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Brett
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   16th Jul 09 at 08:14   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
If I sprayed an exhaust with high temp paint, everything would be ok right?

It'd be able to withstand it and not flake off, smell, or cause issues?

Can you spray straight onto stainless?
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You cant really prepare the surface properly so even high temperature paint will eventually flake off and no you cant paint straight onto stainless
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You can get stuff which is made for painting exhausts and comes in matte black, not 100% where from but my mate who has a company that builds custom exhausts uses it.
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16th Jul 09 at 08:30   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
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You can get stuff which is made for painting exhausts and comes in matte black, not 100% where from but my mate who has a company that builds custom exhausts uses it.

This sounds like exactly what I need!

Halfords you reckon?
Phil W
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16th Jul 09 at 08:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Go on MIG and see what Dec did with his Nova Sport exhaust, i can't remember.
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You can get stuff which is made for painting exhausts and comes in matte black, not 100% where from but my mate who has a company that builds custom exhausts uses it.

This sounds like exactly what I need!

Halfords you reckon?


Errr, possibly! Search google for "high temperature exhaust paint"
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16th Jul 09 at 09:06   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I have done. Everywhere just says use the same stuff as you would for calipers, hammerite or somethin along those lines. I'll give it a shot and see what happens anyway. I think my main concern was it flaking and looking even more stupid than it already does
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Nah, if you can find an spray tin of exhaust paint it doesnt flake off at all! Seen it used on many cars.
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tweeks sell the brush on paint... cemaricoat type stuff
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16th Jul 09 at 10:15   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
ok, cheers guys

I think i'll check out Halfords first...local and a hell of a lot cheaper than the likes of tweeks

Hopefully this paint idea'll work otherwise the exhaust is coming off as I'm not happy
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I want my exhaust tip ceramic coated then thought about painting it. How much is ceramic coating, how do you apply it etc? Expensive?
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16th Jul 09 at 11:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I think I know what your answer is going to be, but why are you spraying an exhaust?
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Basically I took an exhaust to a place and said fit this. Showed them exactly where I wanted it and how I wanted it done...little bit cut out of the bumper so it sat nice, etc, etc.

Came back 2hrs later and they'd stuck it slap bang in the middle! Needless to say I didn't pay them, but I'm not sure whether it's grown on me. Problem is, the rest of the box behind the pipes is REALLY noticeable and shiny. I'm thinkin if I spray all but the pipes black it might look better. Otherwise, it's off and in the bin and back to square one.
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Can you not mesh the bumper off or place something else in front?

I can't see paint staying on for long?
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16th Jul 09 at 11:23   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Don't think so. Didn't really want to go down the whole mesh and bodykits road either tbh. I'll try it this weekend anyway. It could work. Otherwise I'll just take it off, no big deal. Sounds ok tho which is a shame.
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Why not make some sort of guard to hide it and paint that?
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16th Jul 09 at 11:44   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
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Why not make some sort of guard to hide it and paint that?

You'd have to see it to understand why that isn't an option really. It's ok, i'll try this and report how I get on
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You'd have to see it to understand why that isn't an option really.



take some pic's and show us then?
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You'd have to see it to understand why that isn't an option really.



take some pic's and show us then?
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16th Jul 09 at 12:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
So you wanted it to the side, and they put it in the middle?! Sounds like a good company.
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You'd have to see it to understand why that isn't an option really.



take some pic's and show us then?
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So you wanted it to the side, and they put it in the middle?! Sounds like a good company.

Yes, I wanted it on the left like any normal upstanding car of the community

I don't pay top whack for things. Sometimes though doing it that way can cause things to deviate a bit. Bloody Nigerians
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Still could have ended up worse.....
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take some pic's and show us then?

It'll be hard going outside work and taking a pic without looking like a cunt tbh
Jake
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16th Jul 09 at 13:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
crouch down like youre checking something out then take a picture but make it look like youre on the phone. think back to when you reversed into a pole and got out with your phone pressed against your ear like nothing happened

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