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I wouldn't coat it. You have no idea how much life is left in it, and these things rust from the inside out. If anything, I'd hit it with VHT and move on. I got a surprisingly good original style / OEM equivalent muffler at CIP for about $100, but I do miss my original Leistritz.
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Hmm. I was honestly thinking of something like this.
But I didnt want it to rust from the inside out like you said. My aftermarket exhaust is LOUD and I hate it.
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| Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 10:15 am Post subject: |
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If it was me, I'd ceramic coat all of the crossover pipe, heater box parts, etc, but I wouldn't do the muffler, as they don't last as long, and coating won't be cheap. If it was new I'd consider it. It won't hurt anything but your wallet to coat the muffler too. That's just my .02, you have to decide for yourself what works for you.
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Kirk
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Hmm. Guess I'll look at VHT. They sell it at the FLAPS. Thanks for the tip.
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| Lastly, for the trinket pimps among us. |
Trinket Pimp.... I'm stealing that!! 
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| Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 7:44 pm Post subject: |
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Merry Christmas to me! (and Doodle)
Fridge Rack!
German Supplys new Exhaust Re-do kit!
Ice Cube trays!
New rear lenses!
And bases!
Pillows!
Underwear for the driver! 
Now all I need is a warm weekend. 
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Westfabulous
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Nice Kirk! I hafta say that the German Supply kit looks awesome, and the timing was good too. Merry Christmas to you and Doodle.
Mrs Westfabulous got me a great set of stainless beauty rims for my bus; not as exciting as your stuff though.
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Kirk
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Thanks Dan! It does look pretty sweet. Pretty pricey, but I got exactly what I need to do it right once. That counts lots in my book. Now to choose a coating for the exhaust.
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| Kirk wrote: |
| Thanks Dan! Now to choose a coating for the exhaust. |
I'm in the same boat. I'm pretty sure that I am going to ceramic coat mine, but I probably won't do the muffler as mufflers are pretty sacrificial and they usually rot from the inside out.
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How will you match the muffler to the other coated pieces? My OCD wouldnt allow them to be glaringly different.
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| How will you match the muffler to the other coated pieces? My OCD wouldnt allow them to be glaringly different. |
Ya, I get that. I am pretty OCD myself. When these cars were new, even the muffler and tailpipe was painted. From behind the car, only the muffler and tailpipe are visible, unless you look hard for the cat and crossover pipe. I will either leave it silver, or paint it with a grey VHT. The current silver is clean and maintenance free; once it's painted, a whole new world of care and maintenance opens up as you try to keep it looking respectable over time. I like the idea of ceramic coating the muffler, but I don't want to pay $100 to have it rot out. Jmstu76's rotted out. I may just opt to leave the muffler and tailpipe silver.
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No updates. Went to the car wash located at the corner of a busy intersection. Normally I bucket wash, but I love showing off for the masses every now and then. 
(ignore my wet foot prints. )
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No updates. Went to the car wash located at the corner of a busy intersection. Normally I bucket wash, but I love showing off for the masses every now and then.
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Nice! You tryin' to show everyone up Kirk? Boy, the competition is getting tough around here. By the way, what are those triangular Rubick's Cube stand looking things stuck to your cabinets? Is this some ultra rare VW accessory that I'm going to be all jealous about?
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Nice! You tryin' to show everyone up Kirk? |
Says the guy with the nicest bus in the history of time.
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By the way, what are those triangular Rubick's Cube stand looking things stuck to your cabinets? Is this some ultra rare VW accessory that I'm going to be all jealous about? |
Its some sort of stick on mount that trash bags, etc hang on, best I can tell. PO put them there. I mean yes they are. Rare Westfalia un trashen de bagen holdersiske. $100 each.
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| yes they are......rare Westfalia un trashen de bagen holdersiske. |
Mmmm....the rare VW holdersiske, eh? Must have.......
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No updates. Went to the car wash located at the corner of a busy intersection. Normally I bucket wash, but I love showing off for the masses every now and then.
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Hi Kirk, i got myself a new westy, 79 deluxe
im loving the chunky tyres, what size are the rims and tyres??
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Very nice! I'm jealous of your overriders. The tires are 195/75/14 BFG All Terrains. The wheels are the originals to the bus, powdercoated in "Liquid Silver". Start a thread on your bus and lets see it!
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| Very nice! I'm jealous of your overriders. The tires are 195/75/14 BFG All Terrains. The wheels are the originals to the bus, powdercoated in "Liquid Silver". Start a thread on your bus and lets see it! |
cheers kirk, will start a thread tonite
bfg dont sell those over here, so may have to throw some in a buddies bus hes bringing over, any recommendation for the best place to get a set?
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| Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Kirk wrote: |
| Very nice! I'm jealous of your overriders. The tires are 195/75/14 BFG All Terrains. The wheels are the originals to the bus, powdercoated in "Liquid Silver". Start a thread on your bus and lets see it! |
cheers kirk, will start a thread tonite
bfg dont sell those over here, so may have to throw some in a buddies bus hes bringing over, any recommendation for the best place to get a set? |
He/you can order them from TireCrawler.com, and have them shipped to where he is. Their price seems to be cheaper than what I've seen online elsewhere.
http://tirecrawler.com/shop/detail_tire.php?product_id=8939&t=GS
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