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No sanding, just cleaned the surface area with carb cleaner. I used four coats of primer and four coats of the enamel. Color is gloss black.
The tips were the only thing on my car that was stainless/chrome, so they looked a bit out of place.
And not having to clean them after every drive will be nice too.
Definitely a plus.
Looks like you folded the newspaper back as far as you could so that you could spray the outsides of the tips as well. I'm guessing you also sprayed whatever else was back there that didn't get protected? It wouldn't matter at all, of course, and make the whole thing look even darker.
Looks like you folded the newspaper back as far as you could so that you could spray the outsides of the tips as well. I'm guessing you also sprayed whatever else was back there that didn't get protected? It wouldn't matter at all, of course, and make the whole thing look even darker.
Just got my carb cleaner, primer, and gloss black paint.
You can order them in black (BBexhaust.com) which I did, but they screwed up and sent the polished stainless tips instead so I am having them powder coated locally with a ceramic black coating.
I can't rationalize the price of an entire exhaust system just have black tips.
So, last weekend I painted mine.
One question - the directions indicate it takes 7 days for the paint to fully cure. Did you park your car for a week, run the engine to accelerate the curing, or something in between? And how is it holding up, eight months down the road?
It's totally a personal preference thing, but I don't get the black pipe thing.
To me the C7 rear end is one of it's most beautiful attributes and the four pipes greatly contribute to that IMO. However, you paint the pipes black and they almost disappear.
I am waiting on my Black intercooled tips from Borla, they come with an axle back system
Got the Borla S in March with the intercooled tips , they shipped 2 systems , both the tips were scratched to hell in shipping, just be advised , look before you book the install. They took great care of me when I elected to keep 2nd system and have the tips powder coated . You will not be disappointed with the Borla system!!
Just take the time to prep them correctly first.
