painting heatshield thats over the stock header
 

ok..ive looked everywhere and couldnt find a DIY on panting the heat shield thats go over the stock header...i was wondering does that need special high temp paint....cause i would like to paint until i get my header on..

im planing either the stock silver color or black...what spray paint is best for the job..something thst wont smell or catch fire

thanks

is this for a tC or a 1st gen xA/xB?

take off the heat shield, sand it down, seval light coats of high temp engine paint and reinstall. yay

o no.i posted in the wrong spot...what was i thinkig

you can't see the heatshield when the exhaust is on the back of the engine

yeah it's for a tC. a mod will move it i guess.

Stupid scrollbox to move stuff.

OK, it's in the right spot now, after a brief detour to PPC.

you will want to use high temp paint. Make sure to sand it down though. I forgot to and my paint is chipping off.

thanks gies for all your help and input...all i need is a nice sunny free day

sunny free day? you mean a cloudy day right??

No.
Sunny free.
There's no such thing as clouds.

Get it right.

:P

your joking right

i need a free day that requires sun...i dont work on the car when it cloudy...

please dont be so judgemental just my sense of humor

Sand down, & use bbq paint. That's what I did, ha. I'm ghetto like that but I haven't had an issue with it at all. :wink:

Get some high temp brake caliper paint? Dupli-color sell some high temp engine paint too.

I am thinking of doing this mod as well - painting the heat shield over the stock header. I see that duplicolor has a very limited selection of colors of the 1200F High heat paint. Will the 500F engine paint be good enough for the heat shield? Or do I really need something to withstand a hotter temp? I am looking for a gold color to match the theme I currently have (in my head only at this point :( )

Thanks everyone!

i actually bought the 1200f black paint....500f seems to low to me i would rather be safe then sorry..

always go with the high temp cause it all depends on the driving condiitons also..

Any chance you know where I can find 1200F gold paint? The only high heat paint I am familiar with is duplicolor and they do not have anything close to gold. Thanks!

Sorry for the threadjack, but can you just remove the heatsheild and paint straight on to the headers with 1200f paint?

i got my paint a my local pepboys ..i didnt remeber seeing gold there..

gotta take off the heatshield..sand it down....pain wait them put it back on...

I see that VHT has some new products - Engine Metallic and "Fireproof". The Engine Metallic withstands 650F, the FireProof up to 2000!.

My question is - if I painted the heat shield with Gold Engine Metallic (650F) and did a clear coat in the Fireproof (2000F) would that work to protect the paint? Or is it not smart to mix products like that? I ask because VHT has a nice looking gold in the Engine Metallic...