Just curious what everyone is doing with their truck manifolds. I think I'll eventually get mine ceramic coated but for now I was thinking of just cleaning them up and doing some high temp engine paint to hide the rust.

 

I painted mine with high temp paint and also painted the heat sheilds black. I dont think the paint will hold up well on the manifolds thats why i ran the heat sheilds to hide the paint.

 

VHT2000 in Black or Silver. Slap the heat shields back on and roll. Budget pimping at its best .

 

ceramic coated

 

painted black

 

Yeah I painted mine with VHT flameproof paint. Painted the manifolds black and the heatshields silver. They look pretty damn good I think. I used VHT on my longtubes and had no problems.

 

Does it seem to stay on the manifolds well or does it cook off after a few weeks? I too am curious what to do with my manifolds when I pick them up.

 

^ also curious (about the VHT)

 

I never had any issues with it burning or flaking off.

 

Rustoleum stove paint will hold up for a good season with no issues, its my favorite next to coating.

 

As long as it's prepped properly I've read about people getting a decade out of the VHT paint. It's rated to 2,000 and I doubt (hope) nobody has exhaust temps that high. Of course nothing beats Jet Hot. Also has anybody experimented with the POR high-temp?

 

usually leave stock. if not i have a local guy who ceramic coats them have done either way.

 

Why do you guys choose black? Black is thermally transparent while white is a thermally insulating color. If you want to keep the heat in, you paint it white... or, at least, that's what my research on some physics sites indicated.

 

Black looks better.

 

White huh?.... Is this true?

 

Ceramic coated em turbo black, inside and out. It has a rating of +2000 degrees.
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