ERA FIA/Slabside exhaust question

[dacobb]

Originally Posted by fintubi

While we're on slabside undercar exhausts, what's the consensus on coatings? I believe all the parts (headers, piping, mufflers) are delivered in plain steel as fabricated. I'd like to just take all the parts to a coating shop before installing them but I don't know what to ask for. I'd like to get reasonable longevity and also try to make the parts under the car unobtrusive except for the "pea shooter" pipes at the very rear.

ERA suggested to me to get the headers ceramic coated for longer life, and to just paint the rest of the exhaust (minus the tips) with a high quality high temp paint. The question is what color - black, aluminum, something else?