Made tail pipes black like a GTS
#31
My mistake. I did not coat Gene's pipes black. Well, I did, but they were for his motorcycle. I wondered why they looked different than mine, but figured it was because I have a Diesel. I will be coating his tips black after this thread now though
#34
I have to say that Mike's prices are insanely low and was a great guy to talk to about powder coating, but I decided to go the plasti-dip route at least for now.
My reasoning was that that I'm still not sure if I'll like it or not. With the plasti-dip I can (in theory) just peal it off where with powder coating I'd have to buy new tips.
So in keeping with my MO, here is a bunch of info on the process
Technically the bolts on the clamp have a torx head, but I used a 10mm 12 point socket to get them off. You have to loosen the clamps almost to the point that the bolt comes out to give enough room for the pipes to separate. My passenger side popped off with a bit of twist, but the driver side was pretty stiff and I lifted myself a couple inches off the ground before it broke free and twisted for me. The driver side pipe had some surface rust and corrosion already where the passenger side looked like it could have just been installed.
I used dish soap and a scrubby sponge to clean off the outer casing. Then I taped the inner part and pipe off and had at it. I did 4 coats with 30-45 minutes between coats. It looked sketchy after the first coat, but after the 4th dried to the touch they don't look bad at all.
I'll reinstall them tomorrow and get an "after" picture too.
My reasoning was that that I'm still not sure if I'll like it or not. With the plasti-dip I can (in theory) just peal it off where with powder coating I'd have to buy new tips.
So in keeping with my MO, here is a bunch of info on the process
Technically the bolts on the clamp have a torx head, but I used a 10mm 12 point socket to get them off. You have to loosen the clamps almost to the point that the bolt comes out to give enough room for the pipes to separate. My passenger side popped off with a bit of twist, but the driver side was pretty stiff and I lifted myself a couple inches off the ground before it broke free and twisted for me. The driver side pipe had some surface rust and corrosion already where the passenger side looked like it could have just been installed.
I used dish soap and a scrubby sponge to clean off the outer casing. Then I taped the inner part and pipe off and had at it. I did 4 coats with 30-45 minutes between coats. It looked sketchy after the first coat, but after the 4th dried to the touch they don't look bad at all.
I'll reinstall them tomorrow and get an "after" picture too.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
ECS Tuning - VW
VW Vendor Classifieds
1
08-19-2015 08:58 AM