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09-08-2011, 02:43 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 454 S.O.
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Black Side Pipe Coatings?
For those of you that have black side pipes. What coating did you use? What type of finish are they (gloss, satin, flat)? Are you happy with them?
Thank You
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09-08-2011, 07:37 AM
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Jet Hot.
Satin.
Yes.
They are 17 years old now and look like they'll last another bunch of years.
David
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09-08-2011, 07:46 AM
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I used engine block paint only last 2,000 miles they look like this...have to re-do.
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09-08-2011, 10:37 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by charles roybal
I used engine block paint only last 2,000 miles they look like this...have to re-do.
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I didn't know a spray can can give a perforated look. 
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09-08-2011, 07:44 AM
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I started out with silver ceramic coating on my pipes, but one day while trying to clean them back to their original sheen, I acted on impulse and painted them rattle can hi-temp gloss black. They're easy to touch up occasionally (due for a touch up now actually) and not only does the car look meaner, I think it goes faster now too. 
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09-08-2011, 03:34 PM
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VHT (flat) black header paint. 8 bucks a can, which lasts a couple of years. Touch up when needed.
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09-08-2011, 08:57 PM
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Quote:
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VHT (flat) black header paint. 8 bucks a can, which lasts a couple of years. Touch up when needed.
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Mine are sivver ceramic coated already. What do you think, skuff them first with say 280 grit? Primmer? I know nothing about paint.
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09-09-2011, 07:24 PM
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Quote:
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Mine are sivver ceramic coated already. What do you think, skuff them first with say 280 grit? Primmer? I know nothing about paint.
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Use some Scotch-Brite & wipe clean. No need to prime, just some VHT black header paint that you can get at Pep Boys, Advance Auto, etc. You'll have to touch it up every-so-often. I use cardboard pieces behind the pipes to mask the body.
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09-09-2011, 09:41 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ZOERA-SC7XX
Use some Scotch-Brite & wipe clean. No need to prime, just some VHT black header paint that you can get at Pep Boys, Advance Auto, etc. You'll have to touch it up every-so-often. I use cardboard pieces behind the pipes to mask the body.
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Sweet. 
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09-08-2011, 04:57 PM
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BBQ spray, (flat black) good for the temps, last a long time. There is no smell of BBQ sauce or of anything cooking unless your leg just touched it.
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09-08-2011, 05:09 PM
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Vht header paint flat black
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09-08-2011, 08:13 PM
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ceramic coated pipes
my ceramic coater call these dark gray, look's flat black to me.
Dwight
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09-08-2011, 08:20 PM
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Mine are a shinny flat black.....
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09-08-2011, 09:39 PM
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280 might be a little coarse, maybe something between that and 400??
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09-09-2011, 06:06 AM
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Rick-beautiful headers. How do you get #6 plug out??
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09-09-2011, 07:50 AM
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With an extension and swivel. It's got more room between the pipe and V/C than it appears to have. The headers work very well .
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