Painted Exhaust Tips
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Painted Exhaust Tips
Found out I hadn't downloaded my good camera for about 2 months...and found some pics of my dearly departed truck
Thought some of y'all might enjoy
Took my original SS Magnaflow 3.5" tips and painted them black using BBQ Paint. Took 'em off my truck after 3yrs of being installed...talk about a PITA.
Cleaned them up using a steel brush and scrubby.
Not bad for $5 and about 2 hours of my time. I drove it for 2 days with them like that, and they didn't turn brown or anything. Paint still looked fresh. Probably needed 1-2 more coats of paint though.
Thanks to all the guys here who gave me the idea. It was worth it for the short time I had 'em like that.
Thought some of y'all might enjoy
Took my original SS Magnaflow 3.5" tips and painted them black using BBQ Paint. Took 'em off my truck after 3yrs of being installed...talk about a PITA.
Cleaned them up using a steel brush and scrubby.
Used the scrubby for 2 reasons.
1. Get the 3yrs worth of crap off
2. Create small adhesion scratches in the SS surface so the paint would stick.
2. Create small adhesion scratches in the SS surface so the paint would stick.
Not bad for $5 and about 2 hours of my time. I drove it for 2 days with them like that, and they didn't turn brown or anything. Paint still looked fresh. Probably needed 1-2 more coats of paint though.
Thanks to all the guys here who gave me the idea. It was worth it for the short time I had 'em like that.
I especially like the look because it seems to flow with the whole White/Black theme I had going on
The next step was to paint my Steps black...but sold her first
The next step was to paint my Steps black...but sold her first
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I did my entire exhaust systems and they've lasted a couple years
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Looks pretty good. My tips had accumulated half a year of crap and looked pretty bad, I just finished up waxing it and hit the tips last, cleaned up ok, but next time I may do the same...looks good! Since my truck is all black too, should also fit right in.
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I also used that the steel scrubby to make the adherant surface...didn't have any steel wool laying around
btw, the Krylon Fusion Plastic paint was for my Fender Flares. I had painted them as well, but didn't get any good pictures
