Exhaust Manifolds- what color paint

[68charger383]

What color are the exhaust manifolds. I tried to find some on ebay...they appear to be a dark silvser or grey. 

What would be a good rattle can color to buy from NAPA or AutoZone etc.. mine are in good shape..just looking to clean them up a little.

[bull]

Personally I wouldn't screw around with paint. It's a waste of time and $6. I'd have them coated. Something like this:
http://www.techlinecoatings.com/articles/Coating_Exhaust_Manifolds_Article.htm
http://www.automedia.com/Exhaust_Manifold_Restoration/res20010101mc/1/

[Ghoste]

Originally, they weren't painted at all, they came in natural cast iron grey and since they were on the engine when it was painted, they generally had a bunch of overspray on them.  To duplicate the as cast look though, there are a few paints out there that simulate cast iron grey.  But as Bull said, paint will burnoff quickly and you be better off getting them coated.

[Charger-Bodie]

no matter what you coat them with its going to burn off over time. take a look way down the page of the follwing link at the ones 8wheeler had jet hot coated!! http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,35891.0.html

[68charger383]

Advice taken.

Mine are similar to the pic below...still good but a little rust showing.

Just wanted to try and get them looking perfect again.

[resq302]

I've had good results with VHT Nu Cast manifold paint.  It is exact in appearance and sheen to natural cast iron parts.  Plus it has a temp rating of up to 2000 degrees.

[daytonalo]

How long ago  did you do them ?

[resq302]

My dads el camino is going on over 2 years.  Only thing I have noticed is that they have a bronze tint to them but still look like raw cast iron.

[sdcharger]

Has anyone ever used por-15?  They have a high temp manifold grey also. I bought a pint of it but haven't done mine yet.

http://www.por15.com/products.asp?dept=8

[resq302]

I have used both POR-15 and the paint from Eastwood Auto exhaust manifold paint.  The POR-15 paint after sandblasting the manifolds always seemed to peel on me for some reason, even after using their products and clean and prep.  The Eastwood paint would last a couple months and then start to rust through on me.  So far, the VHT paint has held up the best and longest out of all of them.