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TurkisMafia
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 Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2019 3:06 pm Post subject: Scored a NOS Muffler... powder coat it? |
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Pretty excited about this find today. Should have it next week.
Does anyone have experience with these old Leistritz mufflers? This one is from 86. I know the new Ansa and Dansk mufflers burn their paint off pretty quickly... will this one do the same? Would love to leave it stock, but I also don’t want a rusty muffler hanging off the back of the bus.
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SGKent 
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| Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2019 3:10 pm Post subject: Re: Scored a NOS Muffler... powder coat it? |
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you can powder coat with a header powder coat. The gaskets to mount it are a bit hard to find these days, or they were the last time I checked.
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TurkisMafia
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| Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2019 5:28 pm Post subject: Re: Scored a NOS Muffler... powder coat it? |
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| SGKent wrote: |
| you can powder coat with a header powder coat. The gaskets to mount it are a bit hard to find these days, or they were the last time I checked. |
Any idea if that original paint will hold up... or will it burn off like the new stuff?
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1963 Turkis Ragtop, 1200cc
1963 Turkis Vert, 1200cc
1963 Turkis Single Cab, 1600cc
1964 Turkis Standard Walk-Thru, 1641cc
1978 Westfalia 2.0L EFI Automatic
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wcfvw69
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| Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2019 9:35 pm Post subject: Re: Scored a NOS Muffler... powder coat it? |
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| SGKent wrote: |
| you can powder coat with a header powder coat. The gaskets to mount it are a bit hard to find these days, or they were the last time I checked. |
Any idea if that original paint will hold up... or will it burn off like the new stuff? |
It will burn off. The paint on most mufflers isn't designed to last but rather, protect the muffler until installation.
Ceramic coating the muffler is another option as well. One thing to consider though is lots of mufflers rust inside out. I'd still have it coated with one or the other.
My VW's in PHX only have the original factory applied paint. They are not driven in wet environments usually. In the desert here, they'll outlive me. 
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SGKent
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| Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2019 9:53 pm Post subject: Re: Scored a NOS Muffler... powder coat it? |
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Least costly is high temp aluminum paint, easy to refresh. Ceramic header powder coating is more. I just had an almost complete 75-78 NOS exhaust done in ceramic header paint and it was $500. That included removing the old paint, and coating.
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TurkisMafia
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| Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2019 2:19 pm Post subject: Re: Scored a NOS Muffler... powder coat it? |
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| wcfvw69 wrote: |
| Danam404 wrote: |
| SGKent wrote: |
| you can powder coat with a header powder coat. The gaskets to mount it are a bit hard to find these days, or they were the last time I checked. |
Any idea if that original paint will hold up... or will it burn off like the new stuff? |
It will burn off. The paint on most mufflers isn't designed to last but rather, protect the muffler until installation.
Ceramic coating the muffler is another option as well. One thing to consider though is lots of mufflers rust inside out. I'd still have it coated with one or the other.
My VW's in PHX only have the original factory applied paint. They are not driven in wet environments usually. In the desert here, they'll outlive me. |
Thanks Bill! Yeah that’s too bad, was hoping it would hold that nice original dark grey color. Tough to find high temp powder coat or ceramic to match
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1963 Turkis Ragtop, 1200cc
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1978 Westfalia 2.0L EFI Automatic
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RalphWiggam
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| Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2019 3:22 pm Post subject: Re: Scored a NOS Muffler... powder coat it? |
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| Get it ceramic coated if you want it to last. Plenty of shops around me would ceramic coat that for $150. |
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