[BMCGC]

My wife noticed the ugly muffler and asked why it wasn't black, like the rest of the truck.

So tomorrow I am painting the muffler black, just to make her happy.

 

[rgcvik]

 

[Lesblank]

That will look nice. Remember, mufflers are galvanized and paint will not easily stick to it. Rough it up some with some sand paper, apply heat rated primer and header paint to get a long lasting result.

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[BMCGC]

I will hit it with an acid wash, primer and high temp paint.

The real secret is to cure the paint in stages and it will stay on forever.

 

[JASmith]

That will look nice. Remember, mufflers are galvanized and paint will not easily stick to it. Rough it up some with some sand paper, apply heat rated primer and header paint to get a long lasting result.

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If you rough up the mufflers, you are going to remove some of the rust inhibitors applied.

That far down the exhaust, the muffler and tip (assuming that's all that is needed) is likely under the 300oF temperature limit for plastidip. I plastidipped my muffler tips on my Ram ages ago, and it still looks like day one and I can peel it and the chrome underneath is completely intact, as would be the protective zinc on the stock muffler.

I'd run the vehicle hard and then run a temp probe on it, it may be safe.

 

[BMCGC]

I have never considered or use Plastidip, I may give it a try.

 

[JMII]

Any follow up on this? Just looking at the muffler sitting there next to the rear wheel I am guessing its going to get nasty and rusty from constant road spray.

 

[SmoovC]

IIRC, Rob motive(?) on YouTube did a video about coating the muffler; don't recall what he used.

 

[robtdonna]

If you rough up the mufflers, you are going to remove some of the rust inhibitors applied.

That far down the exhaust, the muffler and tip (assuming that's all that is needed) is likely under the 300oF temperature limit for plastidip. I plastidipped my muffler tips on my Ram ages ago, and it still looks like day one and I can peel it and the chrome underneath is completely intact, as would be the protective zinc on the stock muffler.

I'd run the vehicle hard and then run a temp probe on it, it may be safe.

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Spot on, my probe was wayyyyy under 300 Degrees. So, I'm now dipped!

 

[JMII]

Spot on, my probe was wayyyyy under 300 Degrees. So, I'm now dipped!

Good to know. There is some heat shielding around it, so it gets hot, but not header hot. I still used high temp header paint...

Stock eye sore:

Stealth painted:

 

[childoffire79]

Robmotive used paint-on Rust-Oleum grill paint or high heat I believe.