stopping my manifold going rusty

[player6]

Whats the best thing to coat my 6 branch manifold with to stop it rusting with

[Dan320is]

Some of Erica's make up should do the trick, Hehe!

sorry for hi jacking your thread

[Taylor325i]

Wire brush it then several coats of VHT(very high temp) paint. That's what I did mine with.





Taylor.

[Hyperion]

You can get it powder coated, i am not sure if thats a option for you, its a bit expensive, even over here.

[chu346]

Turbo manifold wrap???

[DawieM3]

Simply use your car more.

Regards,

Dave

[ian332isport]

If you are hoping that any sort of paint is going to provide a permanent solution, then I think you will be a bit disappointed.

The only real cure is some sort of specialist coating. There are specialists that can ceramic coat the pipes which provides corrosion resistance, and also does a similar job to exhaust wraps (retains the heat). Another option is to get it metal sprayed. I have a specialist not far from me that can actually spray a coating of metal on the surface of the pipes. They can spray all sorts of different metals including, Stainless steel, Zinc, Aluminium and probably a bunch of others.

Here's a bit of a techie description of the process.

http://www.gordonengland.co.uk/cws.htm

Ian.

[ROC]

This company http://www.camcoat.u-net.com/Exhausts.htm does very good work, or you can buy some and do it yourself.

[M5pilot]

Your manifold is rusting because its been on the car for 18 months and the car has been driven 5 miles.

I saw it the other day and its only surface rust anyway.

Jags has a brand new one in silver - ask him to change it over.