so i have a custom true dual over the rear setup on my iroc and its just over a year old...and its starting to show the ny weather on it...some surface rust here and there...im gonna drop it and paint it...i work at a body shop so supplies arent the problem but i dont want to use auto paint on it...anything thats a little more resistant to temps??? bbq paint...header paint....anything tough and that comes in black...any ideas....let me kno...pm me if you can....thanx ppls

i use bbq grill paint, but the first 12" after the header collectors get too hot for the 1200 degree paint and it'll burn off as well.

I used VHT, but I cooked a fair bit of it off on the headers as well I think.
Do you have a heated booth? VHT apparently works best when BAKED on. If you've got a good sized oven, like for powder coating, then you could do the best job.
Or use a high temp powder coat and bake it on as normal.

Or use a proper ceramic type of coating.

vht black (matches GM satin black) on the can.
stuff works for everything.
and has a nice matt finish that looks killer,IMO.

BBQ paint usually turns a brown color over time.
its too flat, at least for me.

I have used the POR 20 with good results. Just make sure to follow directions to a "T".

Would the grill paint paint work well on the Y pipe?? i'm getting my headers coated but i'm too cheap to get the y pipe coated with them so i just want to paint them.

its almost worth getting it coated.
depending on a/f, and how much hp you are making, its almost guaranteed to bubble and flake off near the collectors and/or around the X/H or y pipe merge.
i like the price of spray paint myself, its easy to touch up too.
hard to go wrong with a set of coated headers though. way better than looking at a rusty set when the hood is popped, among other advantages.