I saw a coupe recently which had powder coated oem rear silencers although black finish rather than the original dark grey it look really good with the tips still polished stainless steel, has anyone done this to their exhaust?
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Wow, talk about spotless! Not just clean, but polished too__look at the sheen on RTAs and fuel tank...
Don't the English/European versions have an aluminum cover to protect the fuel filter and 2-3/way valve? I admit to guessing at the car's country of residence, but given the location of the bulk of this forum's members...
From a purely cosmetic point, and I've done this for numerous cars, I'll mask the tips and put a fresh coat of low gloss (not "flat" but a little shinier than "satin") black high-heat paint on the rearmost face of the (muffler) cans. You don't really want to attract attention to them (do you...?) but rather just make them invisible, like the tips are floating in the bumper cutouts.
The SuperSprints (DTM tips) on (all 3 of) my cars are shiny stainless steel, and honestly, a little too blingy for my taste. On the other hand, taking them off to prep/paint isn't something I want to do either, so blingy they remain
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Originally posted by Randy Forbes View PostWow, talk about spotless! Not just clean, but polished too__look at the sheen on RTAs and fuel tank...
Don't the English/European versions have an aluminum cover to protect the fuel filter and 2-3/way valve? I admit to guessing at the car's country of residence, but given the location of the bulk of this forum's members...
From a purely cosmetic point, and I've done this for numerous cars, I'll mask the tips and put a fresh coat of low gloss (not "flat" but a little shinier than "satin") black high-heat paint on the rearmost face of the (muffler) cans. You don't really want to attract attention to them (do you...?) but rather just make them invisible, like the tips are floating in the bumper cutouts.
The SuperSprints (DTM tips) on (all 3 of) my cars are shiny stainless steel, and honestly, a little too blingy for my taste. On the other hand, taking them off to prep/paint isn't something I want to do either, so blingy they remain
Car is Uk based and due to rust had many parts replaced (fuel and brake pipes/suspension) also had trailing arms and subframe powder coated) I have only seen the heat shield fitted to US spec cars that covers the fuel filter
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Originally posted by Jon_Bmw View PostIt is also fitted to UK s54's
How does the powder coating put up with the exhaust temps? I know this is the 'cold end' of the exhaust but even so it gets reasonably warm.
The guys below can do this as an example:
http://www.ctc-powder-coating.co.uk/...owder-coating/
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Originally posted by Rags View PostIf done correctly then no issues with heat.
The guys below can do this as an example:
http://www.ctc-powder-coating.co.uk/...owder-coating/
To Ceramic coat an exhaust this size I would have expected little change from £250. In my experience ceramic coating tends to look quite matt and picks up marks really easily. Daves looks quite glossy (and nice!) in my opinion.
Edited to add: Just realised it is not Daves car! I assumed because it was a spotless Estoril it must be!
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Dave,
You need to go and have a chat with these guys:
http://www.camcoat.com/main/contact.html
I think they are local to you as well!
The chap you want to speak to is called Nick. It is a small operation and thus generally more cost effective than Zircotec.
My company typically Ceramic coats around 500 exhausts per year with Camcoat.
They are not the fastest, because they are small, so you may have to be patient.
Hope that helps?
Jon
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