Moisture collects inside the exhaust when it s cold.
Painting aluminized steel exhaust.
Oem exhaust systems are typically aluminized steel and are way more common.
Your exhaust behind the headers will not get as hot as the headers and the paint will hold up quite well.
I ordered a new set of chrome tip muffler deletes from remark.
If you thought the engine gets hot you should see the exhaust parts.
Our engine block paint comes in dozens of universal colors as well as oem shades such as old ford blue hemi orange and buick red.
That moisture causes the inside of the system to rust.
Headers are hardest on the paints.
I m too poor for the expensive stuff.
It has held up well over the years.
I do take the time to clean the exhaust and paint it prior install.
It has a much more dull appearance than stainless steel does.
The aluminized will take longer till you ll see rust but it will rust too.
In my basement you can hear water in the pipes.
If you only take short trips the exhaust never gets hot enough to evaporate all of that moisture.
I use the brush on stainless steel header paint from eastwood.
The hard part with exhaust painting is the expansion and contraction with the heat and cool makes the paint crack and flake.
Been very happy with this method.
Using the same technique you used to apply the primer apply 2 3 light coats of high heat spray to the exhaust pipe.
Either will rust aluminized is just a steel pipe with a coating on the outside.
Follow the directions on the high heat spray s label to complete the curing process.
I paint all my aluminized exhaust kits with rustoleum high temp bbq grill paint.
Aluminized steel is not as aesthetically pleasing or as rust resistant as stainless steel.
June 06 2018 01 00 59 pm here in sunny kalifornia is there any advantage to painting new aluminized exhaust pipes other than the ll look pretty for awhile.
It s strange how that noise sounds eerily like a voice in my head ordering me to kill snookie.
It has held up extremely well and has not chipped or flaked for me yet.
Although aluminized steel is the better of the two money wise.
A common problem with aluminized steel exhaust is rusting from the inside out.
We have 2k aerospray engine paint as well for paint gun free applications.
Then i just touch up any scratches from install.
To or not to paint aluminized exhaust on.
