Painting Exhaust Manifold Heat Shield

Post by **Lude-dude** » Sat Jul 14, 2012 11:03 am

could you use acid etch and then colour over the top

works for rocker covers

Post by **Vtecmec** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 4:59 pm

Thanks eveyone, so it seems any old paint will stand up to the heat.

NCCMUR wrote:i painted mine with basecoat and clear at work...

Not sure if I should +rep you for the work and cool idea, or -rep you for adding to my workload.

NCCMUR · Post by **NCCMUR** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 6:05 pm

Vtecmec wrote:Thanks eveyone, so it seems any old paint will stand up to the heat.

NCCMUR wrote:i painted mine with basecoat and clear at work...

Not sure if I should +rep you for the work and cool idea, or -rep you for adding to my workload.

+ rep FTW

Rocky · Post by **Rocky** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 6:17 pm

I've sen good results with VHT primer and any paint you can lay your hands on for a top coat.

vti2003 · Post by **vti2003** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 10:13 pm

I've done a few over the years. Pretty much any paint has worked well except whites. They go yellow fairly quickly with the heat

littlefeller · Post by **littlefeller** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 10:51 am

if you drive with your bonnet down like me then you dont need to paint it

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 11:08 am

After all the work Vtecmec has done to get his car including the engine bay as pristine as possible I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up with a transparent bonnet to show it all off!

Post by **Vtecmec** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 12:08 pm

Transparent bonnet you say.