Saw a few folks on here had painted their mufflers, which I was thinking about doing to the GT-takeoffs I plan on getting. I was looking at the paints at the parts store and noticed it requires "baking" or curing for a few hours (duplicolor I think). I also saw paint for barbecues at the home improvement stores that didn't mention any baking step (either krylon or rustoleum--can't remember). For folks who used theduplicolor or other automotive high heat paint on a muffler, did you bake it on per instructions? Or could you just let it "bake" on while attached and engine running. For those who used the barbecue paint, was there a curing process involved? In either cases, how is the paint holding up? How many coats were used? Any info would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

I bought two GT Takeoffs and painted them using Dupli-Color Engine Enamel. One can should be plenty. I bought two and didn't use all of the first one. Just make sure you let it dry really well before applying multiple coats. I painted 3 coats on each muffler. At the time they were painted, I was waiting for my x-pipes so the paint had time to cure.

I've had my mufflers on since July with no signs of peeling or flaking.

 

I also saw the Duplicolor Engine Enamel. Wasn't sure what the differences were (besides the temperature--500 versus the 1200 intermittent for the high heat). Will have to look into it. Thanks for the info!

 

I used Duplicolor high heat flat black. Its winter here and the muffler gets pummeled buy road gravel, so far so good.

I even painted it on the car with the car on the lift. Masked everything around it covered the tip and hit it with 6 thin coats.

 

Favre, did you have to bake it like the instructions say?

 

nope,, just lots of thin coats and drove around for an hour or so after.
I assume that heated the muffler up enought to "cure" the piant

 

Exactly what I wanted to know. Thanks!

 

Anybody have any pics of the painted mufflers on their cars? I'm going to be doing this on Sunday. Thanks a lot, Tyler

 

I used barbeque paint on mine, and here are a couple of pictures:

 

Looks good!