Heat Shield

[rooster_20]

I was wonderin if I could paint my heat shield on my headers with regular spray paint or would it catch on fire and burn my leg off or somthing thanks

[Pappy]

you could use high temp paint, but it will soften and be prone to damage when it gets hot. not too mention rub off on your pants! lol..seen that many times:devil:

[FoxRacing81]

I painted mine with 1500 degree heat paint. It held up well...just come scratches...but I was gonna redo and I started to take the paint off with a wire wheel on an angle grinder it started to shine the metal...so I just polished mine.

-Justin

[rooster_20]

:D Polish never thought of that lol

[rooster_20]

:D Polish never thought of that lol Im gonna do my whole frame in black next winter how much trouble is it? What paint could I use to get the best quality without paying for a profesional job thanks

i used high temp paint held up awesome. plus i think it looks awesome:macho
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/kwiatkowski/newphotos006.jpg

[bonified5]

how do you polish it?

[DvxDirtSlinger]

mothers mag and aluminum polish works awsome, if its got deep scratches i would suggest sanding it smooth with fine grit sand paper before you polish it tho, thats what i did on my bumper nerfs and heat sheild

[QuadRacr57]

Yea, but doesn't the header get distorted anyways from the heat? I tried polishing mine with Mother's and after a while it turns a blue color and isn't shiny anymore.

[DvxDirtSlinger]

paint the pipe itself with the 1200* heat paint, i doubt polishing it would work