Parts: Belatedly Discovered Junk

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Post by Bleyseng » Sat Dec 25, 2010 3:49 am

Have the stuff ceramic coated that silver color as it lasts way longer than high heat paint.
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Post by vdubyah73 » Sat Dec 25, 2010 7:19 am

Amskeptic wrote:
vdubyah73 wrote:rustoleum 2000* exhaust paint.

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rustoleum 2000* exhaust paint, use the primer as well. I sand blasted a 1 month old empi single quiet pack "extractor" exhaust after the og paint burned off and it started rusting. I removed the exhaust and sand blasted it clean of rust and remaining paint. 3 coats each of primer and paint. each coat consisted of 2 light coats and 1 full coat. meaning start at 1 end and when you get to the other go back and start over right away. wait 10 minutes before repeating. remounted and ran at idle for 10 minutes then cool till your hand can stay on it. repeat 2 or 3 times, then take a 30 minute ride, try for some highway time to get some real heat into it I went about 5 miles at 65-70 then toodled back home on surface streets. No paint has burned off, no rust has shown yet. I painted it about a month ago, bus is a daily driver, combo of surface street and highway driving.
the rustoleum seems to perform as advertised, I'm satisfied so far. will report back if and when rust or burning paint happens.

PS: the muffler is junk right out of the box. the flange should be reusable to replace with a quality one, when it falls apart from the inside out.


Paint did not burn off. Rust has come through in only 6 -7 weeks. May hold up nicely in a very dry climate. The rust started coming through soon after a 4-5 day rainy stretch.
My Rustoleum Hi-Heat paint job . . . (as seen below):

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. . . has also begun to show little rust speckles after only one hurricane, one nor'easter, and 10,000 miles. I am disappointed, but I understand what the issue is here. Exhaust components, if viewed under a microscope, must have major craters in the surface of the pipes. Even though we sand and sand, and then scrub with soap and scuff pads, and rinse and rinse, and apply etch-primer, those craters never get their floors cleaned out. Paint will not adhere in the pocks. I think next time, I am going to try a serious sandblast, how about you, Bill? I for one, do not want to see these original nice-fitting parts just rust away.
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I did sand blast it. Washed it with brake kleen. let dry before paint. next time I will treat with brushable rust converter before prime and paint.
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Post by vdubyah73 » Sat Dec 25, 2010 7:22 am

Bleyseng wrote:Have the stuff ceramic coated that silver color as it lasts way longer than high heat paint.
Have that on my buggy exhaust. It doesn't go out in the wet, micro spots of rust have shown up, just from humidity. I clean it with 0000 steel wool and WD-40.
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Post by hambone » Mon May 09, 2011 10:09 am

Hagus bus side mirrors. German.
5 years, glass de-laminated, plastic seal failed and cracked, and nut/potmetal threads stripped out, nut rounded off with minimal torque applied. The mirror actually fell off!
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Post by Amskeptic » Mon May 09, 2011 4:23 pm

hambone wrote:Hagus bus side mirrors. German.
5 years, glass de-laminated, plastic seal failed and cracked, and nut/potmetal threads stripped out, nut rounded off with minimal torque applied. The mirror actually fell off!
Can you believe it?
What other chrome/stainless mirrors do we have to chose from?
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Post by hambone » Tue May 10, 2011 9:39 am

Wolfsburg West makes repros but I can't vouch for 'em. Bet they're decent.
You can also get Chinese. Good luck.
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Post by dtrumbo » Tue May 10, 2011 1:55 pm

hambone wrote:Wolfsburg West makes repros but I can't vouch for 'em.
I can and they're wonderful. Unfortunately, they're out of stock.
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Post by hambone » Tue May 10, 2011 1:59 pm

http://www.wolfsburgwest.com/cart/Detai ... 1857513FWW
WW says another couple of months before they're back in stock.
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Post by dtrumbo » Tue May 10, 2011 2:01 pm

Yup, that's them. Too bad for the big red NO in the 'In Stock' box.
- Dick

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Post by hiwaycallin » Tue May 10, 2011 9:04 pm

I have heard that these are good. Don't know though. At least it's another option.
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Post by airkooledchris » Thu Dec 01, 2011 12:59 am

bumper bolt caps, ordered from CIP1

after one week of use, this is what they look like:

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seriously, a WEEK later and all 4 of them are split like this.

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Post by ruckman101 » Thu Dec 01, 2011 1:23 am

That's criminal.


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Post by Sluggo » Thu Dec 01, 2011 9:30 am

I have yet to receive anything but complete crap from CIP1. Their sunroof seals are of the same quality.
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2000cc Type IV w/Dual Weber 36s,
Aircooled.net SVDA w/Compufire,
Redline Weber Fuel Pump,
Holley Regulator,
Half Ass Brush & Roller Rustoleum Paint Job,
Incomplete Custom Interior,
Dual Batteries,
Crunched Slider Door.
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Post by airkooledchris » Thu Dec 01, 2011 9:59 am

I try not to order things from them unless they are the only supplier I can find them in stock at, or if they just happen to have the same parts as everyone else and has a better price on them (they ship quicker to me than BD can because of the location.)

But im not going to support them for any parts anymore, it's just not worth it.
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Post by Amskeptic » Fri Dec 02, 2011 9:22 am

airkooledchris wrote:I try not to order things from them unless they are the only supplier I can find them in stock at, or if they just happen to have the same parts as everyone else and has a better price on them (they ship quicker to me than BD can because of the location.)

But im not going to support them for any parts anymore, it's just not worth it.
Please please please call them at "customer support AKA runaroundblowoff" and get as high up the chain as you can, then give them an earful. Honestly, we are to blame for this crap in the long haul if we do not provide serious careful feedback.
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BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles

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