Aircooled DG Gold head help.

[nitrodude81r]

I just purchased a DG sunburst head for my 81 R. The head is painted black, I was wondering if anyone knew a way to remove the paint and not remove the gold anodized finish underneath. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

[TheRealFatShady]

Cannot be sure on how to remove, sandblasting/acetone would likely remove both the paint and anno.

But I'm curious as to what the head had over stock. Never heard of one til now?

[Yamaha_Rules69]

The DG gold head had bigger fins over stock to assist in cooling. It also had a slightly shallower dome to increase compression a bit. You could always restore the head to original by having it anodized gold again, that would be the way to go if you want it to look the way I think you do. Im not sure how much it would cost...

[3wheelmecca]

Dupli-Color makes Metalcast that imitates the anodizing look, Idk if its high heat, but looks very good and matches well.

[Dirtcrasher]

Oven cleaner will probably remove both, but you could leave it on a few minutes, wash it off and see whats up............

I'd just repaint the prick myself unless it's a garage queen. It probably got RODE and the anodizing may be in rough shape, maybe thats why he painted it.


THANK YOU 3WW for hitting "ENTER" when I hit TAB. It's getting sickening, BUT, I still love the board :D

[TheRealFatShady]

If you need it annodized later on, a dust finish on a part that size should only run you $20 or less. I used to get things anno'd all the time when I built custom paintball guns. Polished finish may be a little more unless you polish it yourself first.