Painting the exhaust tip
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Morning all - fresh 110S owner here, had the car a week and already love it.
Question to the forum - has anyone painted the standard aluminium exhaust tip black? I'm unwilling to shell out £380 for a carbon tip and this seems to be an alternative solution as I'd rather keep the standard exhaust. I don't like chrome finishes or other shiny bare metal on a car and it does appear to tarnish/ blacken.
If so, how successful was painting it? Is the part an easy one to remove?
Question to the forum - has anyone painted the standard aluminium exhaust tip black? I'm unwilling to shell out £380 for a carbon tip and this seems to be an alternative solution as I'd rather keep the standard exhaust. I don't like chrome finishes or other shiny bare metal on a car and it does appear to tarnish/ blacken.
If so, how successful was painting it? Is the part an easy one to remove?
MaFue said:
Morning all - fresh 110S owner here, had the car a week and already love it.
Question to the forum - has anyone painted the standard aluminium exhaust tip black? I'm unwilling to shell out £380 for a carbon tip and this seems to be an alternative solution as I'd rather keep the standard exhaust. I don't like chrome finishes or other shiny bare metal on a car and it does appear to tarnish/ blacken.
If so, how successful was painting it? Is the part an easy one to remove?
The exhaust surround is very similar to the one on my old Megane RS265. I took it off and sanded it down, painted it sating black with a bot of spray paint I had lying around, twelve moths on and it was still pretty much perfectQuestion to the forum - has anyone painted the standard aluminium exhaust tip black? I'm unwilling to shell out £380 for a carbon tip and this seems to be an alternative solution as I'd rather keep the standard exhaust. I don't like chrome finishes or other shiny bare metal on a car and it does appear to tarnish/ blacken.
If so, how successful was painting it? Is the part an easy one to remove?
I'm with you on this @MaFue. I got as far as ordering some PJ1 Fast Black engine paint (good for high temps) & it's been sat on a shelf for two years. One of these days it might reach the top of my to do list.
There's a how to somewhere, for fitting the carbon version, so if you find that you'll know what to do. It looked like an easy job, although perhaps quite time consuming, so far as I remember.
There's a how to somewhere, for fitting the carbon version, so if you find that you'll know what to do. It looked like an easy job, although perhaps quite time consuming, so far as I remember.
Thanks all for the replies
Been trawling the forum posts and there is one which details fitting the carbon tip, it's a case of taking off the undertray and unclipping and removing the rear venturi, then the screws holding the polished sphincter are visible.
Probably an hour's job once the car is jacked up high enough to get some tools underneath to the tray fixings.
The wife will be wholly unsurprised that after only a week I'm already taking it to bits to see how it works.
Been trawling the forum posts and there is one which details fitting the carbon tip, it's a case of taking off the undertray and unclipping and removing the rear venturi, then the screws holding the polished sphincter are visible.
Probably an hour's job once the car is jacked up high enough to get some tools underneath to the tray fixings.
The wife will be wholly unsurprised that after only a week I'm already taking it to bits to see how it works.
Update: Decided against black for now and to go anthracite grey first, so bought a tin from Halfords for £11 and set to work stripping the undertray and exhaust finisher, it's really only a half hour job..
After the first coat of VHT paint it went into the Aga for half an hour to bake-cure the coat, made a really good finish.
Quite pleased with this, it's toned down the starkness of the polished exhaust and is a lot more subtle
After the first coat of VHT paint it went into the Aga for half an hour to bake-cure the coat, made a really good finish.
Quite pleased with this, it's toned down the starkness of the polished exhaust and is a lot more subtle
Edited by MaFue on Tuesday 13th May 18:08
Thanks! Of course I don't mind, go for it..
After removing the part I cleaned with white spirit to remove any metal polish, then rubbed down with scotchbrite abrasive cloth to lightly key the surface. I did use an etch primer but read various articles about putting paint straight onto bare metal without primer, but decided not to rightly or wrongly. Three coats of etch primer with an hour in between each and a rub down with P1200 paper to remove any small imperfections and leave it perfectly smooth.
The paint is Halfords Dark Anthracite VHT -
https://www.halfords.com/motoring/paints-and-body-...
One main coat of VHT then another misting, about 20 minutes between each, no rubbing down between coats. Then left for half an hour to air dry before 25-30 mins in the Aga top oven which runs at about 200-210degC.
ETA: it is normal for it to smoke a bit and stink the kitchen out when you open the oven, it's curing..
After removing the part I cleaned with white spirit to remove any metal polish, then rubbed down with scotchbrite abrasive cloth to lightly key the surface. I did use an etch primer but read various articles about putting paint straight onto bare metal without primer, but decided not to rightly or wrongly. Three coats of etch primer with an hour in between each and a rub down with P1200 paper to remove any small imperfections and leave it perfectly smooth.
The paint is Halfords Dark Anthracite VHT -
https://www.halfords.com/motoring/paints-and-body-...
One main coat of VHT then another misting, about 20 minutes between each, no rubbing down between coats. Then left for half an hour to air dry before 25-30 mins in the Aga top oven which runs at about 200-210degC.
ETA: it is normal for it to smoke a bit and stink the kitchen out when you open the oven, it's curing..
Edited by MaFue on Wednesday 14th May 14:39
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