I decided to go with the flat for now. If I really hate it later, I'll pull it and shoot some clear on it, but for now it is what it is. Still WAY nicer than brown/rust. Besides, if I really can't live with it, I can always go with a delkovic set later. I have a feeling I'll be just fine with this setup though.
You're right Robin.robin1731 wrote:I use the flat on mine. By the time you get the chrome shields on and the muffler mounted it doesn't look nearly as bad.
I cut slots in the newly welded extensions with my hacksaw, and the inner weld area needed a little finessing with a grinding bit to get a nice fit with the headers. This pic is after the saw, and before the cleanup. I am using a single layer of leftover wrap from my other bike as a gasket between the pieces. I ran a bead of high temp gasket goop around the header to "glue" it down. It fits perfectly snugly in my fabbed extensions now.
And I got my headers wrapped. They look okay. You can still see the dent in the one, but not as much as before. In the pictures the wrap is still wet. The color looks a little darker than I figured on, but I like it. The light colored wrap on the end is my "gasket" My lower engine mount bar is the long one from the engine guard kit, so I had to adjust its position to get the header in place, but here it is mocked up. This is where the boss (SWMBO) needed to pull me out of the garage to perform other tasks. As soon as I can get another hour or two in the garage, I will add the donut gaskets and finish tightening up the exhaust. At that point I will be able to try to fire it up.
(2) Harley chrome exhaust clamps - $19.80
total so far - $2715.25