I'm getting ready to put the Duster motor back together and am keeping the stock exhaust manifolds. Just wondering what type of coating etc.. you have used to make yours look nice and STAY nice- Thanks in advance for any responses, Ron

I have good luck with the eastwood satinless coating. Do not try to brush it on as it will streak. Otherwise no issues and lasts for years

I had mine ceramic coated in a cast iron finish. Looked excellent and will last nearly forever.

Wasn't that expensive in the grand scheme of things either....

Blasted mine, painted them with some kind of hi-temp stuff guaranteed to last forever. They lasted about 15 minutes and are now all rusty, but I don't care enough to be that concerned about them in my car.

I have done them a few difference ways.

1. Eastwoods paint: Blasted them to bare cast and brushed on with a foam brush to prevent streaks and to make sure I got all the little areas painted. They looked great for about 5 years then started to turn.

2. Used Cast Coat Iron Duplicolor high temp paint. I blasted to bare metal then heated the manifolds with a propane torch and sprayed the paint on and let it cook, did this process for 5 coats. They looked great and lasted about 4 years or so with a moderate amount of driving.

3. Ceramic Coating: Cast Iron color, seems to last forever and its chip resistant. A little more expensive but the only way I will go from now on, under hood temps are lower to and they cool much quicker after shutdown. A lot of local shops can do this for you, it is much cheaper if you prep them first.

BTW, the Truck is doing great, cant wait to see pics of the Duster.

Good Luck.

A member here had a picture of his 340 manifolds on the front page of a coating company's site. He was happy with the work; who was that?

Shannon- Good to hear from you- Glad the truck is doing good. I'm sure the price of diesel has been a little strain. Anyway, What companies do ceramic coating? Is that something a powder coater can do ?

JetHot Coating is what I use. Good stuff that will never rust, and helps keep your engine cool from the polishing they do on the inside of the manifold.


~ Don ~

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To those of you that have had them ceramic coated - What have you done about your heat riser? I would assume that this cannot be coated- Should I mask it off ??

Rust, half of them probably came that way anyway

Any input about the heat riser question ???

The problem, if you care to call it that? is color availability on ceramic coating, most places only do, cast or polished. a few do white. I'd do flat black header paint on the risers, and cook it on the BBQ to get as good a finish as possible.