Painting Aluminized Steel Exhaust

Headers are hardest on the paints.

Painting aluminized steel exhaust.

Either will rust aluminized is just a steel pipe with a coating on the outside. Aluminized steel is not as aesthetically pleasing or as rust resistant as stainless steel. I use the brush on stainless steel header paint from eastwood. To or not to paint aluminized exhaust on.

Using the same technique you used to apply the primer apply 2 3 light coats of high heat spray to the exhaust pipe. 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. The hard part with exhaust painting is the expansion and contraction with the heat and cool makes the paint crack and flake. Your exhaust behind the headers will not get as hot as the headers and the paint will hold up quite well.

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. A common problem with aluminized steel exhaust is rusting from the inside out. It has held up well over the years. That moisture causes the inside of the system to rust.

If you thought the engine gets hot you should see the exhaust parts. I ordered a new set of chrome tip muffler deletes from remark. I d go with the aluminized and paint the welded areas as well as the seams bends and it ll look good for quite a while. Then i just touch up any scratches from install.

Follow the directions on the high heat spray s label to complete the curing process. I m too poor for the expensive stuff. Although aluminized steel is the better of the two money wise. Oem exhaust systems are typically aluminized steel and are way more common.

We have 2k aerospray engine paint as well for paint gun free applications. 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. It has held up extremely well and has not chipped or flaked for me yet.

If you only take short trips the exhaust never gets hot enough to evaporate all of that moisture. I am not a fan of chrome on the track car so i used some of my spray painting skills to change. It has a much more dull appearance than stainless steel does. Then let the paint dry for 1 2 hours before moving on to the curing process.

Been very happy with this method. I paint all my aluminized exhaust kits with rustoleum high temp bbq grill paint.