bigwiggs

Well since I'm in the process of de-chroming my truck I decided that I would try and paint my exhaust tips before they got put on.

I bought two 4 inch by 22 inch Magnaflow stainless steal 15 degree rolled tips (pic one).

I then sanded the them with 320 grit sand paper (pic two).

I then sanded the tips throughly till they were good and scuffed up (pic three).

Then I took Rust-Oleum Self Etching Primer and gave three good coats to each tip (pics four and five).

I then took VHT High Heat engine paint and painted two light coats and one medium coat and let dry for three hours (pic six).

Finally I followed the directions on the can of VHT and baked the tips at 250 for 30 minutes, let cool for 30 then baked again at 400 for 30 and cool for another 30. I was unable to do the final process of baking at 600 for 30 due to the fact that my oven didn't go that high. The can states that you can do the same baking process on the vehicle so I felt that the last step would be taken care of while on my truck.

Here's what the tips look like on my truck. I've had them on for about a week , haven't noticed any chips. Let me know what you think.

john12121

I have got some nice tip..I was just thinking the pipe is brown with the tip so need to do some work on it..Thanks for the information man.I wish I had some cash to spend to clean up exhaust pipe..

Fordflowmaster

Or you could just buy some black chrome tips.. There sick.

Wondertwin1

I just straight sprayed that stuff on to all visible exhaust tubing, especially the one near the wheels. Its been pelted by fast gravel mud and dirt and no problems, i didnt use primer, i just pressure washed it all, i dont even think i got all the dirt off. I think yours is probably indestrusctable. And i can drive my truck for hours and go back and hold my exhaust tip. They dont get hot.

bigwiggs

All the black ones I found are bolt on's or too expensive, I'd rather save the money and do it my self.

Wondertwin1

Its not hard. Black spray paint is kind of hard to mess up on rough, uneven, rarely focused on places.

David F-150

Came out great, Mine are probably going black soon.

bigwiggs

Thanks.

madeSICC

looks good, i myself like a nice shiny tip. got some 4.5inchers going on mine hopefully tomorow.

dootson

Came out great, Mine are probably going black soon.