SSI HEs - how to finish? Options

[Tom_T]

My 73 914-2.0's HEs are original & now rusted through, so I picked up a pair of good used SSI HE's/exhaust pipes to not have that problem & CO poisoning issues ever again! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon8.gif)

My question is - should I leave them shiny, or paint them as per the stock OE mild steel ones, or does it matter in the CW world?? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

If painted, is it the same flat gray hi-temp paint as used on the mufflers, as seen at the 356 Registry?? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

They look like this now:


Thanx for your input!
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[Pat Garvey]

My 73 914-2.0's HEs are original & now rusted through, so I picked up a pair of good used SSI HE's/exhaust pipes to not have that problem & CO poisoning issues ever again! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon8.gif)

My question is - should I leave them shiny, or paint them as per the stock OE mild steel ones, or does it matter in the CW world?? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

If painted, is it the same flat gray hi-temp paint as used on the mufflers, as seen at the 356 Registry?? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

They look like this now:


Thanx for your input!
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Don't paint them!

Leave them alone, though I'd take some steel wool to the ends, just to keep them purty.

When SSI produced these things, they were one of the most significant improvements for a 914. They rarely fail. Most CW's accept them as a proper change.

If you paint them, you'll have to make destructive changes to them, which will hurt them & produce something that doesn't appear stock anyway. Be glad that you have them.

Yep, you can still buy stock ($$$$$$), but it's designed to degrade. So, ...why!
Pat