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Autozone carries high-temp porcelain spray in a rattle can - I spent about six bucks on the paint and used about $40 worth of painter's tape to mask off the Boxster.
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Use flat black engine paint and have had zero issues

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I used flat black engine paint and have had zero issues with paint smells.
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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

I had my exhaust tips powdercoated flat black a while back - and I've been obsessing about how much I dislike the bare-metal muffler. I went on a painting spree today (my wife's Jeep got a freshly painted bumper step and a flat-black muffler and tailpipe), then the Boxster went up on the ramps and got the flat-black muffler treatment. Autozone carries high-temp porcelain spray in a rattle can - I spent about six bucks on the paint and used about $40 worth of painter's tape to mask off the Boxster. It's a little hard to make out in the pic - but the muffler is now a much more neutral color and makes one a lot less likely to concentrate on what's behind the diffuser.

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That looks pretty cool, I hope the paint stays on and doesn't smell too much for the first few hours.

POST 3Original post

I did the same thing with my Pedro modified muffler a few weeks ago. I used flat black engine paint and have had zero issues with paint smells. I like the look, I'll post some pictures a little later. You can also see more of mine since I don't have diffusers.

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I've actually been thinking of doing this for the longest time as well!!! I hate that you can see the exhaust. One suggest, since you have the 03, like myself, you might want to consider putting on the 550 grill. From Suncoast: Mines, painted black: I purchased mine for $100 on Ebay OEM, retails for $224 on Suncoast Porsche: http://e-partssales.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=P&Product_Code=00004480232&Category_Code=POTEBXTR

POST 5Original post

Great idea - will be perfect for my black boxster. Just add it to the to-do list

POST 6Original post

exhaust tip is one thing, but painting the entire muffler black alters the emissivity from about 5% to 90%. any concern about heat radiating out to the underbody of the car?

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