I painted my Exhaust manifold heat shield with High temp engine paint which is rated up to 1200 degrees farenheit.... will this be ample enough headroom?

I dont want to go through having to take it off while its hot becuase the paint starts to melt.

 

my defi egt peaks at 1500F. it might be close...

 

On second look, the paint is rated for 1500 degrees, not 1200... amazing how that works....

Sounds like this paint will be right on the money


thanks bro.

 

No I did the same with mine with a 1200 degree BBQ paint and it still came off. I eventually said screw it and bought the polished Cusco(lowest priced one) heat shield and now I never have to worry about rust or the paint coming off again. I highly recommend it and it does spruce up the engine bay.

 

I hate the look of every aftermarket heatshield I have seen.

I just want the OEM header shield painted black... looks alot better than an aftermarket manifold shield IMO.

 

lol did the same thing 1200 Deg paint it was ok the first time i did it then it slowly got burned and messed redid it thinking i needed to do the inside 2 o man just melted off what a mess. buying the bushur polished one in the next few days


evoisdream

 

been running around for 6 months with 3 coats of high heat silver Rust-Oleum bbq paint on mine and have had zero issues, I love this stuff. http://www.rustoleum.com/product.asp...ct_id=39&SBL=1

 

dont you have to primer them first before spraying the high temp paint? just fro added protection.

 

Most primers will not be able to handle the heat from the manifold. Just use hi-temp paint.

 

The heat sheild will see <1000°f. The air gap between the manifold and the sheild knocks about 600° off the EGT temps. BBQ paint works great, just use a couple of coats. We do use it at my shop all the time with great results.

 

hrmmmm weird as mine didnt work thats weak ...... can i pick some of this up at a local hardware store?

 

Hardware store = good

Rust-o-leum or Dupli-Color, both are good. Even used Dupli-Color hi-temp engine enamel with good luck.

 

hrmmm so ill probly have to sand the junk i have on thier now off and then try this correct?

 

Yes, sir.