Painting Muffler End Caps

[556ALPHA]

Well during a weekend trip to the Blue Ridge my painted tips did not fair too well.  The previous BBQ grille paint held up well but the wheel paint did not.  Just a little scuffing from my wifes shoes dug into the paint.  So I took a trip to the powder coating guy and this is the update:

[JoeR]

The powder coating looks great.  So far my wheel paint is holding up.  I can't get the end caps off my muffler, the hex heads on the screws are stripped.  I hope to find a good used muffler off a 10 or newer since they are a bit shorter.  One of my buds does powder coating, I'll have him powder coat the end caps, and maybe the wheels.

[556ALPHA]

Thanks.  I missed an entire 2010 exhaust on ebay a few weeks ago for 80.00, that was what I planned to do but my efforts in locating an affordable stock system failed.  I did not see paying 200.00 for a stock muffler when I could get a nice slip on for a little over 300.

[gildaguz]

After i cut off 6" to the potato launcher did paint black the area around the center of the end cap

[556ALPHA]

After i cut off 6" to the potato launcher did paint black the area around the center of the end cap

I saw that afterwards and actually considered taking it back and having that area done in black powder coat since it does tend to darken.  If the powder coat cleans up easy I will just keep it as is.