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    hey all,

    whats the best paint to use for painting an exhaust manifold?

    i gather ill be fine using the same paint on the gearbox too

    cheers

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    Get your exhaust manifold ceramic coated well worth it

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    whats it worth? and where to go?

    dont want to spend big dollars

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    I think its $30/ foot iirc.

    You can get header/ engine paint from auto pro/ repco/ bursons And it's about $20 a can.. vht I think?

    I'd use something different the g/box if I was you bcause the engine paint need to get pretty hot to set properly.

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    Yeah vht high temp paint, and yeah as said above it need to heat up to set so yeah no good for the gearbox

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    thanks all...

    ended up finding a can of 650 degree motor spray paint...headers should look alot better now

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    Prep the headers well otherwise it will all flake off.

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