Header heat shield painting

[christmas]

Hey all,
Another noob question, I have like a heat shield over the OEM headers, and it’s looking sorry for it’s self (surface rust, discolored).

Anyway I have some VTH (VHT?) caliper paint left over and was thinking about painting it silver, with caliper paint be heat resistant enough for the job or should I just get a can of that 1200 degree stuff?
Cheers in advance again :wave:

[geeang]

I'm pretty sure your header heat shield would undergo less heat than your brakes so it should be fine.

[90LAN]

polish it FTW
like this

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r187/90LAN/IMG_1377Medium.jpg

[aimre]

polish or black

[JasonGilholme]

polish ftw. black would be cool too.

header heatshield would probably get hotter then the brake calipers though IMO.

[Jezzah]

sorry to steal the thread, but is it possible to paint the headers?

[christmas]

sorry to steal the thread, but is it possible to paint the headers?

Yeah it is info below from speco website:
VHT FlameProof Coating will renew and extend the life of any surface exposed to extremely high temperatures. This unique coating is a matte finish, ceramic base silicone widely used by the automotive industry on exhaust systems and the aerospace industry for jet engines, re-entry vehicles, the Stealth fighter, B-2 bomber and other high temperature applications. VHT FlameProof Coating will withstand temperatures up to 1500ºF (815ºC) and is ideal for use on boilers, hot water pipes, exhaust systems, franklin stoves, heaters, barbecues, furnaces or wherever an extreme temperature coating is needed (* indicates colours that may fade at 1200ºF/648ºC). VHT Flameproof Coating only attains its unique properties after correct curing (refer to the instructions on the can).

Colours available: Flat White (SP101), Flat Black (SP102), Flat Grey (SP104), *Flat Gold (SP105), Flat Silver (SP106), *Flat Yellow (SP108), *Flat Red (SP109), *Flat Blue (SP110), *Flat Orange (SP114), Clear (SP115), Flat Aluminium (SP117), White Primer (SP118)



VHT Nu-cast Manifold Coating is a unique formula developed to restore OEM parts to their original newly cast appearances.

VHT Nu-Cast 1500ºF (815ºC) Cast Iron Manifold Coating (SP998) has all of the perfomance qualities of standard VHT Flameproof Coatings.

[AKILYA666]

polish it FTW
like this

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r187/90LAN/IMG_1377Medium.jpg

Damn that's phat. Tried doing that wit autosol on mine but it never came up that nice... how did u do that