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Old Aug 6, 2011 | 11:09 PM
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Any DIY for painting tips black?
I wanna start a little project for myself and paint my exhaust tips satin black. Anybody know the necessary steps that need to be taken?
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Old Aug 6, 2011 | 11:17 PM
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take them to a powdercoater?
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take them to a powdercoater?
I thought about it but don't wanna deal with the hassle of removing my exhaust.
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Old Aug 7, 2011 | 12:55 PM
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Pretty big risk of getting overspray on your paint and not much room to get paint on the top of the tips even with the diffuser removed. If you are going to do it may as well do it right.
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Old Aug 7, 2011 | 01:00 PM
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u can use plastic dip.. clean up the over spray
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Plasti Dip stand up to the heat? I think the tips get hot enough to burn your skin.
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Old Aug 7, 2011 | 01:52 PM
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Plasti Dip stand up to the heat? I think the tips get hot enough to burn your skin.
it does.. I sprayed my tip with plasti dip.. its been a month and still looks new
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im sure if you mask right you can get rustoleum and it can be done...people kept saying you had to remove the front grill inorder to plastidip the chrome but I just masked it like a muthersucker and I was fine...
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i have had my quad tips painted w plasti dip for 6 months now and they are still perfect. this is on a c350. its been hot all summer and i drive at high rpm a lot so you should have no problems.

the thing is your tips to not separate from the mufflers like mine to so painting will be more difficult i believe.
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Painting my tips (satin black) as we speak, will post up pics later.
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Good Lord that looks sweet. Great job AMG.
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looks amazing! matches the gloss of the carbon spoiler and diffuser
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Thanks for the kind words guys! All it took was a can of satin black engine enamel paint. No scuffing or primer.
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And if you change your mind just rub it off with some thinner! Where did you buy the engine enamel??
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Very nice!!!! I like!!!
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Originally Posted by ZephyrAMG
And if you change your mind just rub it off with some thinner! Where did you buy the engine enamel??
Exactly!!
I bought it at Pep Boys. Here is a link of what the spray looks like.
http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/web...ci_sku=7140681

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Very nice!!!! I like!!!
Thank you sir!
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AMG, you're awesome at what you're doing!! Props for being unique & the leader of new idea for our cars.
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AMG, you're awesome at what you're doing!! Props for being unique & the leader of new idea for our cars.
Thanks alot brotha!!
This idea just came out of boredom and thought it will look cool. lol
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AMG, you're awesome at what you're doing!! Props for being unique & the leader of new idea for our cars.
Great looking job! What Roswell said.
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Great looking job! What Roswell said.
Thank you sir!
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Or just never clean them and they have this nice matte black finish.
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Or just never clean them and they have this nice matte black finish.
Cleaned and waxed them today, absolutely no problem.
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