Paul Wies wrote: > On the 80-83 exhaust you can just get an extractor in place of the crossover. > It comes painted black. After running it about 3 days all of the black will > burn off and now the extractor is almost full of surface rust. > > What can be done BEFORE installing it to insure the rust stays at bay a good > while? > > Paint it with super hi temp paint then bake it in the oven? I used some stuff once that seemed to work really well. I got it at K-Mart or Wal-Mart, I forget which, in the auto paint section. It was made by Krylon, if memory serves, and was billed as a ceramic exhaust header paint. I wish I could be more specific but it's been a long time. I was skeptical but it stuck really well to a set of VW Bus headers and heater boxes, even though my surface prep wasn't very good. I didn't bake it. |
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