Do Stainless Steel Headers Turn Blue?
Stainless-Steel Headers Can Also Be Quite Shiny When They're Polished, but They Do Discolor to a Hot-Metal Shade of Tawny Gold, Fading to Cobalt Blue Around...
Stainless-steel headers can also be quite shiny when they're polished, but they do discolor to a hot-metal shade of tawny gold, fading to cobalt blue around the hottest areas.
How do you keep stainless steel heads from turning blue?
All of the stock pipes turn blue. Repop stainless pipes turn golden brown. You can polish them with Blue Away or polish them more with Mother's or Simichrome polish and get rid of it, but it will come right back.
Why do headers turn blue?
Motorcycle exhaust pipes turn blue as a result of extreme heat passing through them. This is usually caused by the motorcycle running lean, meaning there is too much air and too little gas being mixed together which causes a higher temperature to pass through the exhaust pipes.