Painting exhaust tips

[DekiDoo]

We will see how this shit turns out. I'm really good at messing up anything with paint. I did a 120 grit sand, then a 180, then 2 coats of primer. Waiting for it to dry right now before I do a coat of gloss black. Stand by for more pics.

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[FreedomPenguin]

Kind of think getting them powder coated would of been a lot easier, gloss black. Looking forward to pics, powder coating would hold up imho. im not sure about this. If it doesn't turn out how you like, can always PC them cheaply, prob 50 bucks if that.

 

[DekiDoo]

Kind of think getting them powder coated would of been a lot easier, gloss black. Looking forward to pics, powder coating would hold up imho. im not sure about this. If it doesn't turn out how you like, can always PC them cheaply, prob 50 bucks if that.

Problem is, I don't want to disassemble the active exhaust. I'll seev what this looks like in a few hours lol

 

[FreedomPenguin]

You don’t have too? They can literally tape off the tips and just powder coat that section.

The exhaust can withstand the heat as well that it gets baked at for a few minutes. I have tons of powder work done, they wouldn’t have any issue prepping/blasting the tips and powder coating the tips only for less than 50 if I had to guess

Gotta remember, static goes through all the metal which attracts the powder electrically charged powder particles. The rest of the metal doesn’t have to have anything done.

Conducts all the same. I could be wrong but I’ve seen him do things like this

 

[DekiDoo]

You don’t have too? They can literally tape off the tips and just powder coat that section.

The exhaust can withstand the heat as well that it gets baked at for a few minutes. I have tons of powder work done, they wouldn’t have any issue prepping/blasting the tips and powder coating the tips only for less than 50 if I had to guess

Gotta remember, static goes through all the metal which attracts the powder electrically charged powder particles. The rest of the metal doesn’t have to have anything done.

Conducts all the same. I could be wrong but I’ve seen him do things like this

I don't know anything about powder coat lol thanks for the explanation. If this looks like ass I'll get it done.

 

[DekiDoo]

Came out pretty good.

 

[FreedomPenguin]

Looks good, lets see how it handles the heat, probably fine since carbon coating will act as a shield anyway for the outer layer heat wise.

 

[DekiDoo]

Looks good, lets see how it handles the heat, probably fine since carbon coating will act as a shield anyway for the outer layer heat wise.

I'll update in a year. I do a spirited drive through the backroads up here once a month, so this summer will be a test of it.

 

[W111BOB]

I did almost exactly the same - (albeit on a MY17 with non standard stainless exhaust)

With exhaust off the car - 6 coats of heat proof primer (sanded each time) - plus 4 coats of heatproof gloss black

1 year on -

The gloss is now "matt"

The finish is all bumpy (from heat I guess)

it needs to be done all over again

Should have done a powder coat!

 

[DekiDoo]

I did almost exactly the same - (albeit on a MY17 with non standard stainless exhaust)

With exhaust off the car - 6 coats of heat proof primer (sanded each time) - plus 4 coats of heatproof gloss black

1 year on -

The gloss is now "matt"

The finish is all bumpy (from heat I guess)

it needs to be done all over again

Should have done a powder coat!

I have a feeling mine will then be the same, if not worse.

 

[Cardude99]

Looks good.

 

[Elvis66]

Came out pretty good.

Looks great

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