RE: [T3] Exhaust coatings...

["Toby Erkson" <air_cooled_nut@pobox.com>]

Frank is correct.  When I had my exhaust ceramic coated I specified that I
wanted the inside AND outside coated.  Cost a little more but is better than
outside only.

BTW, you can't powder coat a functional exhaust system ;-)

     Toby Erkson  --  air_cooled_nut@pobox.com
     '72 VW Squareback, '95 VW Jetta, '81 Gold Wing,
     '73 Porsche 914, '90 Wet Jet
     http://www.icbm.org/
     Portland, Oregon

>-----Original Message-----
>You're right about that, Keith...but not for the obvious reasons.  
>Despite the "modern," high-tech coating ads, the powder 
>coating and the 
>ceramic hype, all these will do for you is keep your exhaust system 
>looking great on the outside...as long as you rarely, if ever, 
>start the 
>engine.  This is obviously, therefore, the choice for show goers, but 
>not for the rest of us, those who actually drive our T-3's, (and other 
>air-cooleds). 
>And, the reason is not talked about by these "coating's 
>folks," and that 
>is because the exhaust systems rust and corrode from the INSIDE...

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