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Old 05-26-10, 01:14 PM
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What is the best way someone could go about blacking out the exhaust tips and mufflers, I am running the Tanabe and was thinking about doing this?? Anyd suggest....?
Old 05-26-10, 01:33 PM
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Powder coat maybe?
Old 05-26-10, 02:24 PM
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My stock ones turned black just by not washing them... Maybe you can just drive around for a couple months and not clean them .
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I guess powder coating would work, if you can do wheels, why not exhaust...
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you can powdercoat anything metal right?

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heck why not guess ill try it....i have some extra satin black powder at the powder coat shop, should go good with me new LC818's in Satin Black
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^
+1 for powder coating.
I believe a CL member has powder coated S2K tips black with ings rear.
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1200 degree Dupicolor high temp spray paint ??
http://www.duplicolor.com/products/engine.html
Old 05-26-10, 02:57 PM
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a guy in our gs section has a murdered out gs and another member suggested these...




original thread

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...uce-gs430.html
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you can def powder coat them, my tips are powder coated gloss black. They look frickin nice... don't cheap out on a lexus
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You havent seen my old exhaust tips? Powdercoated high temp or else it will melt
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