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02-07-2003, 09:00 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Cobra Make, Engine: Once Owned CSX4803, CSX803 block, Keith Craft 468, Suspension by Tom Barnard, Built by Kris Kincaid
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White Sidepipes
I really like the look of white sidepipes. My only concern is the effort requiered to maintain pristine looking pipes. Is there anything that can be done to reduce the maintenance, i.e., powder/ceramic coating etc. Will any solution allow me to use just soap and water to clean them? The thought of having to repaint periodically with a high temp white paint isn't appealing! Thanks!
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02-07-2003, 10:27 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Lake Stevens,
WA
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Been there, done the VHT rattle can white paint job on the sidepipes. If you drive through rain, whatever gets wet will turn a toasted marshmallow golden brown. Repainting is frequent.
If you have to have white, I recommend ceramic coating. Although...for some reason white is the most expensive color.
Rich
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02-07-2003, 01:48 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: so cal,
Cal
Cobra Make, Engine: I used to fix them for a living
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Paint is cheap, doesn't take long, and you get an excuse to hang out in the garage.
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In a fit of 16 year old genius, I looked down through the carb while cranking it to see if fuel was flowing, and it was. Flowing straight up in a vapor cloud, around my head, on fire.
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02-07-2003, 02:07 PM
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Join Date: Jun 1999
Location: Bay Area,
FL
Cobra Make, Engine: What Cobra?
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I lived with white side pipes for a year. Nothing to it.Yes they do get dirty like other pipes except white shows it better.
A little scotchbrite or a little sanding (it sands like chalk) and spray the area that needs touching up. VOILA!
It will look whiter than the rest of the pipe for a little while and first couple of times you run the car, it blends very easily and you can't tell where it was touched up.
Very easy!
TURK
ps. I have tried the others....so you wouldn't have to. Stick with VHT!!!
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02-07-2003, 05:32 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Uranus,
cal
Cobra Make, Engine: NAF replica, 351W, about 420 HP
Posts: 3,046
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Mr Fixit, You DO have the garage door OPENED when you spray the pipes, right? RIGHT???
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Edley, The Cobra Rogue!
"If you think that you can cut it, if you think you got the time, you'll only get just one chance, better get it right first time. 'Cause in this game you're playing, if you lose you got to pay, and if you make just one wrong move, you'll get BLOWN AWAY. Expect no mercy.
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02-07-2003, 07:56 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Penn Valley,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: Purchased CSX3225 in 1968 for $4,995. Original 428 car but changed to 427 MR about 20 years ago.
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I got my exhaust aluminized in the early 70's. It's aluminum spray metal process. It comes out snow white. It lasts for a long time and normal dirt doesn't seem to affect it. I have had it redone once since the first time. The second time around they didn't do as good a job and it hasn't held up as well but it still looks fairly good. The only maintentance is to wash it with soap and water. The only real problem I had was someone putting their foot on the side pipes and the sole was burned into the material. I could not get it off and it left a sole print. It's a very rough surface and if you try to sand it it then looks like aluminum, so you can't sand it.
Have fun, Ray
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02-08-2003, 07:20 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: so cal,
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Cobra Make, Engine: I used to fix them for a living
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I had aluminized the exhaust mainfolds on a 55 chevy I used to have. It looked great until one drop of oil toched it, dirty forever after then. Then your not so perfectly clean hand reaches in to change a sparkplug and a little smudge gets on them, that stays forever too. Maybe if I had cleaned them off with brake cleaner before allowing them to get above room temperature, but the oil drop hit them while hot.
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In a fit of 16 year old genius, I looked down through the carb while cranking it to see if fuel was flowing, and it was. Flowing straight up in a vapor cloud, around my head, on fire.
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