Fix rust inside exhaust

[nytrojen]

Hey guys, I bought a set of Phat quads second hand in gunmetal. There was a teeny speck of rust on the inside of the outlets when i bought them, but it seems to have gotten worse recently.

I guess the best thing to do is clean the rust off and spray the inside with hi temp paint.

Question is: should I be concerned about it? The rust seems to be more concentrated towards the inside of the outlets.

[moggy]

Unfortunately one of the by-products of combustion is water and unless you've got stainless steel you are always going to get this problem. My advice FWIW is to lightly clean the rust then hit it with a good rust convertor (just follow the instructions on the container), which will kill the rust then paint with the HT paint.

Bob.

[nytrojen]

Thanks for the reply moggy, and the HT paint is drying as we speak I did pretty much as you advised. Luckily, the rust seemed to be confined to the outlets, there didn't appear to be any inside the muffler body. Though the charcoal paint I bought doesn't quite match up to Phat's gunmetal, so there's a bit of lighter overspray that looks a bit odd. Hopefully some carbon deposits will find their way there and cover it up

[Arith]

Pics dammit! We wants pics of the quad tips on your car!

[castek]

just curious, do the quad tips fit no problems? i had someone say i wouldnt be able to fit twin each side on my car, mine is a 2.5i

[nytrojen]

I'll try and get some pics up tonight. The left exhaust is sitting a lot lower than the right and I haven't been arsed to fix it up yet (I assume that once I loosen off the bolts and jiggle it around it should fit better). At least the bright orange rust is gone though

Also castek - the quads fit no problem on a 2.5i. These are Phat quads like (almost) everyone else has

[Laps]

sound file please???

[nytrojen]

sound file please???

I'll get pics and vid with sound up 2moro. Too lazy today

[nytrojen]

Pic n vid up:

http://forum.liberty.asn.au/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=8295