much and if I ever decide to sell the VFR I might just look for a replacement-tank and that's it :)
     

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    ok, thanks for the update
     

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