Painting thunderheader?
Road Master
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I painted my heat shields with hi-temp paint. There's two kinds, flat and satin. The flat one looks pretty pale (fine for my BBQ), but the shinier one looks decent. I don't know if it can handle the heat of the headers themselves, but it's holding up great on the heat shields.
This is the semi-gloss: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001UE7MW4
This is the semi-gloss: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001UE7MW4
Road Captain
Joined: Aug 2011
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Ive used this. Works well. Might want to keep a can around for touch up tho. Like $8-9 a can. No more than 2 cans. Id defiantly let joe lay some powder once funds got up tho
Tourer
Joined: Dec 2008
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From: Thailand
Yeah definitely, Joe's got my thunderheaders at the mo, I'm really looking forward to getting them
Last edited by fat bastard 68; Mar 14, 2013 at 12:43 AM.
well looks like im gonna leave it for now....maybe next year....im already in the middle of doing a bunch of stuff (paint, gonna powder stuff and a few other mods) so it may have to wait. like i said earlier, they really are not bad im just picturing all the changes and want them now.... im just thinking the black would be nice with the other stuff im blacking out
Tourer
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hey apehanger65,
I have a project similar to what you want to do, take a look.
https://mccauliff.com/pipes/
You can have your pipes looking pretty decent with <$50 and some of your own labor. I sprayed my rear pipe last night with clear and will take pics tonight, the front pipe was in really bad shape and is going to need another night of sanding and prep work before I spray it.
I am using VHT Flameproof - http://www.vhtpaint.com/products/flameproof/
Once the pipes are painted and clear coated, I am wrapping them with DEI black exhaust wrap.
I have a project similar to what you want to do, take a look.
https://mccauliff.com/pipes/
You can have your pipes looking pretty decent with <$50 and some of your own labor. I sprayed my rear pipe last night with clear and will take pics tonight, the front pipe was in really bad shape and is going to need another night of sanding and prep work before I spray it.
I am using VHT Flameproof - http://www.vhtpaint.com/products/flameproof/
Once the pipes are painted and clear coated, I am wrapping them with DEI black exhaust wrap.
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Joined: Oct 2012
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From: DFW
I painted my heat shields with hi-temp paint. There's two kinds, flat and satin. The flat one looks pretty pale (fine for my BBQ), but the shinier one looks decent. I don't know if it can handle the heat of the headers themselves, but it's holding up great on the heat shields.
This is the semi-gloss: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001UE7MW4
This is the semi-gloss: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001UE7MW4
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