Anyone buy the primered stainless Dansk - then polish

[Tidybuoy]

The price difference between the Polished Dansk muffler and the Primer-ed Stainless Dansk is around $400

I don't necessarily need my muffler to be polished as it can barely be seen. BUT, if I were to polish this myself, could it be that difficult? Would there be anything wrong with using a paint stripper to remove the primer? What would be the best method for polishing - I'm assuming a power buffer but what product should I use?

Just wondering because I need a new muffler and the Dansk 2-in 1-out is going to be my choice and I don't mind a little bit of sweat equity.

Lastly, are the aluminized steel mufflers a lot heavier than pure stainless?

Any advice would be appreciated.....Thanks.......................Vern

[KNS]

I purchased the all stainless but primer-ed Dansk a few years ago for my SC (it didn't fit all that great). The primer will wipe off with some very strong solvent revealing the pretty (but not polished) stainless finish underneath.

I like the bare, unpolished, stainless look myself. I would call Dansk to confirm but I think that when I asked them about it they said the Aluminized version has a stainless exterior skin.

[Joe Bob]

Yupz....solvent cleaned 95%....the rest the polisher and rouge paste took care of. Lose the valance.

BTW, agree with the fit....Lars had to much schnapps or their jigs suck...

[NoLift911]

Just my .02 and this goes for all exhaust components on cars and bikes. Whether it comes be polished, primered, bare, etc...none of it lasts without lots of maintenance.

I drop any and all exhaust components off for ceramic coatings and the powdercoater. Lasts forever and looks great. Pick your color.

Usually for the price of a polished or finished piece from the manufacturer you can tell them bare and pay the cost for the ceramic coat and its a wash.

Also keeps temps way down (on the 911 rear bumpers) without the need for any bumper protection. Coat it once and forget it about it. I got 10 years on my RUF muffler and it looks like I just picked it up from the powdercoaters.

[Tidybuoy]

Actually, when I looked up aluminized steel, I found that it is: "Aluminized steel is steel that has been hot-dip coated both sides with aluminum-silicon alloy. This process assures a tight metallurgical bond between the steel sheet and its aluminum coating, producing a material with a unique combination of properties possessed neither by steel nor by aluminum alone. Aluminized steel shows a better behavior against corrosion[1] and keeps the properties of the base material steel for temperature lower than 800 °C(1,472 F). For example, it is commonly used for heat exchangers in residential furnaces, mufflers, ovens, ranges, water heaters, fireplaces, bar-b-que burners, and baking pans."

My question about this mostly about weight - I'm assuming aluminized steel is heavier.

The other reason for my curiosity is that most sites sell the sport muffler in full polished stainless or aluminized steel, but the primered stainless says nothing about sport. I definately want a single out muffler as lower volume is important to me but a single out sport muffler would be ok.

[Joe Bob]

Weight differences? Please......

[Tidybuoy]

Originally Posted by P-Dawger

I drop any and all exhaust components off for ceramic coatings and the powdercoater. Lasts forever and looks great. Pick your color.

Thanks for the tip! I forgot all about ceramic coatings and I know they look & function great. I think I will do that. We have a great powder coater near by and it's not too expensive.

[Tidybuoy]

OK, Ceramic coating is for me. I just called the powdercoater and they charge $110 for the muffler. This would be for CermaKrome Metalic Ceramic - does that price seem reasonable?

The muffler will be coated inside and out and most likely silver. They also have a black coating that won't make it run cooler but can withstand temps up to 2000 degrees. I just have a 2.7 so I don't think that's an issuf for me. But, I'm open to suggestions on color - I have SSI exchangers and the lower valance is staying on so you really don't see the muffler.

[JeremyD]

anything dansk is not light... the aluminized steel is like a boat anchor. $110 to coat a muffler is unrealistic. Go buy some black grill paint and go to town. Two weeks of ownership and you won't even notice it anymore.

look for a bursh that someone wants to unload (for some reason they are unloved) or see if Ben has any bent MK - 2 in one outs - - or find a magnaflow and have a muffler fabbed. The price they want for mufflers is absurd - you'd think that were made out of endangered elephant scrotum.

[Jerome74911S]

My Dansk is painted with light grey "primer". On the hottest parts of the muffler the paint is cooking off. Under the paint the muffler is polished. Shiny like a mirror - except for the input pipes, which show some rust.

Go figure.